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Monument Number 463877
Hob Uid: 463877
Location : Kent Folkestone and Hythe Newington
Grid Ref : TR1800037000
Summary : Benedictine nunnery referred to at Newington at the end of the 11th century. Nothing further is known about it.
More information : A small house of nuns in Newington Manor is said to have existed c. end of the 11th century. The prioress was apparently strangled in in her bed by her cook, and as a result the king took over the manor and removed the nuns to Sheppey or Minster. Nothing else is known of this monastery of Newington, and it seems likely that it may have been merely a refuge of some of the nuns from Sheppey. (1,2) Additional bibliography - not consulted. (3)

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Source details : Monastican Anglicanum 1846 (ed J Caley ii 49 vi 1620 (Dugdale)
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Benedictine Nunnery, Priory
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Number : TR 13 NE 39
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Monument Number 463877