Penwortham Priory, cell of Evesham Abbey

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Date:	1100-1534
Places:	Penwortham, Lancashire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Religious Institutions (Pre-Reformation) > Benedictine monks
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C29778 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O64903 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1350-1534: Leyland deed (1397), Farington and Leyland leases (1350-1518), prior's award in Farington family dispute (1534)	Lancashire Archives	DDF/490,493,2088-91,2333,2400,2405	NRA 334 See Docs rel to Priory of Penwortham, ed WA Hulton (Chetham Soc, vol 30)
2	12th-14th cent: register 12th -14th cent, chronicle of Evesham probably owned by priory	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harley MSS 3763, 229, fos 1-47	See CE Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972); Davis Medieval Cartularies (382)
3	abstracts of substantial collection of early charters, from 12th cent	Chetham's Library	Ms Kuerdon 2	See Monastic Research Bulletin 3,p24