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Kington St. Michael Priory was a Benedictine Priory of nuns at Kington St Michael in Wiltshire, England. The last Prioress of Kington was Dame Marie Denys, a daughter of Sir William Denys (1470–1533) of Dyrham, Gloucestershire and Lady Ann Berkeley, da. of Maurice, ''de jure'' 3rd Baron Berkeley (d.1506).〔Visitation of the County of Gloucester, 1623. ed. Sir John Maclean. London, 1885. Dennis/Denys pp.49-53, in which she is described as "Mary a nun at Lacocke 28 August. 11 Henry 8,(i.e.1520), from Harley MS 1041"〕 She had previously been a nun at Lacock Abbey, and had just taken up her new appointment at the start of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. In the summer of 1535 the King's visitors came to Lacock and made a favourable report. John ap Rice wrote that he had 'founde no notable compertes there' and commended the nuns of Lacock for their familiarity with their rule and constitutions.〔Letters & Papers Hen. VIII, ix, pp. 39, 47.〕 He informed Thomas Cromwell that Dame Marie Denys, 'a faire young woman of Laycock', had been made Prioress of Kington, where the visitation had revealed a less satisfactory state of affairs.〔L&P Hen VIII, ix, p. 47; Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine (WAM) xxviii, 297.〕 The report of the Commissioners of 1536 upon Kington was however favourable.〔Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine (WAM) 311()〕 Marie Denys lived until at least 1571 when she was bequeathed by the will of her brother Sir Walter Denys (1501–1571) his second best bed, situated at the home of his second wife at Codrington, near Dyrham: "Item I geve my second best bed with blanketts coverled, bolster thereunto belonginge being nowe in Codrington unto my sister Marye Denys"〔Will of Sir Walter Denys dated 2 Feb. 1571. National Archives, PROB 11/53, Image ref. 300/244〕 ==Sources== * * * *Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kington St. Michael Priory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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