Stixwould Priory was a priory in

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

, England, a

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nunnery founded by Lucy, countess of Chester, between 1129 and 1135. The

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describes it as

Gilbertine The Gilbertine Order of Canons Regular was founded around 1130 by Saint Gilbert in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, where Gilbert was the parish priest. It was the only completely English religious order and came to an end in the 16th century at th ...

, but modern authors regard it as

Premonstratensian The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular in the Catholic Chur ...

. Originally suppressed in 1536, Benedictine nuns from Stainfield were then moved in by the King. In 1537 the nunnery was refounded for Premonstratensian canonesses, before being finally suppressed in 1539. It was one of nine such houses within the historical county. Part of the porter's lodge still remains and forms part of a modern farm-house, in the modern parish of Stixwould and Woodhall.

Priors of Stixwould

*Hugh, occurs 1202 and 1205 *Geoffrey, occurs 1227 and 1228 *Gilbert of Eton, occurs 1308

Prioresses of Stixwould

*Margaret Gobaud, elected 1274 *Eva, died 1304 *Isabel de Dugby, elected 1304, occurs 1317 *Elizabeth, occurs 1327 and 1328 *Elizabeth de Swylington, elected 1346 *Isabel Mallet, died 1376 *Eustace Ravenser, occurs 1393, died 1403 *Katharine Roose, elected 1403 *Eleanor Welby, occurs 1440 *Helen Key, before 1536 *Mary Missenden, last prioress, appointed 1537

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* * Monasteries in Lincolnshire 1135 establishments in England 1536 disestablishments in England 1539 disestablishments in England Cistercian nunneries in England {{UK-Christian-monastery-stub