Abbess of Crabhouse, 1315-1344.
Abbess and nun.
Benedictine
As Abbess of Crabhouse, Agnes was responsible for raising and spending over a 100 pounds of silver on the building and maintenance of a hall, a grange, a stable, a bakery, and a noble room. Also set aside for the nuns during her tenure were rents for supplying the house with bread, ale, meat, and fish (in particular red herring), clothing and shoes for the nuns, towels and linen, as well as for iron and nails for the repair of the priory's buildings. In addition, Agnes set aside sums for the repair of the house and church, the sea and marsh dykes, the payment of the household servants, the feeding of the cattle, and finally, for fuel. Overall, her tenure was a very successful one and she brought a great deal of wealth to the priory.
Norwich Episcopal Register 1:63
British Library Additional MS 4731 (Crabhouse Register)
The Register of Crabhouse Nunnery (British Library Additional Charters MS 4732)
British Library Additional Manuscript 4731
The Victoria History of the County of Sussex2:408-10 available online at ">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=38296&strquery=Crabho... [Victoria County History]
Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 6 Part 1 570
Nunnery of Crabhouse, or Wigenhale, in Norfolk
