Publications
A nuns' priests' tale: the foundation of Easebourne Priory, 1216-1240, by Nicholas Vincent, published 2009 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 147, article, pp.111-123) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17254] & The Keep [LIB/500365] & S.A.S. library View Online
Abstract:A charter recently brought to light in the British Library sheds light upon the foundation of Easebourne Priory, established first, c. 1216, as a college of priests rather than as a nunnery, only later, c. 1230, transformed into a community of nuns, as a dependency of Benedictine Rusper. The charter assists in the reconstruction of the history of the Bohon family of Midhurst. The circumstances of its preservation also shed light upon the provenance of the copy of Magna Carta today displayed in the Australian Parliament at Canberra.