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* 1240. Sibill.<ref>{{:Dodsworth, Roger 1882a}}; see p. 404.</ref>
* 1240. Sibill.<ref>{{:Dodsworth, Roger 1882a}}; see p. 404.</ref>
* 1306.10.04 &ndash; ? 1307.01.14. Margaret de Clayworth.<ref name="chadwick1888a_p85"/>
* 1306.10.04 &ndash; ? 1307.01.14. Margaret de Clayworth.<ref name="chadwick1888a_p85"/>
* 1307.01.15<ref name="chadwick1888a_p85"/> &ndash; ''after'' 1331.04.05. Alice de Scriven<ref>See {{:Lister, John 1917a}}, pp. 147 (25 July 1316), 154 (August 1316); {{:Walker, John William 1945a}}, pp. 173 (12 March 1331), 174 (5 April 1331). Scriven ís a village just north of Knaresborough, in North Yorkshire (formerly in the North Riding of Yorkshire).</ref>  
* 1307.01.15<ref name="chadwick1888a_p85"/> &ndash; ''after'' 1331.04.05. Alice de Scriven<ref>See {{:Lister, John 1917a}}, pp. 147 (25 July 1316), 154 (August 1316); {{:Walker, John William 1945a}}, pp. 173 (12 March 1331), 174 (5 April 1331). Scriven ís a village just north of Knaresborough, in North Yorkshire (formerly in the North Riding of Yorkshire). {{:Chadwick, S J 1902b}}, p. 321, has her as prioress during 1307-1308 only.</ref>  
* 15th cent. (before Cecilia Hill, ''see next''). ? Margaret Seyvill, daughter of Sir John Seyvill.<ref name="chadwick1888a_p85"/>
* 15th cent. (before Cecilia Hill, ''see next'') or 1350. ? Margaret Seyvill, daughter of Sir John Seyvill.<ref name="chadwick1888a_p85"/>
* 14?? &ndash; 1491. Cecilia Hill ''or'' Hiks.<ref name="chadwick1888a_p85"/>
* 14?? &ndash; 1491. Cecilia Hill ''or'' Hiks.<ref name="chadwick1888a_p85"/>
* 1491 &ndash; 1499 ''or earlier''. Joanna Stansfeld.<ref name="chadwick_pp85f">Chadwick (1888), pp. 85-86.</ref>
* 1491 &ndash; 1499 ''or earlier''. Joanna Stansfeld.<ref name="chadwick_pp85f">Chadwick (1888), pp. 85-86.</ref>

Revision as of 22:41, 19 June 2020

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-09-01. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-06-19.

According to the Gest of Robyn Hode and Robin Hood's Death, a prioress of Kirklees and her illicit lover were responsible for Robin Hood's death. The prioress is not given a name in either tale, and it is quite uncertain if their authors had a specific historical prioress in mind. Nonetheless I intend to compile a list of prioresses. References will be added as I come across them. However, unless major new discoveries are made the list will remain quite incomplete. Kirklees Priory was dissolved on 24 November 1539.[1]

Prioresses of Kirklees

  • 13th cent. Elizabeth de Staynton; said to be the first prioress.[2]
  • 1240. Sibill.[3]
  • 1306.10.04 – ? 1307.01.14. Margaret de Clayworth.[2]
  • 1307.01.15[2] – after 1331.04.05. Alice de Scriven[4]
  • 15th cent. (before Cecilia Hill, see next) or 1350. ? Margaret Seyvill, daughter of Sir John Seyvill.[2]
  • 14?? – 1491. Cecilia Hill or Hiks.[2]
  • 1491 – 1499 or earlier. Joanna Stansfeld.[5]
  • 1499.04.24 – 1505.03.09 or earlier. Margaret Tarlton.[5]
  • 1505.03.10 –-15??. Margaret Fletcher.[6]
  • 1527.07.09 – 1538.05.13 or later Cecilia Topcliffe.[7]
  • 1538.05.14 or later – 1539.11.24. Joan Kyppes, Keps, Kepax or Kepast. The last prioress of Kirklees.[8]

Also see

Notes

  1. ↑ Armytage, George John 1881a; see p. 75 n. 1; Armytage, George John. 'Account of Excavations at Kirklees Priory, Yorks.', Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Second Series, vol. XXI (1906-1907), pp. 175-86 [+2 pp. plates]; see p. 176.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Chadwick, S. J. 'Kirklees Nunnery', Yorkshire Notes and Queries, vol. I (1888), pp. 82-94, 97-105; see p. 85.
  3. ↑ [Dodsworth, Roger], compil.; Ellis, Alfred S., ed. 'Dodsworth's Yorkshire Notes (Agbrigg) [part 3]', Yorkshire Archæological and Topographical Journal, vol. VII, part XXVII (1882), pp. 401-28; see p. 404.
  4. ↑ See Lister, John, ed.; [Stokes, Ethel, transcr.] Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield, vol. III (Yorkshire Archæological Society, Record Series, vol. LVII (1917), pp. 147 (25 July 1316), 154 (August 1316); Walker, J.W., ed.; [Stokes, Ethel, transcr.], Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield. Vol. V. 1322-1331 (Yorkshire Archæological Society, Record Series, vol. CIX) (1945), pp. 173 (12 March 1331), 174 (5 April 1331). Scriven ís a village just north of Knaresborough, in North Yorkshire (formerly in the North Riding of Yorkshire). Chadwick, S J 1902b, p. 321, has her as prioress during 1307-1308 only.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chadwick (1888), pp. 85-86.
  6. ↑ Chadwick (1888), p. 86.
  7. ↑ Clay, John William, ed. Yorkshire Monasteries: Suppression Papers (The Yorkshire Archæological Society, Record Series, vol. XLVIII) ([s.l.], 1912), p. 127. Also see Chadwick (1888), p. 86.
  8. ↑ Clay, p. 127. Also see Armytage (1906), p. 180; Chadwick (1888), p. 86.


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