Cornworthy Priory
Cornworthy Priory | |
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Shown within Devon | |
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Town or city | Cornworthy |
Country | England |
Cornworthy Priory was a priory in Devon, England. It was founded in the early thirteenth century, for Augustinian nuns, and existed until 1536.[1] At the Dissolution of the Monasteries the lands passed to the Harris family, and remained in the family until the 1640s. Thomas Harris who was a Serjeant-at-Law lived here with his wife Elizabeth. Their daughter, Anne, Lady Southwell, who was a noted poet, was born here.[2]
References[]
- ^ Country Walk & Ride Summary - Court Prior (Cornworthy Priory) near Totnes - Natural England
- ^ Jean Klene, ‘Southwell, Anne, Lady Southwell (bap. 1574, d. 1636)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 12 Oct 2017
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Coordinates: 50°23′19″N 3°39′32″W / 50.3885°N 3.6588°W
Categories:
- Monasteries in Devon
- 1536 disestablishments in England
- Christian monasteries established in the 13th century
- 13th-century establishments in England
- Devon building and structure stubs
- United Kingdom Christian monastery stubs