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Ashbourne Hall | ... that in 1846, Ashbourne Hall and its Derbyshire estate were withdrawn from a sale and sold later in 46 lots by a local solicitor? | 6 December 2010 | 2257 | |
Locko Preceptory | ... that Locko Preceptory is the only recorded Lazarite Preceptory in England? | 12 April 2013 | 1274 | |
Gresley Priory | ... that Gresley Parish Church was originally an Augustinian priory, founded in the 12th century? | 21 April 2013 | 1531 | |
Harrington House | ... that the Earl of Harrington's former London townhouse, Harrington House, is currently the official home of the Russian Ambassador to the UK? | 2 May 2013 | 2184 | |
St. James Priory, Derby | ... that the Corporation of Derby used to pay two pounds of wax, annually, to the monks of St. James Priory, for the right to cross St. James Bridge? | 9 May 2013 | 1729 | |
Derby Blackfriars | ... that in 1344 Derby Black Friary was ransacked by a group of over 40 men, who stole £60 worth of goods? | 13 May 2013 | 3444 | |
King's Mead Priory | ... that King's Mead Priory was the only Benedictine Nunnery in Derbyshire? | 18 May 2013 | 1066 | |
Leicester Abbey | ... that after Cardinal Thomas Wolsey died at Leicester Abbey in 1530, his body was put on display so it could be viewed by the people of Leicester? | 25 May 2013 | 5786 *(1102 from Leicester Abbey; 4684 from Cardinal Wolsey) | |
Beeston Priory | ... that in 1317, a canon from Beeston Priory had to travel to Rome to seek absolution from Pope John XXII for attacking the Bishop of Norwich with a sword? | 26 May 2013 | 1290 *(862 from Beeston Priory; 428 from Pope John XXII) | |
St Helen's Priory, Derby | ... that St Helen's Priory, Derby became a hospital in 1160, after the majority of its canons transferred to nearby Darley Abbey in 1157? | 27 May 2013 | 714 *(526 from St Helen's Priory, Derby; 188 from Darley Abbey) | |
Rothley Temple | ... that Rothley Temple was a preceptory of both the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitallers? | 30 May 2013 | 4254 | |
Repton Priory | ... that having paid a large fine, Repton Priory was reestablished after the first Dissolution of the Monasteries, only to be dissolved again the following year? | 11 June 2013 | 2353 | |
Repton Abbey | ... that Repton Abbey is traditionally thought to have been founded by Saint David, and is the burial place of two Mercian Kings? | 12 June 2013 | 2517 | |
Norton Juxta Twycross | ... that Norton Juxta Twycross's former rectory has been a zoo since the 1960s? | 19 June 2013 | 1408 | |
Longleat Priory | ... that Longleat Priory was suppressed in 1529, seven years before Henry VIII started his Dissolution of the Monasteries? | 19 June 2013 | 1954 | |
Heather Preceptory | ... that Heather Preceptory was founded around the turn of the 13th century by the Knights Hospitallers? | 21 June 2013 | 1669 | |
Garendon Abbey | ... that Garendon Abbey was already partially ruinous when it was dissolved in 1536?" | 24 June 2013 | 2038 | |
Langley Priory | ...that in the 13th century, the Benedictine nuns of Langley Priory claimed to belong to the Cistercian Order to avoid paying tax on their land? | 30 June 2013 | 654 | |
Garendon Hall | ... that when Garendon Hall was demolished in 1964, the building's rubble was used in the construction of the M1 motorway? | 30 June 2013 | 2054 | |
Hinckley Priory | ... that Hinckley Priory in Leicestershire, England, was an alien monastery, dependent on Lyre Abbey in Normandy, France? | 30 June 2013 | 814 | |
Broadholme | ... that until 1989, the village of Broadholme in Lincolnshire was located in Nottinghamshire? | 3 August 2013 | 953 *792 + 105 + 56 | |
Broadholme Priory | ... that Broadholme Priory was one of only two female houses of the Premonstratensian Order in England? | 5 August 2013 | 1770 *832 + 938 | |
Felley Priory | ... that Felley Priory received charters of confirmation from three popes: Alexander III, Celestine III and Gregory IX? | 6 August 2013 | 1598 *1130 + 174 + 147 + 147 | |
Nottingham Whitefriars | ... that the Prior of Nottingham Carmelite Friary was pardoned after he killed a friar during a drunken fight? | 11 August 2013 | 766 *384 + 138 + 344 | |
Barking Abbey | ... that Barking Abbey's (pictured) former abbesses include three saints, three queens, two king's daughters, and the sister of Thomas Becket? | 24 August 2013 | 4368 *3577 + 297 + 494 | |
Mattersey Priory | ... that Mattersey Priory's (pictured) church was destroyed by fire and was never rebuilt? | 29 August 2013 | 5773 | |
David Baldwin (historian) | ... that British historian David Baldwin successfully predicted the location of King Richard III's remains over twenty-five years before they were discovered? | 5 September 2013 | 4944 *3881 + 0 + 1063update with figures from both sides later |
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