Benedictine
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, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
priory in
Lincolnshire
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, England.
The priory of Haugham was built upon land granted by Hugh, Earl of Chester, at the end of the 11th century, to the abbot and convent of Sainte-Marie-et-Saint-Sever,
Saint-Sever-Calvados
Saint-Sever-Calvados () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Noues de Sienne.diocese of Coutances. It is likely that it was only intended for the support of one or two monks. Priors were, however, regularly appointed and admitted by the
bishops of Lincoln
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The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and N ...
until 1329, when the wars with France created the same difficulties as in other small cells of Alien houses.
In 1337 the prior, on the plea of
poverty
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, obtained the restitution of his possessions, which had been seized by the King, and then let the priory to John of
Saint Paul
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
to farm for seven years. After John, the King let the priory out again to the
Bishop of Carlisle
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The diocese covers the county of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District. The see is in the city of Car ...
. In 1397 it was granted to the
Carthusian
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