North Ormsby Priory
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North Ormsby Priory was a Gilbertine
priory
in North Ormsby
, Lincolnshire
, England.
It was founded by Gilbert son of Robert of Ormsby with the consent of his lord, William, earl of Albemarle. Robert was steward of William of Percy and gave the nuns the churches of Sth Elkington and Little
Grimsby pasture, and land. The number of inmates was limited by Saint Gilbert
to 100 nuns and lay sisters, and 50 canons and lay brothers.
In 1534 the prior subscribed to the kings supremacy, and the house was surrendered by the prior and 5 canons and 9 nuns in 1538. The last prior was Christopher Cartwright. The site is still visible as earthworks
and is scheduled.
Gilbertine Order
The Gilbertine Order of Canons Regular was founded around 1130 by Saint Gilbert in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, where Gilbert was the parish priest...
priory
Priory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
in North Ormsby
North Ormsby
North Ormsby was in antiquity known as Nun Ormsby. It is both a village and a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about north west of the town of Louth.-Priory:...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England.
It was founded by Gilbert son of Robert of Ormsby with the consent of his lord, William, earl of Albemarle. Robert was steward of William of Percy and gave the nuns the churches of Sth Elkington and Little
Grimsby pasture, and land. The number of inmates was limited by Saint Gilbert
Saint Gilbert
Saint Gilbert may refer to:*Gilbert of Sempringham, founder of the Gilbertine Order*Gilbert de Moravia , later known as Saint Gilbert of Dornoch, Bishop of Caithness and founder of Dornoch Cathedral*Gilbert of Meaux, Bishop of Meaux...
to 100 nuns and lay sisters, and 50 canons and lay brothers.
In 1534 the prior subscribed to the kings supremacy, and the house was surrendered by the prior and 5 canons and 9 nuns in 1538. The last prior was Christopher Cartwright. The site is still visible as earthworks
Earthworks (archaeology)
In archaeology, earthwork is a general term to describe artificial changes in land level. Earthworks are often known colloquially as 'lumps and bumps'. Earthworks can themselves be archaeological features or they can show features beneath the surface...
and is scheduled.