Broadholme Priory

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Broadholme Priory was a convent of canonesses of the Premonstratensian Order in Nottinghamshire. it is likely to have been founded in the thirteenth century.

The Valor Ecclesiasticus gives the gross annual value of this small priory as £18 11s. 10d.

On 12 December 1536 Joan Aungewen (or Angevin), was assigned a pension of 7 marks.

The site was granted by the Crown in 1537 to Ralph Jackson.

[edit] Prioresses of Broadholme

  • Matilda, occurs 1326
  • Joan de Rield, occurs 1354
  • Elizabeth de Brerworth, occurs 1496
  • Joan Aungewen, occurs 1534 and 1536