Cecily Bodenham
Cecily Bodenham (before 1511-after 1543) was the last abbess of Wilton Abbey. Her tenure as abbess was from 1534 to 25 March 1539, when she surrendered the abbey to the commissioners of King Henry VIII of England during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. She received a generous pension and a property at Fovant, where she retired with about ten of the nuns from Wilton.
Cecily Bodenham | |
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Portrait alleged to be of Cecily Bodenham | |
| Born | before 1511 Rotherwas, Herefordshire, England |
| Died | after 1543 |
| Title | Prioress of Kingston St Michael Abbess of Wilton Abbey |
| Parent(s) | Roger Bodenham Joane Bromwich |
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