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Page numbers set in italics indicate illustrative material. aberdeen Magdalene College University Library 134 189 n. 8 Pepys 2125, 194 n. 52

St. John’s College brussels A.I.7190–91 n. 23 Bibl. Royale 9272–76 170 n. 55 Bibl. Royale IV. 481 148, 181 n. 26 Trinity College B. 11.4141 B. 14. 15 (301) 156 n. 44, 176 n. 22 cambridge B. 15. 18 (354) 190 n. 18 University Library (CUL) O. 7. 12 149 Addl. 3042 144 Addl. 7220 160 n. 32 Addl. 8335 148 dublin Dd, 5.5167n. 20 Gg.5.24 57 Trinity College Ii.6.40 194 n. 52 Kk.6.39 144 209 169 n. 47 Mm.3.13 143 409 160 n. 33

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london Guildhall Library British Library (BL) 4424 168 nn. 32 and 41, 169 n. 43, 172 n. 71 9171/2168nn. 32, 33, 38 and 41, 170–71 n. 58 Addl. 5833 186 n. 50 9171/5156n. 44, 173 n. 76 Addl. 5837 186 n. 47 9171/9156n. 47 Addl. 8102 182 n. 38 9171/11 193 n. 38 Addl. 10596 4, 163 n. 71 9531/5182n. 30 Addl. 19156 176 n. 21, 178 n. 55 9531/6173n. 75 Addl. 22285 141, 182 n. 31, 191 n. 26, 192 9531/9181n. 25 n. 30 Addl. 24192 97 Addl. 32483 176 n. 20 Lambeth Palace Library Addl. 37787 113, 128, 129 34 60, 171 n. 59 Addl. 40675 160 n. 32 72 142 Addl. 41139 175 n. 14 432 142, 156 n. 46 Addl. 42763,-64,-65 179 nn. 1 and 8, 472 173 n. 77 194 n. 51 3597 145, 187 n. 56 Addl. 70513 5, 160 n. 32 Addl. 74953 171 n. 60 Arundel 197 194 n. 52 Arundel 327 37, 144, 175 n. 11 longleat house Arundel 396 74 Arundel 397 194 n. 52 Marquess of Bath Cotton Appendix xiv 164 n. 79 Cotton Vespasian D.xxvi 144 14 143 Egerton 2710 140 Egerton 2781 58–59 Harley 42 189 n. 8 madrid Harley 100 145 Harley 431 168 n. 41 El Escorial Harley 494 139 Harley 993 147 Q.II.658 Harley 1074 192 n. 36 Harley 1706 164 n. 83 Harley 2254 147, 156 n. 44 Harley 2387 59 maldon Harley 2397 158 n. 1 Essex, Beeleigh Abbey Harley 4012 145–46, 187 n. 55 Harley 6576 190 n. 18 Foyle (olim) 143, 147, 148 Royal 18.C.26 60, 171 n. 62 Royal 18.D.1171n. 60 Royal 15.D.11 169 n. 47 Sloane 779 140–41 manchester Titus A.iv 160 n. 24 John Rylands University Library French 6149

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oakley park paris Earl of Plymouth psalter 149 Bibl. Nationale Fr. 1038 148 oxford Bodleian Library princeton Addl. A.42 5, 44 Addl. G.e.43 189 n. 8 University Library Auct. D.3.1189n. 8 Garrett 145 194 n. 52 Auct. D.4.3146 Auct. D.4.7148, 182 n. 30 Barlow 11 143 Bodl. 9139 Bodl. 155 148 san marino Bodl. 212 189 n. 8 Huntington Library Bodl. 423 194 n. 52 Bodl. 630 189 n. 8 EL 9.H.17 (Vernon psalter) 59 Bodl. 923 148 Bodl. 938 20 Douce 372 175 n. 11 Gough liturg. 9146 syon abbey Hatton 18 111, 145, 148, 186 n. 48 Holkham misc. 41 143, 156 n. 45 I 148 Laud 330 176 n. 22 Laud misc 416 147 e museo 23 139 Rawl. C 941 189 n. 8 taunton Somerset County Record Ofﬁce All Souls College DD/SAS/1193/68 44, 147, 164 n. 78 6145

Balliol 106, 112, 214, 317 158 n. 3 vatican library Regin. Lat. 343 160 n. 24 Brasenose College 16 189 n. 8 washington d.c. Jesus College 39 148 Library of Congress Faye-Bond 432, 33, 34, 160 n. 24 Magdalen College lat.41 164 n. 83 windsor University College Dean and Canons 25 182 n. 30 169 147 XV.37.9173n. 75

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Abington, Dorothe, 47 Beaufort, Lady Margaret, 118, 122, 126, 191 Act of Supremacy, 102, 103 n. 27 Alcock, John (bishop of Ely), 8 Beeleigh Abbey (Essex), 127, 147, 148, 193 Aldgate, 55 n. 39 Allen, Hope Emily, 60 Bell, David, 2, 28, 34–35, 40, 108, 147–49 almshouses, 11, 24 Benedict, St., 126 Amesbury Abbey (Wilts.), 16, 43, 95; impact Benedictine Rule, 31, 32, 33, 143, 160 n. 24 of Dissolution, 98; library collections, 5, Bernard, St.: Meditations, 133, 150, 188 n. 2 37, 44, 139, 145 Beselles, Dame Alice, 86–87, 90, 97, 179 Amesbury Psalter, 145 nn. 4, 6 and 8 anchoresses/anchorites, 9, 21, 137; cells, 48, Betson, Thomas (monk), 42–43 59, 75, 105, 169–70 n. 51; library Bilney, Thomas (reformer), 100–6, 183 n. 5, collections, 4, 48, 62, 153 n. 9; patronage 185 n. 28 of, 75, 105. See also Lampett, Julian; Birrell, T. A., 140 