Nice one Kay,
Well spotted and it will be interesting to read a more modern account of the
Gilbertine Order and its foundation. There is already quite a lot of
written testament on the St Gilbert of Sempringham situation but most of it
is old and out of print and one has to order things from Reference Libraries
to get facts.
As I read the older books, the monastic settlement, funded by Peter de
Bellinghay was built on an Island in the Fens named Catley (or Catthley in
some books) which I take to mean that the Catley name preceded the
settlement.
Regards Timcatt
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From: William N H Heath <hampden(a)bigpond.net.au
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Subject: [CAT...] catley abbey
Dear all,
If you look up google books, you will see there is a volume published by
OUP about the group of Abbeys of which Catley was one.
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Synopsis
This is the first full edition of the canonization dossier of St. Gilbert
of
Sempringham, who died in 1189 and was canonized in 1202. It is a document
of exceptional interest for the history of the canonization process in Rome,
for the history of the one English religious Order of the Middle
Ages, the Order of Sempringham, and for the biography of the founder
himself, St. Gilbert. The order was founded to be primarily an Order of
women, was confined to England, and so disappeared at the Reformation
Title The Book of St Gilbert
Author(s) Saint Gilbert of Sempringham
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication Date May 28, 1987
Subject Biography / Autobiography
Format Hardcover
Pages 400
Dimensions 5.50 x 8.50 x 1.25 in
ISBN 0198222602
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It was one of 8 branches created between 1148 and 1154
and the group carried out alot of work as hospitals etc..
Quote from the book :-
"Catley, endowed with the whole island of the same name
in the marsh of Walcot, by Peter, son of Henry of Billinghay"
Does the above sentence suggest that the island was called
Catley before it became an Abbey?? Or did we already know
that???
kayh
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