Littlemore Priory Scandals
The Littlemore Priory scandals took place between 1517 and 1518. They involved accusations of sexual immorality and sometimes brutal violence among the Benedictine nuns and their Prior (ecclesiastical), prioress at Littlemore#St Nicholas' Priory, St Nicholas' Priory in Littlemore (thus "Littlemore Priory"), in Oxfordshire, England. The priory was very small and poor, and had a history of troubled relations with Bishop of Lincoln, its bishops, dating back to the mid-1400s. The scandal that came to light in 1517, however, became enough of a ''cause célèbre'' to contribute to the priory's eventual Suppression of monasteries, suppression in 1525. Katherine Wells, the prioress of Littlemore at that time, ran the priory with strict and often violent discipline. She was accused of regularly putting nuns in the stocks for extended periods, as well as physically assaulting them. She also had a baby by the priory's chaplain and had pawned the priory's jewels to pay for the child's upbring ...
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