Manne, Katherine; Pensax, Margery Bishopsgate (London), 48, 59, 62, 75–76, anchoritic texts: Ancrene Wisse, 8, 153 n. 3; 169–70 n. 51 Myrrour of Recluses, 24 Blackborough Priory, 76, 77 Ankerwyke Priory (Bucks.), 11, 175 n. 11 Blackfriars (Norwich), 75, 105 Anne, St., frontispiece, 22, 54, 157 n. 55 Blakeney, Joan (widow), 74, 175 n. 13 Ashton, Sir Richard, 47, 165 n. 93 Blomeﬁeld, Francis, 69 Aubrey, John, 21 Boeria, Magdalene, 141 Audeley, Lady, 12 Bokenham, Osbern (poet): Legendys of Hooly Aungier, G. J., 95 Wummen, 22, 37, 74, 110, 144, 157 n. 56, 175 n. 11 Babington plot, 47 Boleyn, Anne, 98, 188 n. 64 Baille, Thomas (bookbinder), 34 Bolney, Anthony (subprior), 121 Baret, John, 82 Bonaventure, 39 Barking Abbey (Essex), 17, 30, 164 n. 83, Bonde, William (monk): Directory of 167 n. 25, 188 n. 4, 192 n. 33, 193 n. 38; conscience, 109–11; Pylgrimage of Benedictine Rule, 31, 32; book Perfection, 45, 46, 142 exchanges, 42, 45, 46–47; impact of Boniface VIII (pope): Periculoso, 10, 15, 16 Dissolution, 38, 46–47; library Book of Divers Ghostly Matters, 133 collections, 4, 31–32, 34–36, 108, 127, book ownership: evidence of, 1–5, 28, 34–35; 145, 147–48; resident laywomen, 19–20 family networks, 19–20, 23–27, 86, 99, Barley, John and William, 77–78, 81 119, 130–33, 136; and female signatures, Barron, Caroline, 156 n. 53, 185 n. 26 116, 119, 124, 126–27, 134, 190–91 n. 23; Barton, Elizabeth (“Nun of Kent”), 88–89, by religious women and houses, 2, 19, 98, 180 nn. 13–15 27–47, 99, 117, 135–36, 139–49; role of

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men, 5, 144, 158 n. 1; as social history, 1, Capgrave, John (poet), 74 86, 134–38; and wills, 1–3, 23–24, 42, 57, Carlin, Martha, 154 n. 24 97, 120, 125, 135. See also inscriptions Carpenter, John (bishop), 63 book transmission: doctrine of purgatory, 28; Carpenter, John (town clerk), 63, 64 forms of, 28–29, 42–47, 130, 134–38, Carrow Priory (Norfolk), 17, 30, 72, 155 158 n. 5, 163 n. 63; and monastic culture, n. 35; bequests to, 75–76, 117; library 42–44, 121, 133, 135, 137; networks, 4–6, collections, 35, 42; resident laywomen, 25–26, 42–47, 68–69, 75, 114–15; 12–13, 14, 178 n. 47 secular women to nuns, 44–46, 164 cartularies, 36, 45, 161 n. 39, 186 n. 47 n. 83; within families, 24–25, 45, 130–33, Cassian, John: Collationes Patrum, 126; 136; woman to woman, 133 De Institutis Coenobitarum, 126 bookcases: size of, 159 n. 18 Castle Hedingham nunnery (Essex), 32, 34, books: “care of books” texts, 31–32, 33, 34; 45, 161 n. 45 forbidden, 102; prices for, 118; uses of, Catelyn, Alice (servant), 77, 176 n. 26 40, 42; vernacular usage, 24, 39, 57–58, Catesby Priory (Northants.), 11–13, 19 65, 110, 114 Catherine of Alexander, St., 74 books of hours/primers, 39, 73, 117–21, 137, Catherine of Siena, St., 74 142, 189 n. 6 Cavanaugh, Susan, 23, 152 n. 3 Bordesley Abbey (Worcester), 113 Caxton (printer), 116, 124, 125, 135, 140–41, Bouge, Dan John (monk), 102–04, 105 144, 194 n. 55; Royal Book, 128–32, 133, Bowys, Anna, 96 151; woodcut, 131 Brainthwaite, Alice (nun), 44, 147 Chadderton, Katherine, 25 Braybrook, Sir Gerard: will, 65 Chamberlain, Robert (servant), 54–56, 62, Braybrooke, Robert (bishop of London), 168 n. 35 51–53, 61, 62, 64, 65 Champeney, Sir John (priest), 45 Bridget, St., 88, 143; Revelations, 41, 42, 76, Champneis, Geoffrey (vicar), 80 132, 142, 194 n. 52 Chastising of God’s Children, 39–41, 43, 47, Bridgen, Susan, 109 125, 132, 148–49, 150 Broke, Dorothy (laywoman), 46–47 Childrey Parish (Berks.), 94 Broke, Thomas (lawyer), 47 Childrey School (Berks.), 91, 181 n. 21 Brooke, Christopher, 104 Chrysostom, St. John, 8, 170 nn. 56 and 57; Brown, Peter, 66 De Compunctione, 60; De Reparacione Bruisyard nunnery (Suff.), 156 n. 37, 163 n. Lapsi, 60 70, 194 n. 53; bequests to, 76; library claustration, 8–10, 15, 16 collections, 132, 145; resident laywomen, Clay, Rotha Mary, 100, 105, 169–70 n. 51 17–18 Clement, Dorothy, 122 Buckenham, William (rector), 103–04, 105 Clere, Elizabeth, 20, 71 Buckland (Berks.), 95, 97–98, 146, 182 n. 38 Cobham, Lady Joan (Braybrooke; Oldcastle), Bulkeley, Anne, 