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Breviarium Sarisburiense — Polsloe, Devon. Convent of Benedictine nuns.


Provenance: Polsloe, Devon. Convent of Benedictine nuns.
Location: Bodleian Library , Oxford
Shelfmark: BB 200
Author/Title: Breviarium Sarisburiense
Type of evidence: i: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)
Notes on evidence:

On endleaf, On sig. F [iiii] – a blank – is a list headed 'Polslow' with list of nuns, emended in late 1530s, after death of Margaret Trow (after 16 October 1535) and before surrender, 19 February 1538. The first name is that of 'Margaret Trow lady of ye place', of her it is later noted 'dede'. See the list in G. Oliver, Monasticon Exon (Exeter 1864), p. 168.

Date: Paris, 1519
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