S. Thompson lists Ralph de Chevercourt as the probable founder in the age of Stephen(Women Religious: The Founding of English Nunneries After the Norman Conquest, 230).
After the suppression in 1539 the prioress and 8 nuns were granted pensions (Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 220).
In 1536 Legh and Layton made a visitation to the nunnery and made no injunctions. They did note the existence of a comb supposedly belonging to S. Edmund and an image of the Virgin that was found at the foundation.
In 1535 the community's net income was valued at over 58 pounds.
In 1247 the prioress accused Thomas de Lyncoln and his wife Juliana of blocking the nuns from using a highway in Carlton, but the jury found against the nuns.
After the priory was surrendered Walingwells Estate was built over its remains.
Women Religious: The Founding of English Nunneries After the Norman Conquest
Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 220.
Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 4
Wallingwells, Wellendwell, or St. Mary de Parco, in Nottinghamshire
The Victoria history of the county of Nottingham2:89-90 available online at ">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40085&strquery=walli... [Victoria County History]
The convent payed a heavy fine, £66 13s. 4d., which allowed the community to continue at the suppression of lesser monasteries in 1536. It was finally suppressed in 1539 (Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 220). In 1537 the prioress, Margaret Goldsmith, entered into a partnership with Richard Oglethorpe in which the prioress essentially transfered the priory and its holdings to him for a lease of 21 years in exchange for wages, foodstuffs and other necessities being delivered to the nuns on a yearly basis.
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