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St. Mary Magdalen was a Benedictine priory in Lincoln, England. Along with Sandtoft Priory and Hanes Cell, it was a Lincolnshire cell of St Mary's Abbey in York, England. A surviving building, once owned by the priory, is Monks' Abbey, Lincoln. ==Early priory history== A 'tradition', starting with associations made by John Leland in his 16th century ''Itineraries'', was that the 7th century ''Icanho'' (or Icanhoc, or Ycanno) monastery, mentioned by Bede, and said to have been destroyed by the invading Danes, was owned by the priory.〔 However, John Blair, in the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' entry for St. Boltoph, the saint who is said to have founded the monastery in 654, writes that ''Icanho'' has been 'conclusively identified' with Iken in Suffolk.〔John Blair, ‘Botwulf (fl. 654–c.670)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 16 Nov 2013 )〕 Leland also mentions another early religious house in Lincoln, that predates the time of Remigius de Fécamp, the Benedictine Bishop who began the construction of Lincoln Cathedral in the mid 1070s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 History )〕 He writes: "Where the Deane of Lyncolne's house is in the Minstar Close of Lyncolne, and there about, was a Monastery of Nunes afore the time that Remigus began the new Mynstar of Lyncolne: and of this Howse yet remayne certayne tokens of it." Romfar is said to have given St. Mary Magdalen priory lands in Winterton, Usselby and Osgoodby, Lincolnshire, prior to 1115-18, as well as extensive holdings in Lincoln, including the Monks Abbey site, all of which were confirmed by Henry I in 1120-2. While no charter for the priory survives,〔 a document relating to an early 15th century dispute, sets out the terms of the endowment by Romfar.〔 The document describes an existing church dedicated to St. Mary, and adjoining lands, in an area of Lincoln called 'les blackmunkes', would be given to the Priory on the condition that at least two monks, acting as chaplains in the Church, would live there and celebrate divine service for the souls of Richard I, Romfar, and his heirs.〔 If the priory did not meet these conditions, or missed for one year, excepting in the case of pestilence in the city, they would forfeit the lands.〔 The York abbott successfully challenged the claim that the priory had not met Romfar's conditions and used the confirmation of the endowment by Henry I to maintain possession.〔 Other endowments were given to the priory by Roger Mowbray and William, Earl of Warren were confirmed by Henry II.〔 In addition to meeting the conditions of their endowments, the Priory's role was to manage the Lincolnshire estates held by the mother abbey in York, and, as such, 'was only intended to support a prior and one or two monks'. Despite the small size of the cell, unlike other 'minute dependencies', excavation work at the Monks Abbey site suggests the priory members 'worshipped in a cruciform chapel of good size'. 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「St. Mary Magdalen Priory, Lincoln」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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