Legbourne Priory

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Legbourne Priory was a priory in the village of Legbourne, Lincolnshire, England.

Legbourne, Lincolnshire village in the United Kingdom

Legbourne is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated about 3 miles (5 km) south-east of the town of Louth. The Greenwich Prime Zero meridian line passes through the village.

Lincolnshire County of England

Lincolnshire is a county in eastern England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just 20 yards (18 m), England's shortest county boundary. The county town is the city of Lincoln, where the county council has its headquarters.

Founded by Robert Fitz Gilbert around 1150, the priory was for the nuns of Keddington (sometimes Hallington). [1] The earliest visitation that survives is from 1440 when Bishop Alnwick reported a few irregularities which needed correction, but found most fault with the Prioress. She had been too fond of entertaining her own relations, and partly supported them with revenue from the priory. She had admitted an unlicensed chaplain to preach in the church, and counselled her nuns not to report anything amiss at the visitation. [1]

The priory was dissolved in 1536 on the grounds it had income of less than £200 per year. The last prioress being Joan Missenden [1] The house was not, however, entirely dismantled at the time of the Lincolnshire Uprising. The king's commissioners, Millicent and Bellow, were still in the priory and busy at their work, when they were dragged out of it by the excited mob. [1]

The site of the priory is an ancient scheduled monument. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Victoria County History". English Heritage. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Site of Legbourne Priory (1011455)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 May 2017.

Coordinates: 53°20′14″N0°02′35″E / 53.337200°N 0.043143°E / 53.337200; 0.043143

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