Hampole Priory

Hampole Priory was a priory of Benedictine nuns in Hampole, South Yorkshire, England. Its existence was documented in a papal bull of 1146. The nuns were active in the wool trade.[1] Richard Rolle, a mystic author in the 14th century known as the "hermit of Hampole", settled at the priory after several moves and lived there until his death in 1349.[2] It was dissolved in the 16th century.[3]

Abbey Cottage on the site of the former Hampole Priory

A cottage now stands on the site of the former priory.

References

1. Janet E. Burton (1979). The Yorkshire Nunneries in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries. University of York. p. 1. Hampole Priory.
2. Claire Elizabeth McIlroy. Only the lonely: the solitary life in Richard Rolle’s The Form of Living and Julian of Norwich’s A Vision Showed to a Devout Woman and A Revelation of Love. University of Western Australia.
3. Freeman, Elizabeth. "The priory of Hampole and its literary culture: English religious women and books in the age of Richard Rolle." Parergon 29.1 (2012): 1-25.