Eanswith was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon princess from the Kingdom of Kent. As the daughter of King Eadbald, she chose a religious life over marriage, reportedly refusing a proposal from a pagan prince to remain devoted to her faith. She established the Benedictine Folkestone Priory, which served as one of the earliest monastic communities for women in Britain. She lived and served as an abbess at this site until her death in Folkestone around 640.