The last prioress, Grace Samson, was awarded a pension, and the estate was given or sold to Sir Edmund Bedingfield.
[1] The priory was founded by Emma de Arras, Countess of Guisnes, a daughter of the Lord of Redlingfield, after the Norman Conquest in 1120.
[5] More lead from Redlingfield was acquired by Nicholas Bacon for his building projects.
[6] The parish church, which dates back to Anglo-Saxon times,[7] is thought to have been used by nuns.
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