Elizabeth Lord

- 1550

• Name	Elizabeth Lord  [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1550	Wilberfoss, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  Person ID	I11327	Mallory Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert Lord,   b. Abt 1475, England d. Driffield, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F78	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ELIZABETH LORD or LORDE (d.1551) Elizabeth Lord was the daughter of Robert Lord of Kendal House, Driffield, East Yorkshire. She became a nun at Wilberfoss, near York. The prioress there was Margaret Easingwold, who held that post from December 6, 1479 until September 28, 1512, nearly thirty-two years. Elizabeth Lord was confirmed as the next prioress of Wilberfoss on October 18, 1518. The convent specialized in educating young gentlewomen and in 1537 even numbered Thomas Cromwell's granddaughter among its students. Possibly for this reason, the convent was not dissolved until August 20, 1539. At that time Elizabeth received a pension of

  
  

• Sources

  [S4061] James G. Clark, The Religious Orders in Pre-Reformation England, (Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 2002). [S4062] S. T. Bindoff, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1509 - 1558, Volume 1, (London, UK: Secker and Warburg, 1982). [S4065] William Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum: A History of the Abbies and Other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries, and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with Their Dependencies, in England and Wales; Also of All Such Scotch, Irish and French Monasteries, as Were in Any Manner Connected with Religious Houses in England, Volume 4, (London, UK: James Bohn, 1846).