139 51, 52, 59, 64–65, 168–69 n. 41, 169 n. 49 Bungay (Suffolk), 17, 20, 76, 155 n. 34 Cobham, Sir John (Lord Cobham), 51–52, 59, Burton, Alice, 127, 133, 143–44, 147 62, 64, 166 nn. 15, 16 and 18 Burton, Janet, 154 n. 18, 161 n. 39 Codryngton, Christopher, 96 Burton, Margaret, 127, 133, 143–44, 147 Codryngton, Dorothy Fettyplace (widow): Bury (Lancs.), 63 at Buckland, 21, 182 n. 38; death, 98; Bury St. Edmunds, 82, 102 library collections, 3, 85, 95–98; will, business documents. See cartularies 85–86, 90, 96–97, 99 Byland Abbey, 162 n. 48 Cokerham, Richard, 78, 79 Colledge, Eric, 122 Caesarius of Arles: rules for nuns, 10 Collins, A. Jefferies, 95 Caistre, Richard (vicar), 79–80 Colop, John, 173 n. 77 Calepino, Ambrogio (lexicographer), 87 Colvylle, Anne, 147 Cambridge University, 77–78, 83, 101–04, “common proﬁt” manuscripts, 27, 135, 147, 141 173 n. 77 Campsey Priory (Suff.), 30, 161 n. 45, 163 Conyers, Margaret, 194 n. 55 n. 70, 191–92 n. 30; library collections, Cornburgh, Beatrice, 45 5, 34, 35, 37, 74, 125, 149 Coughton Court (War.), 111–12, 145, 187 Canonsleigh, 139–40, 144 n. 56, 191 n. 23 219

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Crabhouse priory, 76, 77, 176 n. 18 66–67; Worm on the Hoop (residence), Curson, Dame Dorothy (vowess), 12 53, 62, 167 n. 26, 172 n. 70 Cusack, Bridget, 110 De Neville, Alicia (baroness Neville), 49–53, Cyprian, St., 5, 87–89; Sermon of Mortalitie, 165 nn. 4 and 6, 168 n. 35; patronage, 5, 87–89, 98 52–53, 167 n. 21; will, 53, 66, 166 n. 17, 167 n. 27 D’Abernum, Pierre: Lumiere as lais (Light for De Pizan, Christine, 26 Laypeople), 58 De Ricci, Seymour, 124 Dacre, Lady Mable, 119 De Saint Pol, Mary (countess of Pembroke), Damlett, Hugh (rector), 78–79, 81, 83, 136, 52, 110 177 nn. 34, 36 and 37 De Thorneye, William, 38 Dartford Priory (Kent), 11, 12, 30, 88; book De Vere family, 45, 164 n. 83 ownership and transmission, 19, 42, 44; De Vere, Lady Elizabeth (countess of Oxford, impact of Dissolution, 37, 38, 127–28; d. 1473), 22, 44–45, 164 n. 83 library collections, 35–37, 118, 127–28, De Vere, Lady Elizabeth (countess of Oxford, 140, 147, 156 n 44; “Nedeham d. 1537), 164 n. 83 Loggyng,” 12 De Vere, Lucy (nun), 32 Davis, John F., 105, 183 n. 5 De Worde, Wynkyn (printer), 126, 180 n. 10; De Bergh, William (rector), 51–56, 64, 136, Chastising of God’s Children, 125, 132, 166 nn. 15 and 16, 168 n. 37; library 148–49; Primer/Book of Hours, 118, 189 collections, 57–59; and Margery de n. 5; Royal Book, 194 n. 53; Scale of Nerford, 53–56, 66; will, 55–59, 168 Perfection, 121–23, 132, 133, 148–49, 151, n. 38 188 n. 2; Vitas Patrum, 140–41, 144, 147, De Bohun, Eleanor (duchess of Gloucester), 192 n. 34 39–40, 41, 126 Dely, Awdry, 125, 133, 192 n. 30 De Bohun, Humphrey (patron), 39 Denham (Bucks.), 121 De Bohun, Joan (countess of Hereford), 39 Denny Abbey (Cambs.), 30, 52, 58, 171 n. 63, De Bohun, Mary (patroness), 39 186 n. 47; dole gate, 111, 186 n. 52; De Bohun, William (earl of Northampton), impact of Dissolution, 38, 111, 145; 165 n. 4 library collections, 37, 40, 109–11, De Brewes, John, 49–50, 51, 165 n. 2, 145–46, 148 166 n. 15 devotional texts, 2, 114, 134, 188 n. 2;roleof De Burgh, Elizabeth (countess of Clare), 17, printing, 116, 133; scrupulosity, 109–10; 126, 154–55 n. 24 social importance of, 4–5, 57–58;Syon De Coucy, Philippe (duchess of Ireland), nun’s authorship of, 19; Throckmorton 166 n. 10, 167 n. 25 family collection, 112–13; transmission De Felton, Sibyl (abbess), 32, 46, 53, 126, of, 24–25, 42, 44–45; use of vernacular, 147–48, 167 n. 25 24, 39, 57–58, 65, 110, 114, 117. See also De Hamel, Christopher, 35–37 books of hours; psalters De la Pole, Katherine (abbess), 17, 156 n. 37 devout society (Norwich), 71–73, 105, 106 De Montacute, Katherine (prioress), 17, Dinah (Genesis story of ), 7–8, 26, 153 n. 2 155 n. 34 Dissolution: and female religious houses, 4, De Montfort, Eleanor (countess of Leicester), 37–38, 85, 94–95, 97, 111, 188 n. 3; impact 16–17, 18, 155 n. 29 on book collections, 37–38, 46–47, De Nassington, William. See William of 95, 118, 121, 130, 140, 