Description
Petition written by Barbara Wiseman, the Abbess of Syon Abbey, concerning three charges made against the community.
The allegations are:
1) the brothers of Syon Abbey ‘dyd governe the systers’
2) ‘the brothers are manteyned at the great charges of the systers to the great damage & hurt of the monastery’
3) ‘because the offyce of the Abbes ys perpetuall heer upon many scandals & controursyes do dayly spryng among the sisters’.
The petition then summarises the actions that the community wishes to be taken. It is signed by the Abbess and thirty sisters.
The allegations are:
1) the brothers of Syon Abbey ‘dyd governe the systers’
2) ‘the brothers are manteyned at the great charges of the systers to the great damage & hurt of the monastery’
3) ‘because the offyce of the Abbes ys perpetuall heer upon many scandals & controursyes do dayly spryng among the sisters’.
The petition then summarises the actions that the community wishes to be taken. It is signed by the Abbess and thirty sisters.
Creator
Syon Abbey (1415-2011); Bridgettine
Source
Syon Abbey Archive EUL MS 389
Publisher
University of Exeter Special Collections
Date
c 1620s
Rights
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Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
EUL MS 389/ECC/1/2/1