Nun of Amesbury Mary of Woodstock

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Nun of Amesbury Mary of Woodstock (Plantagenet) (1278 - 1332)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Woodstock Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
Death: July 08, 1332 (54)
Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
Place of Burial: Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Edward I "Longshanks", King of England and Eleanor of Castile, Queen consort of England
Sister of Katherine Plantagenet; Princess Joan Plantagenet; John Plantagenet; Henry Plantagenet; Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar and 10 others
Half sister of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk; Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent and Eleanor Plantagenet

Occupation: nun at Amesbury, Benedictine Nun, Benedictine nun, Princess of England/Nun
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About Nun of Amesbury Mary of Woodstock

Medlands (27 Feb 2024): England, Kings 1066-1603

  • 12. MARY (Windsor Castle 12 Mar or 22 Apr 1279-Amesbury Abbey before 8 Jul 1332, bur Amesbury Abbey). The Continuator of Florence of Worcester records the birth "vigilie S Gregorii apud Windleshores" 11 Mar [1279] of "filiam…Mariam" to "Alienora regina Anglie"[821]. The Chronicle of John de Oxenedes records that “Alianora regina Angliæ” gave birth “vigilia sancti Gregorii apud Windleshorem” 1279 to “filiam...Mariam”[822]. The Annals of Worcester record the birth “IV Id Mar” of “regina Angliæ…filiam apud Woodstock…vocata est ---”[823]. She became a nun at Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire 15 Aug 1285. The Continuator of Florence of Worcester records that "Maria filia regis Angliæ" became a nun at Amesbury "die Nativitatis beatæ Mariæ" 8 Sep[824]. A charter dated 2 Jan 1292 records that “rex...filiæ nostræ Mariæ” became a nun “apud Ambresburiam”[825].

MARY "PRINCESS OF ENGLAND" ~
She never married.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Woodstock


Mary was sent to Amesbury at the age of 7 to become a Benedictine nun.
Source: The book, 'Medieval Queens'

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Nun of Amesbury Mary of Woodstock's Timeline

1278
March 11, 1278
Woodstock Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
1285
August 1285
Age 7
1332
July 8, 1332
Age 54
Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
1332
Age 53
Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England
1930
November 1, 1930
Age 54
December 17, 1930
Age 54
1943
February 12, 1943
Age 54
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Amesbury, England
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Amesbury, England