161–62 n. 48 Nassington Dives and Pauper, 65 De Nerford, John, 49 Doctrine of the Heart (Le doctrine of the herte), De Nerford, Margery (vowess), 3, 21, 48–67, 19, 41, 76–77 165 nn. 2 and 6, 168 nn. 28 and 37; Doyle, A. I., 35, 42–43, 170 n. 57, 173 n. 74, abduction of, 165 n. 6, 166 n. 8; bequest 191 n. 30; Denny, 37, 110; role of men in to (?)Margery Pensax, 48, 62, 169–70 female book ownership, 5, 144, 158 n. 1 n. 51; chantry, 53–54, 62, 172 n. 70; Dunlop, J. Renton, 87 contemporaries, 51–53, 62–67; grants of Durham Abbey, 163 n. 76 protection, 49–51, 166 n. 12; library collections, 56–62, 111, 135–36; marriage, Easebourne nunnery (Sussex), 31, 125, 159 165 nn. 2 and 6; will, 54, 56–62, 111, n. 16, 163 n. 64 168 n. 32; and William de Bergh, 53–56, East Anglia: religious reformers, 101–02 220

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Edburga, St., 141 Fettyplace family, 85, 131, 136, 179 n. 1; wills, education: interests in, 63, 85, 91, 99, 172 90–94, 180–81 n. 18 n. 73, 181 nn. 20 and 21 Fettyplace, Sir George, 93, 94 Edward, Elizabeth (nun), 44 Fettyplace, Susan. See Kyngeston, Susan Efflyn, Katherine (nun), 37, 118, 127–28, 140 Fettyplace Elizabeth (duchess of Norfolk, nee´ Talbot), Fettyplace, Sir Thomas, 180 n. 18, 181 n. 22 13, 154 n. 24 Fettyplace, William, 91 Elizabeth of Hungary, St., 22 Fewterer, John (monk), 110, 186 n. 45; Elizabeth of York, 18, 122 Myrrour of Christes Passion, 141 Elm, Kaspar, 9 Fisher, John (reformer), 102, 180 n. 10; Elstow (Beds.), 140, 189 n. 9 Spiritual Consolation, 88 Ely: St. Etheldreda shrine, 22–23 Fletcher, J. R., 95 Elyot, Sir Richard, 87, 94, 96, 179 n. 8 food: as gifts, 17–19 Elyot, Sir Thomas, 86, 180 nn. 11 and 12; Ford, Meg, 192 n. 36, 193 n. 38 translation of St. Cyprian Sermon of Foster, Katherine (anchoress), 75 Mortalitie, 5, 87–89, 98, 179 n. 9 Fox, Richard (bishop), 44, 143, 164 n. 82 Elys, Joan (nun), 76, 77, 176 n. 16 Foxe, John, 100–02, 104, 183 n. 5 Elys, Thomas and Margaret, 69, 76, 174 n. 5 Frere, W. H., 144 enclosure: about, 9–11, 153 n. 5; and resident Freshfield, Edwin (historian), 54, 168 nn. 32 laywomen, 12–15, 155 n. 25 and 41, 169 n. 43, 172 n. 68 Englefield, Elizabeth, 5, 129–31, 186 n. 52, 193 Fyvyan, David, 62–66, 170 n. 53, 172–73 n. 47 nn. 72 and 74–76 Englefield, Sir Thomas, 90, 128–29 Erasmus, 110, 136, 185 n. 38; Enchiridion, gift inscriptions. See inscriptions 106–09, 185 n. 31, 187–88 n. 64; Epistola Gilchrist, Roberta, 18 consolatoria in adversus, 108 Gillespie, Vincent, 111, 153 n. 9 Erle, Alice (prioress), 76, 77 Gloucestershire, 108–09 Esholt nunnery (York), 39, 125 Godstow Priory, 12, 36 Etheldreda, St., 22, 23, 139, 144 Goldberg, P. J. P., 162 n. 52 Gonville Hall, Cambridge University, 77–78, Fabian, David. See Fyvyan, David 103, 104 Fabyan, John, 193 n. 38 Gowldewell, Agnes (laywoman), 46 Fabyan, Martha, 127, 193 nn. 37 and 38 Green, R. F., 81, 82 Fabyan, Robert, 127, 193 n. 38 Greenwich Observant Friars, 114, 128, Fastolf Master: “Woman at the tomb,” 73 187–88 n. 64 female religious houses: about, 8–15, 18, Gregory the Great, St. (pope): Regula 29–30; book transmission within, Pastoralis, 40, 74 42–44, 125, 133–34, 137; contacts with Grene, Elizabeth (abbess), 19–20 secular community, 8, 10, 15–26, 77; Grenehalgh, James, 44, 121–23 employment of scribes, 35; enclosure Grey, Thomas, 108 restrictions, 8–11, 15, 16, 153 n. 5; gifts and bequests to, 17–19, 75–76, 134–35, Habington, Thomas, 47 137, 163 n. 70; income, 30, 117–18, 153 Hackney, 56 n. 5, 159 n. 14; library collections, Hadcock, R. Neville, 29–30 27–29, 31–42, 139–49; local social Halliwell nunnery (London), 14, 15, 78 networks, 11, 18–20, 136–37; resident Hallum, Robert (bishop of Salisbury), 7 laywomen, 12–15, 17–20, 155 n. 25; Hampole nunnery (Yorks.), 59, 163 n. 65 secular/religious balance, 11–15. See also Hampton, Alice, 14–15 Dissolution and specific houses Harling, Lady Anne, 145–46 Ferneys, Richard (hermit), 71, 72, 75, 79–83 Harvey, Barbara, 10–11 Festial (Mirk), 54 Hatfield Broad Oak (Essex), 32, 160 n. 23 Fettyplace, Catherine, 130 Hellinga, Lotte, 192 n. 32 Fettyplace, Dorothy. See Codryngton, Henry IV (king), 169 n. 51 Dorothy Fettyplace Henry V (king), 39, 169 n. 51 Fettyplace, Eleanor (nun), 3, 22, 85–87, 98, Henry VIII (king), 88, 98, 114 99; death, 96; library collections, 85, heresy, 101, 171–72 n. 66 94–96, 148 Hilda, St., 37 221

