Stixwould

Title

Stixwould

Also Known As

Stigeswalda, Stikeswald, Stirvoldia, Stirwould, Stixwold, Stykeswold

Dates

Founded 12th c.; Premonstratensian from 1537; dissolved 1539

Dedication

Mary

Medieval Diocese

Lincoln

Circary

Mid England

History

This community was originally established as a Cistercian community in the 12th century, and dissolved in 1536 following the first Act of Suppression. In 1537, Stixwould was refounded as a Premonstratensian house, but had a short existence of just two years.

Heads of Community

Prioress

Mary Missenden, 1537-1539

Status

Women's community

Archival Sources

Chelmsford, Essex Record Office

D/DP/O45 (1540)

Lincoln, Lincolnshire Archives

1ANC/1A/10 (16th c., deeds)

Bibliography

Page, William, ed. “Houses of Cistercian Nuns: The Priory of Stixwould.” In A History of the County of Lincoln, 2:146–49. London: Victoria County History, 1906. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lincs/vol2/pp146-149.

Files

Collection

Mid England

Citation

“Stixwould,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/165.

Geolocation