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Hampole Priory

Hampole Priory

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Hampole Priory was a priory of Cistercian nuns (Knowles & Hadcock) in Hampole, South Yorkshire, England. Its existence was documented in a papal bull of 1146. The nuns were active in the wool trade.[1] Richard Rolle, a mystic author in the 14th century known as the "hermit of Hampole", settled at the priory after several moves and lived there until his death in 1349.[2] It was dissolved in the 16th century.[3]

Abbey Cottage on the site of the former Hampole Priory

In 1552, Edward VI granted the nunnery to Francis Aislaby, a soldier who had served in Scotland at the siege of Haddington and was captain of Dunglass Castle.[4] A cottage now stands on the site of the former priory.

References

  1. [1]
    Janet E. Burton (1979). The Yorkshire Nunneries in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries. University of York. p. 1. Hampole Priory.
  2. [2]
    Claire Elizabeth McIlroy. Only the lonely: the solitary life in Richard Rolle’s The Form of Living and Julian of Norwich’s A Vision Showed to a Devout Woman and A Revelation of Love. University of Western Australia.
  3. [3]
    Freeman, Elizabeth. "The priory of Hampole and its literary culture: English religious women and books in the age of Richard Rolle." Parergon 29.1 (2012): 1-25.
  4. [4]
    William Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, 5 (London, 1846), p. 487.

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