Peregrination
The expelled community unlike many others did not disband and separate, but exiled itself to the Netherlands, from where they were recalled briefly to Syon following the accession of the catholic Queen Mary(1553–1558) in 1553. The buildings had remained intact during the interval. On the accession of Queen Elizabeth(1558–1603) in 1558 an Act of Parliament was passed annexing and re-dissolving certain religious houses, including Syon, whereupon the nuns obtained royal license to leave England, eventually settling in Lisbon, Portugal, where they arrived in 1594, after having experienced many troubles and afflictions in travels through France and Spain.
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