Cornworthy Priory

The remains of Cornworthy Priory

Cornworthy Priory was a priory in Devon, England. It was founded in the early thirteenth century, for Augustinian nuns, and existed until 1536.[1] At the Dissolution of the Monasteries the lands passed to the Harris family, and remained in the family until the 1640s. Thomas Harris who was a Serjeant-at-Law lived here with his wife Elizabeth. Their daughter, Anne, Lady Southwell, who was a noted poet, was born here.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Country Walk & Ride Summary - Court Prior (Cornworthy Priory) near Totnes - Natural England
  2. ↑ Jean Klene, ‘Southwell , Anne, Lady Southwell (bap. 1574, d. 1636)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 12 Oct 2017

See also

Coordinates: 50°23′19″N 3°39′32″W / 50.3885°N 3.6588°W / 50.3885; -3.6588 (Cornworthy Priory)


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