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📍 Cork ⛪ Augustinian Nuns

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Benedictine[notes 48] or Augustinian[notes 49] nuns license granted following petition by Agnes de Hareford, a recluse of Cork, and enquiry by John Wogan, Justiciar 1297, on the direction of the…

Benedictine[notes 48] or Augustinian[notes 49] nuns license granted following petition by Agnes de Hareford, a recluse of Cork, and enquiry by John Wogan, Justiciar 1297, on the direction of the Crown; founded c.1327 by William de Barry who, with John de Barry, John FitzGilbert and Philip FitzRobert granted endowments to Agnes and others nuns; possibly on site later occupied by Market House

Historical Information

Alternative Names:
  • St John the Baptist
Communities & Provenance:

Benedictine[notes 48] or Augustinian[notes 49] nuns license granted following petition by Agnes de Hareford, a recluse of Cork, and enquiry by John Wogan, Justiciar 1297, on the direction of the Crown; founded c.1327 by William de Barry who, with John de Barry, John FitzGilbert and Philip FitzRobert granted endowments to Agnes and others nuns; possibly on site later occupied by Market House