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Elizabeth Lord

Female - 1550

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  • Name Elizabeth Lord  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1550  Wilberfoss, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I11327  Mallory Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2023 

    Father Robert Lord,   b. Abt 1475, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Driffield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F78  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ELIZABETH LORD or LORDE (d.1551)

      Elizabeth Lord was the daughter of Robert Lord of Kendal House, Driffield, East Yorkshire. She became a nun at Wilberfoss, near York. The prioress there was Margaret Easingwold, who held that post from December 6, 1479 until September 28, 1512, nearly thirty-two years. Elizabeth Lord was confirmed as the next prioress of Wilberfoss on October 18, 1518. The convent specialized in educating young gentlewomen and in 1537 even numbered Thomas Cromwell's granddaughter among its students. Possibly for this reason, the convent was not dissolved until August 20, 1539. At that time Elizabeth received a pension of

  • Sources 
    1. [S4061] The Religious Orders in Pre-Reformation England, James G. Clark, (Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 2002).

    2. [S4062] The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1509 - 1558, Volume 1, S. T. Bindoff, (London, UK: Secker and Warburg, 1982).

    3. [S4065] Monasticon Anglicanum: A History of the Abbies and Other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries, and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with Their Dependencies, in England and Wales; Also of All Such Scotch, Irish and French Monasteries, as Were in Any Manner Connected with Religious Houses in England, Volume 4, William Dugdale, (London, UK: James Bohn, 1846).


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