Advertisement

Advertisement

Isabel de Plantagenet

Birth
England
Death
Feb 1349
Amesbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
Burial
Amesbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Daughter of Henry Plantagenet and Matilda de Chaworth. Grandson of Edmund Crouchback of England and Blanche de Artois, Sir Patrick de Chaworth and Isabel de Beauchamp.
Born about 1317.

Isabel was quiet, lived by herself, became a nun and then the Prioress of Amesbury Priory, but spent a lot of time outside of the priory on pilgrimages and personally attending to and the administration of her properties granted to her by her father. She owned hunting dogs and had servants, used her family's position to her advantage to obtain benefits and special considerations. The king ordered three tuns of wine yearly for life to her priory, as well as twelve oaks for life from the Chute Forest. She was elected prioress March of 1344, and died shortly before 04 Feb 1349.
Daughter of Henry Plantagenet and Matilda de Chaworth. Grandson of Edmund Crouchback of England and Blanche de Artois, Sir Patrick de Chaworth and Isabel de Beauchamp.
Born about 1317.

Isabel was quiet, lived by herself, became a nun and then the Prioress of Amesbury Priory, but spent a lot of time outside of the priory on pilgrimages and personally attending to and the administration of her properties granted to her by her father. She owned hunting dogs and had servants, used her family's position to her advantage to obtain benefits and special considerations. The king ordered three tuns of wine yearly for life to her priory, as well as twelve oaks for life from the Chute Forest. She was elected prioress March of 1344, and died shortly before 04 Feb 1349.


Advertisement