Monument record 0045900000 - LITTLE MARLOW PRIORY

Summary

Thirteenth to sixteenth century records of Little Marlow priory

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Planning Notification Area: Remains of Medieval nunnery of Little Marlow Priory. (DBC9281)

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PRIORY (13th Century to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

PRIORY OF ST MARY FIRST RECORDED IN 1218, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN FOUNDED EARLIER. EXCAVATIONS SUGGEST EARLIEST BUILDINGS C.1220 & PRIORY INTENDED FOR AT LEAST 13 NUNS. IN EARLY C14 PRIORY BARELY SELF-SUPPORTING. 1530: 5 NUNS & PRIORESS. 1535: ONLY 5 NUNS LEFT, 3 OF WHOM WERE DISMISSED. DISSOLVED 1538 (B1-6).

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<1>SBC7298 Bibliographic reference: LANGLEY T 1797 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF HUNDRED OF DESBOROUGH PP318-323.
<2>SBC7795 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP607-608.
<3>SBC1723 Bibliographic reference: BIRCH W DE GRAY 1873 ACCOUNT OF NUNNERY OF LITTLE MARLOW, RECSOFBUCKS4PP64-73"".
<4>SBC15472 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P P78-79.
<5>SBC7157 Bibliographic reference: KNOWLES D & HADCOCK R N 1971 MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS HOUSES OF ENGLAND & WALE-S, 2ND EDIT. PP254, 260.
<6>SBC3155 Bibliographic reference: COLVIN H M 1963 HISTORY OF THE KINGS WORKS 1 P882 (CITING FOREIGN ACCOUN-T ROLL 45 EDWARD III, ROT.F.
<7>SBC12807 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 PP231-232.
<8>SBC5491 Map: G E SCRIMGEOUR AUGUST 1988 FROM OS 1960 6INCH MAP & PLAN IN B9.
<9>SBC11649 Article in serial: PEERS C R 1902 'BENEDICTINE NUNNERY OF LITTLE MARLOW', IN RECS OF BUCKS 8 PP419-434 & FIGS.
<10>SBC15303 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 1 PP357-360.
<11>SBC34 Bibliographic reference: A R PIKE (BCM) DEC 1978 FROM B7 & B9.
<12>SBC5489 Bibliographic reference: G E SCRIMGEOUR AUG 1988 FROM ILLUS. IN B9.
<13>SBC36 Bibliographic reference: A R PIKE (BCM) MARCH 1984 FIELD VISIT (& SEE CORRESPONDENCE & PHOTOS, FILED).
<14>SBC15227 Bibliographic reference: VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS MISS E M MARCH-APRIL 1998 (CORRESPONDENCE, FILED).
<15>SBC19256 Bibliographic reference: Browne Willis. 1717. An History of the Mitred Parliametary Abbies. Vol 2. p28.

Location

Grid reference	SU 88900 87700 (point)
Civil Parish	LITTLE MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire