Английская Википедия:Alice Baldwin (abbess)

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Alice Baldwin (died 1546) was the last Abbess of Burnham Abbey near Burnham, Buckinghamshire. She was the daughter of Sir John Baldwin, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.

Family

Alice Baldwin was the daughter of Sir John Baldwin (d.1545), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, by his first wife Agnes Dormer, the daughter of William Dormer (d.1506) and sister of Sir Robert Dormer (d.1552).Шаблон:Sfn

She had a brother and two sisters, all of whom predeceased her:

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Ruins of Burnham Abbey depicted in The English Traveller, 1819

Career

Alice Baldwin was elected the last Abbess of Burnham Abbey in Buckinghamshire in 1536. The Abbey had been founded in 1265 by Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, styled King of the Romans,[2] the brother of King Edward III, who endowed it with several manors, including the manors of Burnham and Cippenham. The Abbey, of which only some old walls and a fishpond remained in the mid-1800s, was situated about a half-mile from Burnham.Шаблон:Sfn

At the dissolution of the monasteries in the reign of Henry VIII, Burnham Abbey's revenues were valued at £51 2s 4-1/2d.Шаблон:Sfn The document of surrender, dated 19 September 1539, was signed by Alice Baldwin, as Abbess, and the nine remaining nuns who were still living there at the time. In return, it is said, for her readiness to surrender the Abbey to the Crown,Шаблон:Sfn Alice Baldwin was granted a small pension.Шаблон:Sfn After the surrender she appears to have spent her remaining years at Aylesbury at the home of her father, Sir John Baldwin, who both by deed and in his will left her well provided for with a life estate in his lands.Шаблон:Sfn

Sir John Baldwin died on 24 October 1545, and Alice survived him by only a few months; her will was proved on 2 March 1546. After Alice's death Sir John Baldwin's heirs at law, Sir Thomas Pakington and John Borlase (c.1528 – 6 May 1593) inherited the Baldwin estates.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Sir John Baldwin had been buried in Aylesbury Church,Шаблон:Sfn and in her will Alice requested that her executor erect a tomb of marble over his grave with figures depicting her father and mother and their children. It appears that Alice's executor, Richard Cupper (d.1584), carried out this request, although no trace of the monument now remains in Aylesbury Church.[3]

In 1518 Sir John Baldwin had married for a second time, and Alice Baldwin was survived by her stepmother, Anne (née Norris), widow of William Wroughton (d. before 1515), and daughter of Sir William Norris (d.1507) of Yattendon, Berkshire,Шаблон:Sfn by his third wife, Anne Horne.Шаблон:Sfn Anne had become insane before Baldwin's death,Шаблон:Sfn and shortly afterwards was placed in the care of her kinswoman, Mary (née Norris) Carew (d.1570), widow of Vice-Admiral Sir George Carew (c.1504 – 19 July 1545), and daughter of Henry Norris (b. before 1500, d. 1536) of Bray, Berkshire, and his wife, Mary.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn[4][5] The date of Anne's death is not known.

In 1544 a grant of the site of the abbey surrendered by Alice Baldwin was made to William Tyldesley, a Groom of the Chamber, and in 1574 Queen Elizabeth granted a lease of the property to Paul Wentworth, who had married Tyldesley's widow, Helen. In 1569, during Wentworth's tenure, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, was detained there before being sent to the Tower of London.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn After passing through various hands, the former Abbey was sold in 1916 to a contemplative religious order, and four centuries after its surrender again became the home of a community of nuns.[6]

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  1. ↑ Brydges states that his name was John; Шаблон:Harvnb.
  2. ↑ 'Parishes: Burnham with Lower Boveney', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 (1925), pp. 165-184 Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Cupper (Couper), Richard (by 1519-83/84), of London, Powick and Worcester, History of Parliament Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Wroughton, Sir William (1509/10-59), of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, History of Parliament Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Baldwin, John (1468/69-1545), of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, History of Parliament Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Burnham Abbey: History of the Abbey and Community Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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