Pandonia, the virgin daughter of the king of Scots, was said to have fled to Eltisley where her kinswoman served as prioress. She died there and was buried next to the priory well (The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543, vol. 1, 1, vol. V, 218). As late as 1344, the parish church at Eltisley was dedicated to Pandonia (Commentarii de scriptoribus Britannicis, 359; see also Eltisley and The chronicle of Hugh Candidus, a monk of Peterborough).
Veiled Women,vol. 1, and vol. 2, 75-77
Women Religious: The Founding of English Nunneries After the Norman Conquest 164, n. 21
Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 258-259
Medieval English Nunneries, 1275-1535, 688
Eltisley
The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543, vol. 1, 1, vol. V, 218
The chronicle of Hugh Candidus, a monk of Peterborough
Commentarii de scriptoribus Britannicis, 359
According to Leland, the community moved to Hinchingbrooke after the Conquest.
This all sounds suspect. More research necessary. Sarah Foot notes that the existence of a women's religious house at Eltisley remains doubtful (Veiled Women, vol. 2, 77).
