▁rules , ▁serving ▁God ▁and ▁St ▁Mary ▁and ▁St ▁Kath ar ine ▁and ▁All ▁Sain ts ▁at ▁her ▁capital ▁mess u age ▁in ▁F li xt on . ▁The ▁grant ▁was ▁made ▁for ▁the ▁good ▁of ▁her ▁own ▁soul , ▁for ▁that ▁of ▁her ▁father ▁Geoff rey ▁de ▁An os ▁and ▁mother , ▁for ▁her ▁late ▁husband ▁Sir ▁Bar th ol ome w ▁de ▁Cre ke , ▁for ▁her ▁children ▁and ▁other ▁family . ▁She ▁did ▁this ▁with ▁the ▁full ▁consent ▁of ▁her ▁first - born ▁son ▁and ▁he ir ▁Robert ▁de ▁Cre ke . ▁Robert ▁de ▁Val o ines ▁and ▁William ▁le ▁Bl um ▁( Bl und ) ▁were ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁principal ▁witness es , ▁and ▁Marg ery ' s ▁two ▁younger ▁sons ▁Geoff rey ▁and ▁John ▁de ▁Cre ke ▁also ▁att ested . ▁ ▁The ▁monaster y ▁was ▁limited ▁to ▁ 1 8 ▁n uns ▁and ▁a ▁prior ess , ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁whom ▁was ▁Ali an ora . ▁The ▁dwell ing - house ▁with ▁its ▁mo ated ▁en closure ▁stood ▁at ▁the ▁northern ▁edge ▁of ▁the ▁ancient ▁cluster ▁of ▁par ishes ▁of ▁South ▁El m ham ▁known ▁as ▁The ▁Sain ts , ▁on ▁the ▁brow ▁of ▁the ▁plate au ▁where ▁it ▁falls ▁into ▁the ▁valley ▁of ▁the ▁River ▁W aven ey . ▁Two ▁miles ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁stood ▁the ▁mo ated ▁palace ▁of ▁the ▁B ish ops ▁of ▁Nor wich ▁at ▁St ▁Cross , ▁South ▁El m ham , ▁built ▁by ▁Herbert ▁de ▁Los ing a . ▁That ▁was