Isabel Jordayne

Isabel Jordayne (died c.1534) was an English abbess of Wilton Abbey. She was the penultimate abbess whose election was debated by Cardinal Wolsey and Anne Boleyn before Henry VIII, the abbey's patron, chose her.

Life Jordayne's birth and early life are not known. Her sister, Agnes Jordan, was the abbess at Syon Monastery and Isabel was well respected as a nun at Wilton Abbey who was "ancient, wise and discreet". The abbey nominated the election of the prioress, Isabel Jordayne, described as 'ancient, wise and discreet', while Anne Boleyn favored her brother-in-law William Carey's sister Eleanor Carey.

Henry VIII eventually agreed to Jordayne when Eleanor Carey's candidacy was destroyed by serious charges of immorality against her. Eleanor Carey admitted that she had given birth to two children fathered by priests. Eleanor's elder sister, who was a nun at Wilton, was also a contender, but she was rejected too. Although Isabel won the appointment, she was deprived of control of the abbey's finances until November 1528, and the abbey's reputation was damaged by the scandal surrounding its potential leaders. Cecily Bodenham a new abbess was appointed and she was the last of Wilton Abbey's abbesses. She had paid to be named abbess.