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@CandaceRobbAuthor This find is so interesting! The #LadyOfClare supported the #anchoress Anne de Lexeden, & her records of expenditure also give some insight into the reclusive lifestyle in the #MiddleAges.

Extract from 'For Her Good Estate' by Frances A. Underhill, p.162 of the 2020 edition: https://barnes1.net/FHGE/

#14thCentury #15thCentury #anchorite #hermit #medieval #medievodons #histodons @medievodons

For Her Good Estate – The Life of Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare

After adversity & imprisonment, war & plague, the Lady of Clare became a key patron of books, ideas, education & all arts. Centuries later, her legacy endures.