Hudds. Kirklees & Global ideas, history, wildlife, truth

SEX, SOCIETY, AND MEDIEVAL WOMEN by N. M. Heckel Christine de Pizan presents a book of her work to Queen Isabeau of France. In the Middle Ages sex was considered, as it is now, to be a normal and natural part of life. Most authorities agreed that it was not inherently sinful because God would not have made such a necessary activity taboo (without sex one cannot have children and fulfill the command to “increase and multiply, and fill the earth” given in Genesis 9:1). [...]

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THE PRIORESSES OF KIRKLEESPOBJOYLeciaSybil or Sigill 1240Margaret de Clayworth 1306Alice de Screvyn 1307-1328Margaret de Seyvill 1350–1361Elizabeth de Staynton?Alice de Mountenay1403Cecelia Hyk 14762Joan Stansfield 1491Margaret Tarleton 1499Margaret Fletcher 1505Cecelia Topcliffe 1527Joan Kyppes or Keppax 1539****************************************************************************************DUGDALE’S MONASTICUMMargaret de Clayworth 1306Alicia de Screvyn 1307Cecelia HillJoanna Stansfield 1491Margaret Tarlton 1499Margaret Fletcher 1505Cecelia Topcliffe 1527Joan Kyppax******************************************************************HOPKIRKElizabeth de Stainton–no dateMary de Hopwood 1187Maud Clayton 1211Marion Pinkerley 1225Elizabeth de Scervin 1252Mary de Inchcliffe 1270Judith de Startinly 1289Margaret de Clayworth 1306Alicia Screvin 1307Elizabeth Jepson 1329Mary Startin 1344Elizabeth Rhodes 1361Alicia Bradley 1393Margaret Allen 1417Elizabeth Kitcheman 1453Cecelia Hill 1476Joanna Stansfield 1491Margaret de Tarleton 1499Margaret Fletcher 1505Cecelia Topcliffe 1527Joan Kepasset or Keps 1532********************************************************************************************These lists can be slotted together ,without discrepancy,with presumed years of office, as follows:Lecia 1190-1211Maud Clayton 1211–25Marion Pinkerly 1225-40Sybil 1240-48Joanne de Staynton1248-52Elizabeth de Scervin 1252–70Mary de Inchcliffe 1270–89Judith de Startinly–1289–1306Margaret de Clayworth 1306–1307Alice de Scriven—1307–1328??31Elizabeth Jepson–1329–44Mary Startin–1344-1350( Died of plague–(-ref Eileen Powers)Margaret Deseyvill–1350–61Elizabeth Rhodes–1361–73???Elizabeth de Stainton??Alicia Bradley–1393–1403Alice de Mountenay–1403–1417Margaret Allen—1417–53Elizabeth Kitchinman 1453–76Cecelia Hyk—1476–91Joan Stansfield–1491–99Margaret Tarleton–1499-1505Margaret Fletcher–1505—27Cecelia Topcliffe–1527–32Joan Keppax–1532–39my thanks again to Barbara Green

I am endebted to Barbara Green & YRHS for providing much of the content on this site The assumption that Matilda became Robin’s wife and Elizabeth’s sister in law, does not explain why Elizabeth went on to murder him in later years . [...]

PLEASE NOTE:This site is now quite large , I will be moving it to private hostingas soon as I can , in the meantime as it is an ongoing projectplease click around , if theres anything you feel is missing ,or would like linking , theres a shout box to make any (tasteful)comments or suggestions ,diversifying a bit further afield , heres some excellent documentaries about Alexander the great , the Spartans , & braveheart himself total playing time 3 hours…

this is the “nuns grave” Elizabeth de Stantain is known to be buried here . (she is most often , though probably erroneously linked with the murder of Robin Hood)The other occupant is unknown , although it is possibly the prioress Mary Stavin ,research by Barbara Green seems to suggest much of the Robin Hood story is flawed &that historical blunders abound .To the fullest extent of my research I can neither confirm or deny the exact timeline . [...]

In order to prepare for ghosthunting , I decided to collect a few videos ,please make up your own mind about these….

Many sources (in fact all I have read) cite the gatehouse as the place where Robin Hood was murdered . It is 650 yards from the grave . A number of individuals claim it is too far to fire an arrow , so if the building hasn’t moved perhaps the grave has….tbc

this is for google (deep linking)I dont take the view of this author , but by copying verbatim , & adding metadata it may help to ascend search engine rankings , thats the theoryA reconstruction of Robin Hood’s last arrow by Richard Rutherford-MooreThe author has served as a historical interpreter for Notts County Council’s “Robin Hood Country” and in several articles about Robin Hood on the BBC Nottingham website, serving as a historical adviser and contributor to television programs such as The True Story of Robin Hood (The History Channel) and Robin Hood : Fact or Fiction ? [...]