Elizabeth Lorde

Elizabeth Lorde ( – 1551) was an English prioress of Wilberfoss. During the Dissolution of the Monasteries she surrendered Wilberfoss Priory as required by law and accepted a pension.

Life Lorde's father was Richard Lorde of Kendal in the Lake District. Her siblings were Brian Lorde who was a successful merchant in Yorkshire and her sister married George Gale who was a goldsmith and who would in time by Mayor of York twice.

She is thought to have joined the Wilberfoss Priory when young and in October 1512 she became the prioress succeeding Margaret Easingwold. Her age is unknown but she is presumed to have been young. (£23,629.77 in 2017 money). Lorde was given a sizeable pension of eight pounds and her nine nuns were offered pensions but some were just a pound a year. The current parish church of Wilberfoss, St John's, is possibly the nave of the conventual church. In 1967 the church was designated a Grade I listed building.