page_title: Lucy de Newchurch
hierarchical_section_title: Lucy de Newchurch
caption_attribution_description: English: Depiction of a bishop blessing an anchoress found in the manuscript, MS 079: Pontifical, held at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and dated c. 1400 and c. 1410.
context_page_description: Lucy de Newchurch was an anchoress from the diocese of Hereford who lived in a chapel dedicated to St. Brendan on Brandon Hill in Bristol and who later became of interest to antiquarians, historians of Bristol, and writers of Bristol guide books. She was the first known of four hermits who lived on Brandon Hill at various times between 1314 and 1480.
context_section_description: Lucy de Newchurch (Latin: Lucia de New Chirche) was an anchoress from the diocese of Hereford who lived in a chapel dedicated to St. Brendan on Brandon Hill in Bristol and who later became of interest to antiquarians, historians of Bristol, and writers of Bristol guide books. She was the first known of four hermits who lived on Brandon Hill at various times between 1314 and 1480.
caption: An early 15th century depiction of a bishop blessing an anchoress.
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