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Clementhorpe Nunnery was a medieval nunnery near York. It was founded by Archbishop Thurstan in the mid 12th Century and lasted until dissolution by Henry VIII in 1536.


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  • 'Houses of Benedictine nuns: Priory of St Clement, York', in A History of the County of York: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1974), pp. 129-131. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/vol3/pp129-131 [accessed 16 August 2021].
  • "St Clements Priory". Heritage Gateway. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  • Dobson, R. B.; Donaghey, Sara (1984). The history of Clementhorpe Nunnery (PDF). London: Published for the York Archaeological Trust by the Council for British Archaeology. ISBN 9780906780404.
  • Eileen Power, Medieval English Nunneries, c. 1275-1535 (Cambridge, 1922) https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7068117M/Medieval_English_nunneries_c._1275_to_1535.
  • Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales by David Knowles, R. Neville Hadcock. p. 269
  • 'Ecclesiastical Buildings', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 3, South west (London, 1972), pp. 3-48. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol3/pp3-48 [accessed 16 August 2021].
  • Flood, Alison (11 February 2019). "Archive shows medieval nun faked her own death to escape convent". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  • Wilkinson, Paul (8 February 2019). "Story of 14th century nun who faked her own death to escape from a convent in York is unearthed". Church Times. Retrieved 16 August 2021.