147:. Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville patronized Agnes by providing for her financial needs until her death in 1507. Bridget was said to have entered Dartford in 1490, an event that was associated with her mother's withdrawal into Bermondsey Abbey, but in fact Woodville had gone to Bermondsey in 1487. Elizabeth Cressner, the prioress of the nunnery from 1489 to 1536, was in charge of the Priory throughout Bridget's tenure at Dartford. As the only Dominican nunnery in England, the nunnery followed the Rule of St. Augustine, which, according to Paul Lee, detailed a life of strict poverty, chastity, communal charity and obedience. Lee also notes that “nclosure of the nuns was strict, in principle, and there is no hint of scandal involving nuns leaving the monastic confines.” Nonetheless, the priory did accommodate secular boarders, and both boys and girls received an education there.
99:) with 'a considerable dowry'. Adam Langstroth fought beside Lord Clifford during the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513. Longstrother Dale in Yorkshire's West Riding had been home to Longstroth's family for many generations. His wife, and mother of his sons, was called Agnes, but there is no evidence that she was called 'Agnes of Eltham'. Langstroth's wife had at least one son, Christopher Langstroth.
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Bridget. Instead the record states: "Sister Agnes Roper, daughter of Henry VIII's attorney general John Roper of Eltham... was a nun at Dartford from the 1520s until the time of Dissolution."
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Dartford on the years leading up to the Dissolution. Her farther was John Roper of Well Hall, the Attorney General, and her brother, William Roper, married Margaret, the daughter of Sir Thomas
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Elizabeth of York, Bridget's sister, passed away in 1503. Bridget of York died of unknown causes in 1517, at the age of 37.
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