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Cornworthy Priory

13th-century establishments in England1536 disestablishments in EnglandChristian monasteries established in the 13th centuryDevon building and structure stubsMonasteries in Devon
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Cornworthy Priory was a priory in Devon, England. It was founded in the early thirteenth century, for Augustinian nuns, and existed until 1536. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries the lands passed to the Harris family, and remained in the family until the 1640s. Thomas Harris who was a Serjeant-at-Law lived here with his wife Elizabeth. Their daughter, Anne, Lady Southwell, who was a noted poet, was born here.

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