On 29 March 1539 they reached Amesbury Priory, after two other nunneries, Shaftesbury Abbey and Wilton Abbey, in both of which the abbess had declined initially to surrender.
The group of nuns reached Amesbury Priory on 29 March 1539, after passing through two other convents, Shaftesbury Abbey and Wilton Abbey, where the abbess had declined to relinquish authority at first.