sentences:  Probably the earliest monastery established in England for women was Saint Peter's Abbey in Folkestone, having been traditionally founded in 630 by Eanswith, the daughter of King Eadbald of Kent, the son of Æthelberht of Kent.The spread of Christianity in the north of Britain gained ground when Edwin of Northumbria married Æthelburg, a daughter of Æthelbert, and agreed to allow her to continue to worship as a Christian.The missionary Paulinus of York accompanied Æthelburg north.