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Hilton, Walter, 27, 77, 80, 158 n. 1;De Kyngeston, Joan (abbess), 58, 169 n. 49 Worde text, 121–23, 132, 133, 148, 149, Kyngeston, John, 86, 90, 94, 174 n. 2 151, 188 n. 2; gift inscription, 123; Mixed Kyngeston, Susan Fettyplace (vowess): at Life, 19; Scale of Perfection, 5, 44, 59, 118, Syon, 20, 85–87, 90–94, 124, 156 n. 50, 132, 133 179 n. 3; church brass, 91, 92, 93, 181 n. Hobart, Sir James and Margaret, 69, 71, 81 23, 191 n. 26; contemporaries of, 131, 180 Hoccleve, Maud, 56, 168 n. 41 n. 12; interest in books and education, 5, Hoccleve, Thomas (poet): “Complaint of the 91, 99, 181 n. 20; marriage, 179 n. 2; Virgin,” 39; “Remonstrance to Nun of Kent affair, 88–89, 98, 135, 180 Oldcastle,” 64, 168 n. 41 nn. 13–15; will, 3, 85, 90–91, 181 n. 19 Hodnett, Edward, 192 n. 34 Hope, William St. John, 168 nn. 30 and 35 Labarge, Margaret Wade, 155 n. 29 Hortensia (Roman orator), 26 Lacy, John (anchorite), 24 Horwode, Elizabeth (abbess), 27–28, 41, 158 Lampett, Julian (anchoress), 72, 74, 75, 174 n. 1 n. 1 Howard, Sir Robert, 49, 50, 166 n. 9 Langley nunnery, 12, 161 n. 45 Hudson, Anne, 60, 170 n. 56, 171 n. 60 laywomen: access to books, 75, 99, 108, 117, Hughes, Jonathan, 18 126–27, 153 n. 9; behavior instructions, Hull, Elizabeth (abbess), 45 20–21; connections with female religious Hunterian Collection (Glasgow), 144, 147 houses, 12–18, 20, 77, 137; intellectual exchange, 83–84. See also women Image of Love (Ryckes), 107, 136 Le Vere, Margaret, 12 incunabula, 2, 116–33, 150–51. See also library Leach, A. F., 91, 173 n. 75 collections Legenda Aurea, 41 Ingoldesby, Margaret, 12 Legendys of Hooly Wummen (Bokenham), 22, inscriptions: descriptions and examples, 42, 37, 74, 110, 144, 157 n. 56, 175 n. 11 44–47, 59, 95, 119–20, 126–27, 128, 129; Leigh, Joyce, 88, 180 n. 10 as evidence of ownership, 27–28, 34–35, Lewes Abbey (Sussex), 121 37, 38, 116, 134; Grenehalgh gift, 123; librarians: nuns as, 31–32, 34 Spycer gift, 46, 142 library collections: religious houses, 27–47; Ipstans, Christine (servant), 54–56, 66, 168 n. religious houses or individuals, 139–49. 33, 172 n. 71 See also books and speciﬁc individuals Isabel (abbess), 39, 40 and houses Isabel of Gloucester (abbess), 162 n. 61 life states. See anchoresses; vowesses; widows; women Jannys, Robert, 104–05 liminal vocation(s), 20–21 Jerome, St., 66, 126; letter to Demetriade, 24; Lincolnshire: nunneries of, 18 letter to Eustochium, 8; Life of, 142. Lisle, Lady Honor, 18, 108, 180 n. 14 See also Vitas Patrum literacy, 38, 116 Jordan, Agnes (abbess), 88, 121 literary exchanges. See book transmission Joys of Mary, 58 liturgy/liturgical books. See service books Lollards/Lollardy, 61–65, 100, 170 n. 56, 173 Katherine of Aragon, 180 n. 14 n. 78, 183 n. 2 Katherine, St.: Life of, 74, 133, 151, 175 n. 11, London Charterhouse, 54, 55, 78, 79, 80, 192 188 n. 2 n. 33 Katherine of Sweden, St., 118 London minoresses: bequests to, 78; building Ker, Neil, 2, 3, 34–37, 147–49 of, 154 n. 24; connections with Kerre, Katherine, 188 n. 5; compared to laywomen, 12, 13, 17, 18, 39; Margaret Purdans, 80–81, 137; library inscriptions, 42; library collections, 19, collections, 74–75; will, 69, 72, 74–75, 27–28, 30, 37, 43, 88, 140–41, 156 117–18, 137, 175 n. 10, 188 n. 5 n. 44 Killum, John, 173 n. 77 lost books, 37–38 Kington St. Michael (Wilts.), 21 Love, Nicholas: Mirror of the Life of Christ, kinship ties: and book ownership, 19–20, 40, 41, 46, 47, 124–25, 132–33, 143, 148, 24–25, 86, 87, 99, 119, 130–33, 136 191 n. 27 Kirkby, Margaret, 61 Lumiere as lais (Light for Laypeople; Knowles, David, 108, 180 n. 13, 188 n. 4 D’Abernum), 58 222

