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Hace 3 días · The British Library possesses two cartularies from Lacock Abbey. The oldest cartulary contains copies of some of the earliest charters relating to the foundation of the Abbey in the 13th century and its founder Ela, countess of Salisbury.
Hace 3 días · In 1232, Ela, Countess of Salisbury, founded a nunnery at Lacock and proceeded to build an Augustian house, now Lacock Abbey. Ela, herself became a nun and then abbess at Lacock. The nunnery continued to run until the dissolution of the abbeys whereby Lacock was handed over to Sir William Sharington in 1540 who converted the abbey ...
Hace 3 días · 'Sarum' is also found in a similar position in another set of leonines — those cut upon the stone slab at Lacock Abbey that once covered the remains of Ela, Countess of Salisbury, the foundress of that nunnery.
Hace 2 días · The foundation of the Charterhouse at Hinton was due to the devotion of Ela, Countess of Salisbury, and to her desire to fulfil her husband's wish. William Longespée (fn. 1) was supposed to have been the son of the fair Rosamund.
Hace 3 días · Other dignities held at Salisbury, though not qualifications for admission, are added here as indication of the type of men who became residentiaries. Deans, who were, of course, also prebendaries of Heytesbury, were automatically accorded the status and rights of residentiaries.
Hace 4 días · The Countess of Rutland to the Earl of Salisbury. [Before December 3, 1665]. Regrets that she was not able to visit Salisbury as arranged, but circumstances forced her to postpone the journey.
This book has the Countess ally herself with questionable company in the Red Coterie. A group of sorcerers and aristocrats that may not be as evil as the Silver Twilight Lodge but are absolutely not to be trusted.
