The Middle Ages
The Gilbertine order was always popular in England and Wales. Its houses were the final homes of the last members of the Welsh royal family, young daughters, after the rest had been defeated and killed in the 1280s. Principal among these was Princess Gwenllian who was sent to Sempringham and a monument commemorating this was placed near the Priory site in the 1990s. Many English kings gave the order generous charters, and yet it always had financial problems. By the end of the 15th century, the Order was greatly impoverished, and King Henry VI exempted all of its houses from paying taxes and from any other sort of payment. He could not and did not force his successors to do the same.
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