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Lupset, Thomas: Exhortation to Young Men, Neville, Margaret, 45 120 Newmarch, Joan (widow), 19, 156 n. 44 Lydgate, John (poet), 82 Norfolk, 49, 156 n. 42 Norman’s hospital, 75, 176 n. 15 Macclesﬁeld, John, 63, 172 n. 72 Northampton, 171 n. 63 McLachlan, Dame Laurentia (circuitrix), Norwich, Dame Margaret (nun), 76, 77 31–32 Norwich (Norfolk): communities of Makowski, Elizabeth, 10 laywomen, 83–84; connections with male religious houses, 29–30 Cambridge, 78, 80, 83; lay wills, 23–24, Malling Abbey, 45–46, 146 104–105; Margaret Purdans’ life in, Man, Thomas (reformer), 183 n. 2 69–73, 83–84; recluse/“devout” society Manne, Katherine (anchoress), 26, 100–06, in, 71, 79, 80, 105, 106, 136; religious 184–85 n. 26; book ownership and reformers, 102, 103 reading, 3, 21, 135, 136; contemporaries Nun of Kent (Elizabeth Barton), 88–89, 98, of, 83, 102–06, 114–15, 183 n. 2; 180 nn. 13–15 suspicion of heresy, 101 Nun Monkton nunnery, 163 n. 66 Mareschall, John, 50 Nuneaton nunnery (Warks.), 35 Margaret of York, 48, 60, 165 n. 1, 170 n. 55 Nunnaminster (St. Mary’s Winchester), 30, Marham nunnery (Norfolk), 45, 161 n. 45 34, 35, 37, 38, 43, 141, 143 Marian miracles, 19, 58–59, 143 nunneries. See female religious houses Marrick nunnery, 45 Martha, St., 131, 132 Oath of Succession, 98 Mary Magdalen, St., 131, 132 Oldcastle, Joan. See Cobham, Lady Joan Massey, Elizabeth, 124–25, 126, 191 n. 27 Oldcastle, Sir John, 51, 52, 59 Meale, Carol, 140, 152 n. 4 Oliva, Marilyn, 156 n. 42, 159 n. 14, 194 n. 53 Minster in Sheppey (Kent), 37 Olney, Goditha Bosom, 187 nn. 61 and 62 Mirk, John: Festial, 22, 54, 157 n. 55 O’Mara, V. M., 42, 145–46 Mirroure of Our Lady, 44 Orchard of Syon, 47 monastic culture: book ownership and Orme, Nicholas, 172 n. 73 transmission, 40, 42–44, 121, 135; Ormesby, Mercy, 125 income and gender, 29–30, 159 n. 14; Orungar, Dame Margaret (nun), 76 male, 10–11; spiritual reading (lectio Osbern, Richard, 62, 172 n. 69 divina), 24 Monmouth, Humphrey (merchant), 106, 109, painted cloths, 81–82, 178 n. 49 185 n. 31, 187–88 n. 64 Palmer, Katherine (abbess), 43, 47, 121, Moran, Jo Ann, 24 125, 148 More, Thomas (reformer), 102–104, 183 n. 5; Pantin, W. A., 112 Life of Pico della Mirandola, 87–88, 180 Pantzer, Katharine F., 190 n. 16, 191 n. 29, n. 10 192 n. 34 Morepath, Edith (nun), 43, 47, 125 Parr family, 119 Morgan, Nigel, 58, 141, 170 n. 55 Parr, Katherine (queen), 119, 189 n. 10 Morley, Lady Isabel, 17, 155 nn. 35 and 36 Paston, John II, 71, 74, 146, 154 n. 24, 174 n. 6 Morris, John (steward), 180 n. 17, 181 n. 20 Paston, Margaret, 155 n. 35 mortuaries, 45 paternosters, 56, 168 n. 40 Moryell, Katherine, 72 patrons/patronage, 20, 39, 40, 46, 61, 66, 91, Myrrour of Recluses, 24 155 n. 36 Paula (Roman patroness), 66 Necollson, Margaret, 119, 140, 189 n. 9 “Pedigree of Throckmorton,” 185–86 n. 41 Necton, Robert (book distributor), 102 Pel`erinage de l’Ame (Deguileville), 45 networks: book circulation, 4–6, 19, 25–26, Pembroke College, Cambridge, 78, 110 42–47, 68–69, 75, 114–15; female social Pensax, Margery (anchorite), 48, 59, 66, exchange, 12, 18–20, 25, 136–37, 138, 157 169–70 n. 51 n. 69; kinship ties, 19–20, 23–27, 86, 99, pepper rent, 15 119, 130–33, 136; wills as evidence of, 68, Peyto, Goditha Throckmorton (widow), 71–72, 83–84 113–14, 128–29, 187 n. 62, 193 n. 43 Nevell, Mary, 125, 133, 192 n. 30 Peyto, William (cardinal), 114, 128, 187–88 Nevile, Sir Thomas (patron), 46 n. 64 223

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Pezzini, Domenico, 142–43 Rolle, 80; English Psalter, 41, 60, 61, 65, 136, Pickering, O. S., 145–46 171 n. 60; Form of Living, 127, 143, 147 Pitte, Elia (nun; librarian), 34 Romsey nunnery (Hants.), 30, 43 Plumpton, George, 25, 157 n. 66 Rowntree, Carol B., 184 n. 21 Pole, Katherine, 126, 133, 141 Royal Book (Caxton), 128–32, 133, 151; Poringland, Richard, 79–80, 81, 83, 136 woodcut, 131 Porter, Sir William, 73 Royal Book (De Worde), 194 n. 53 Power, Eileen, 9–11, 12, 15, 30 Ryckes, John, 107, 136, 187–88 n. 64 Pownsett, William (steward), 36, 108 prayers: requests for, 28, 137 St. Anthony’s School (London), 63, 172 n. 73 press marks, 34–35 St. Augustine’s Abbey (Kent), 