Cornworthy Priory
Former priory in Devon, England
![Cornworthy Priory is located in Devon](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Devon_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Devon_UK_location_map.svg.png)
![Cornworthy Priory](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/7px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Shown within Devon
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
See also
50°23′19″N 3°39′32″W / 50.3885°N 3.6588°W / 50.3885; -3.6588 (Cornworthy Priory)
- v
- t
- e
![]() | This article about a British Christian monastery, abbey, priory or other religious house is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e