Episode 953
Keldholme Priory election dispute
Sat, 2019-Dec-14 00:55 UTC
Length - 2:49
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The Keldholme Priory election dispute occurred in Yorkshire, England, in 1308. After a series of resignations by its prioresses, the establishment was in a state of turmoil, and the Archbishop of York, William Greenfield, appointed one of the nuns to lead the house. His candidate, Emma de Ebor' (Emma of York), was deemed unacceptable by many nuns, and they undermined her from the start, to the extent that she resigned three months later. The Archbishop, forced to find another candidate, claimed he was unable to do so from within the priory, and appointed Joan de Pykering from nearby Rosedale Priory. It is likely that Keldholme's nuns saw Pykering as an intruder, and they seem to have reacted against her in much the same way as they had her predecessor.
In response, the Archbishop attempted to quash the nuns' rebelliousness. Individuals identified by him and his officials were exiled to surrounding priories, while at one point Keldholme itself was placed under interdict and the nuns threatened with excommunication. The convent was not deterred: the campaign against Pykering continued until eventually Greenfield allowed the prioress to resign and the nuns to elect one of their number again. They re-elected Emma de Stapleton—who had previously resigned the position in 1301—but she also seems to have become unpopular with the nuns. Archbishop Greenfield died in 1315, and within two months Stapleton had also resigned, supposedly because of ill-health and age. The nuns of Keldholme re-elected Emma de Ebor', the election dispute evaporated, and little more was heard of the priory until its dissolution in 1536.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:55 UTC on Saturday, 14 December 2019.
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