43 Prick of Conscience, 39, 40, 127, 143, 147 St. Bartholomew Hospital (London), 19 Pricking of Love, 19, 147 St. Benet Fink, 63, 172 n. 72, 173 n. 75 primers. See books of hours St. Botolph Bishopsgate (London), 169 n. 51 printing: role of, 116, 133, 134, 135, 157 n. 67, St. Christopher-le-Stocks, 66, 136, 167 nn. 21 194 n. 56 and 26, 168 n. 31, 172 n. 71, 173 n. 78; priories. See female religious houses bequests to, 56–57, 62; chantry, 53–54, “pro anima” inscriptions, 158 n. 3 62, 172 n. 70; inventory, 169 n. 43. profession day gifts, 44, 121 See also De Nerford, Margery Prudde, Elizabeth (prioress), 15 St. Giles parish (Norwich), 69–70 psalters, 38–39, 40, 145, 162 n. 52 St. Helen’s Bishopsgate (London), 38 Purdans, Margaret (widow), 3, 21, 68–84; St. Julian church (Norwich), 75 brass of, 70; compared to Katherine St. Laurence church (Norwich), 80 Kerre, 80–81, 137; contemporaries of, St. Mary Ax (London), 78 69, 71, 136, 177 n. 44; library collections, St. Mary Delapre (Northants.), 171 n. 63 76; in Norwich, 69–73, 83–84; will, St. Mary’s Winchester (Nunnaminster 68–69, 71–72, 75–80, 80–84, 137, 174 Abbey), 30, 34, 35, 37, 38, 43, 141, 143 n. 1, 178 n. 55 St. Michael Coslany (Norwich), 78, 103 Purdans, Richard, 69, 70 St. Nicholas, Christine (abbess), 19, 176 n. 22 Purefeye, Susan (nun), 118, 124, 131 St. Peter Cornhill (London), 78 purgatory, 28 St. Stephen’s church (Norwich), 79–80 Pygot, Robert (artist), 22; St. Etheldreda altar saints: cults, 157 n. 56; lives, 5 piece, 23 Sargent, Michael, 121–22 Pype of Perfection (Whitford), 94, 98, 148 Sarum books of hours/primers, 117, 142 Sarum missals, 95 Ratcliffe, Agnes, 45 Scale of Perfection (Hilton): De Worde text, Reading Abbey, 130, 194 n. 50 121–23, 132, 133, 148, 149, 151, 188 n. 2; recluses. See anchoresses/anchorites gift inscription, 123 recusancy movement, 47 Scase, Wendy, 28 Rede, Edward (mayor; Norwich), 101, 103 Schulenburg, Jane, 10 Redlingﬁeld nunnery (Suffolk), 76 Scott, Elizabeth (anchoress), 75 Regent, Agnes, 141 scribes, 35 Regent, Joan, 126, 133, 141 Scrope, Margaret (nun), 46 Registrum Angliae, 34 scrupulosity, 109 religious community: bequests to, 75–77; secular books and culture, 3, 10–12 collective identity, 43–44; demographic service books, 31, 35–38, 40, 44, 97, 159 n. 16, survey, 29–30; gender disparity in 161 n. 45 income, 30; in Norwich, 71–72. See also Sewell, Joan (nun), 44, 121–23 female religious houses; monastic culture Sexburga, St., 37 religious reformers, 101–02, 103 Shaftesbury Abbey, 7, 30, 36, 43 religious textiles, 66–67, 81–82, 168 n. 34, Shalston (Bucks.), 91, 92, 124 178 n. 49 Sheen monastery, 78, 79, 80, 81, 121, 140, 163 remarriage, 22, 156 n. 54 n. 75 Reparation du pecheur, 170 n. 55 Silber, Ilana, 11 Rhodes, Jan, 98 Slyght, Dorothy, 148 Richmond, Colin, 16, 155 n. 28, 156 n. 48 social history: and book ownership, 1, 86, Riddy, Felicity, 25, 157 n. 67 134–38 224

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Southlands (Bucks.), 121 Tobit, Book of, 4 Speculum Vite Christi, 118, 132, 150, 188 n. 2 Tracy, William (reformer): will, 108–09 Spencer, H. Leith, 57–58 “Treatise of Meekness,” 113 spirituality: and books, 23–24, 28, 45, 112–15, Tree & xij frutes of the holy goost, 97, 149, 176 117, 137; centrality of, 9, 132; in family, n. 22, 182 n. 36 112–14; in lay community, 112 Tresham, Clemence (nun), 142, 146, 148–49 Spycer, Joan, 164 n. 89; gift inscription, Tressham, Rose, 146 46, 142 Tressham, Sir Thomas, 146 Stapilton, Agnes, 39, 40, 42, 111, 125, 162 Tunstall, Cuthbert (bishop of London), 107 n. 56 Tyndale, William: Obedience of a Christian Stapilton, Margaret (vowess), 18, 162 n. 56 Man, 101, 106, 136; translation of Statute of Uses, 91 Enchiridion (Erasmus), 106–09 Steyke, John (monk), 80, 81, 82 Tynggelden, Beatrice, 19–20 Stokesley, John (bishop of London), 98 Stratford nunnery, 78 Valor Ecclesiasticus, 30 Strickland, Elizabeth (nun), 47 Van Engen, John, 9 Sudbury, John, 64 Vavasour, Isabel (nun), 18 Suffolk female religious houses, 76 vernacular audiences, 2, 24, 39, 40, 107–08; Susannah, Book of, 4 devotional