Engraving of original seal of the Abbess and Convent of Syon, Isleworth. Seated above is the Virgin Mary, holding the infant Jesus in her right arm. In her left hand she holds a stem of lily, her attribute denoting purity. Below is the founder of Syon Monastery, King Henry V, who kneels praying to the Virgin and Christ above, by the intercession of St Bridget, standing behind. The royal arms of England appear on the right with the cross of St George, patron of England, on the left, apparently with a lily between each arm. The legend around the perimeter is: "S(igillum) commune monasterii Sc'i (sancti) Salvatoris de Syon london' dioc'...." Dated between 1415 (founding) and 1422 (death of H V). Printed in Aungier's History of Syon Monastery, London, 1840
Syon Abbey/ˈsaɪən/, also called simply Syon, was a dual monastery of men and women of the Bridgettine Order, although it only ever had abbesses during its existence. It was founded in 1415 and stood, until its demolition in the 16th century, on the left (northern) bank of the River Thames within the parish of Isleworth, in the county of Middlesex, on or near the site of the present Georgian mansion of Syon House, today in the London Borough of Hounslow. It was named after the biblical holy "City of David which is Zion" (1 Kings 8:1),[1] built on the eponymous Mount Zion (or Sion, Syon, etc.).
At the time of the dissolution, the abbey was the wealthiest religious house in England.[2] Syon Abbey maintained a substantial library, with a collection for the monks and another for the nuns.[3] When Catherine of Siena's Dialogue of Divine Revelation was translated into English for the abbey, it was given a new title, "The Orchard of Syon," and included a separate prologue written to the nuns.[4]
^spelling of Authorised King James Version
^William Page & J. Horace Round, ed. (1907). 'Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey of Barking', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2. pp. 115–122.
^Bell, David (1995). What Nuns Read. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian Studies. and Gillespie, V. (2000). "The Book and the Brotherhood: Reflections on the Lost Library of Syon Abbey". In Edwards, A.S.G; Gillespie, V.; Hanna, Ralph (eds.). The English Medieval Book: Studies in Memory of Jeremy Griffiths. British Library. pp. 185–208. ISBN 9780712346504.
^Hodgson, Phyllis. The Orchard of Syon. Oxford University Press for Early Text Society. OCLC 223987687.
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eclectic interior of Syon House was designed by the architect Robert Adam in the 1760s. Syon House derives its name from SyonAbbey, a medieval monastery...
the time it was the second-wealthiest nunnery in England, behind only SyonAbbey. Alfred the Great founded the convent in about 888 and installed his daughter...
and Edmund Ironside 1431 Relocation of SyonAbbey to Brentford from Twickenham 1539 Destruction of SyonAbbey by King Henry VIII 1616 – 1617 Pocahontas...
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a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. Syon was the site of Sion Abbey, which was founded in 1415 and named after Mount Zion in Jerusalem...
traditional source of starch for stiffening clothes. In 1440, the nuns of SyonAbbey in England used the roots of the cuckoo-pint flower to make starch for...
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stones. The manor and its mill were given by King Henry V to the nuns of SyonAbbey. At the Dissolution the manor was sold to Richard Duke, in whose family's...
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architectural commissions (such as his completion of his father's foundation of SyonAbbey) consisted of a late Gothic or Perpendicular-style church with a monastic...
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Monasteries he purchased the manor of Axmouth, formerly a possession of SyonAbbey. Thomas Erle (d.1597), eldest son, whose large effigy dressed in full-armour...
order. She also consulted with Richard Reynolds, a Bridgettine monk of SyonAbbey. He arranged a meeting between Barton and Thomas More, who was impressed...
Carthusians, and in SyonAbbey, the only English house of the Birgittine order (founded 1415). In 2001, he published SyonAbbey, Corpus of British Medieval...
Henry VI. He also contributed to the founding of the monastery of the SyonAbbey, completed by Henry VI during his lifetime. In the 16th century the monastery...
stripped of her title as queen on 23 November 1541 and imprisoned in the new SyonAbbey, Middlesex, formerly a convent, where she remained throughout the winter...
life to be published before the Reformation”. Bonde was a brother at SyonAbbey. He published Pilgrimage of Perfection in English rather than Latin, to...
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Saviour of Saint Bridget The Syon Breviary – The Daily Office of Our Lady – Now in English, commemorating 600 years of SyonAbbey. Two engravings by the Pseudo-Dürer...
son, Henry Carey, was educated at the prestigious Brigettine nunnery of SyonAbbey. Anne arranged for Nicholas Bourbon, exiled from France for his support...
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