Bromhall Priory was a nunnery of

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nuns at

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in the English county of

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. It was established in 1200 and when dissolved in 1524. An inquisition was held in 1522 into the lands of Bromhall Priory, where the prioress had resigned in September 1521 and left with two other nuns in December. The inquisition gave no explanation for the prioress's departure, but in 1524

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issued a bull suppressing the house, on account of the demerits of the nuns. It was described as a 'profane place' and the property was transferred by the Crown to

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.Renolds, E.E., ''Saint John'' ''Fisher'', (1955) Burns and Oates, p. 51

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