texts, 57–58, 65, 114, 117; role Sutton, Anne F., 156 n. 53, 171 n. 53 of printing, 133, 134, 157 n. 67 Swanson, R. N., 171–72 n. 66 Verney, Eleanor, 126 Swinbrook (Oxon.), 93 Vernon, Lady Isabelle, 59 Syon nunnery, 3, 18, 30, 85–99, 191 n. 26; Vernon Psalter, 59 bequests to, 78, 79, 80, 81; book Veyl, Christine, 72, 82 transmission, 42–45, 47; female Vices and Virtues, 39, 40 authorship of devotional text, 19; focus Virgin Mary, 19, 58–61, 143 on education, 91; impact of Dissolution, Visser-Fuchs, Livia, 193 n. 40 37, 38, 91, 94–96, 98, 121, 124, 142, 146; Vitas Patrum, 37, 40, 118, 125–28, 132–33, 151; library collections, 34–37, 97, 107, De Worde edition, 140, 141, 144, 147, 109–10, 118–19, 136, 141–43, 146–49, 189 192 n. 34 n. 8; resident laywomen, 20, 86–87 vowesses, 4, 9, 20, 86–87, 137, 156 n. 50. See also De Nerford, Margery; female Talbot, Elizabeth. See De Burgh, Elizabeth religious houses; Kyngeston, Susan Tanner, Norman, 24, 71, 72, 79, 80, 100 Fettyplace; women Tarrant Keynston nunnery (Dorset), 37, 58 Thetford Priory (Norfolk), 76, 176 n. 19 Walsingham, Thomas, 173 n. 78 Thomas of Woodstock (bookowner), 39 Warner, William (rector), 104, 105 Thomson, J. A. F., 65 Warren, Ann K., 162 n. 56, 169–70 n. 51 Thorpe, William (Lollard), 65 Watson, Andrew, 2, 3, 34–37, 145, 147–49 Threadneedle Street (London), 48, 53, 63 Watson, Nicholas, 61, 172 n. 67 Throckmorton, Elizabeth (abbess), 3, 22, 38, Weber, Augustine (prior), 102 106–09, 111–15, 145, 186 nn. 48 and 52; Wentworth, Jane, 145 death, 112; dole gate, 111; library Wetherby, Margaret, 177–78 n. 47 collections, 109–11, 128, 136, 148; Whatley, Sir John, 62, 170–71 nn. 53 and 58, readers’ networks, 114–15 172 n. 68 Throckmorton family, 111–15; brasses, 187 Wherwell Abbey (Hants.), 30, 37, 43, 143 n. 62; library collections, 113–14, Whitford, Richard: Pype of Perfection, 94, 128–32, 145–46, 191 n. 23; “Pedigree of 98, 148 Throckmorton,” 185–86 n. 41 Whittington College (London), 79 Throckmorton, George, 187–88 n. 64 widows, 9, 20–21, 152 Prologue n. 1, 156 Throckmorton, Goditha. See Peyto, Goditha n. 50. See also women Throckmorton William of Nassington (poet): Speculum Throckmorton, John, 112 Vitae, 110–11, 148 Throckmorton, Sir Robert, 112, 113, 191 wills: bequests of religious textiles and n. 23, 193 n. 45 objects, 66–67, 81–83, 168 n. 40, 178 n. Tillotson, John, 15, 30, 155 n. 27 49; and Dissolution, 38; frequency of Titchﬁeld Abbey (Hants.), 159 n. 18 book bequests to nunneries, 38–39, 41; 225

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wills (cont.) as patronesses, 39, 66, 155 n. 36; reading nature of contents, 18–19, 38–42, 81, 82, networks and practices, 42–47, 134–38 117; and networks, 19–20, 68, 71–72, Wootten, Katherine (abbess), 171 n. 63 83–84; social connections, 20, 68, Worcestershire Miscellany, 113, 128, 132 71–72; supervision of by nuns, 154 n. 17; Worm on the Hoop, 53, 62, 167 n. 26, 172 of women, 152 Prologue n. 1, 156 n. 42. n. 70. See also De Nerford, Margery See also book ownership; and speciﬁc Wotton (Yorks.), 140, 189 n. 9 individuals Wulmer, Dame Audrey (prioress), 76, 77 Wilson, Edward, 113, 145–46 Wyclifﬁte texts, 20, 60–61, 135–36, 170 n. 56, Wilson, Laurel Ann, 168 n. 34 173 n. 81 Wilton nunnery (Wilts.), 30, 35, 43 Wyllowby, Elizabeth, 149, 191–92 n. 30 Windsor, Margaret, 149, 182 n. 37 Wintney nunnery (Hants.), 16, 18 Yate, Edward, 146 Withypoll, Anne, 120–21, 190 nn. 14 and 15 Yate, Elizabeth, 95, 96, 182 n. 30 Wodward, Margaret, 140–41 Yate, James and Mary, 95, 97–98, 146 Wolfreston, Frances, 133, 194 n. 57 Yate, Oliver, 146 Wolsey, Cardinal, 101 Yaxley, Alice, 76, 176 nn. 20 and 21 women: access to literacy, 116; forms of social Yaxley, Elizabeth, 14–15 exchange, 12, 18–20, 25, 83, 136–37; Yaxley, Margaret (nun), 76 friendship, 138, 157 n. 69; instructions Yaxley, Richard, 76, 79, 178 n. 55 for behavior, 20–21; liminal vocation(s), ymage de notre dame, La, 111 20–21; medieval states in life, 8–11, Yorkshire: female religious houses in, 18, 21–22, 137,152 Prologue n. 1; 39

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