Eva fitz Harding

Eva fitz Harding ( – 12 March, c. 1173) was an English monastic patron who, it was claimed, founded a nunnery in Bristol. For hundreds of years, daily prayers were said for her, and every 12 March the abbey would feed fifty poor men. She and her husband were founders of St Augustine's Abbey

Life Its not known where or when she was born although it was claimed later that she was related to Norman Royalty but this may have just been embellishments to the family history. In 1140 it is believed that she was married to Robert Fitzharding who unusually was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman in Norman Britain.

In 1153–54, her husband Robert Fitzharding received a royal charter from King Henry II giving him permission to rebuild Berkeley Castle.

In 1150 and 1170 her husband would prepare charters and she would serve as a witness recorded as "Domina Eva". In 1162 one of her five sons, Henry, became the Archdeacon of Exeter. She also had three daughters. However the original gathering of women may have been to deliver alms. One source says that they were both buried in the abbey.