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A History of the County of York
… the abbey of Furness to establish and inhabit a daughter house at Calder, on a site granted by Ralph Meschin. They … and despoiled their property. They returned to the mother house at Furness, but were refused admittance, because Gerald … who were only seeking temporary shelter in the mother house, Gerald and his monks determined to renounce both …
A History of the County of York
… when the abbey of Rievaulx had just been founded, 1 the great Benedictine house of St. Mary in York, under the rule of its third abbot, … by the addition of seven clerks and ten novices. 21 Great suffering lay before the infant community, however. A …
A History of the County of York
… origin and foundation of the abbey of Jervaulx is told at great length in the lost Register of Byland Abbey, quoted in … Peter de Quinciaco by name, and other monks of that house who were for some reason then residing in the … him, and said jocundo vultu quasi in ludendo, 'We all have great lands and possessions, now therefore let us help with …
A History of the County of York
… crops. For more than six years the monks existed in great poverty, and Abbot Alexander began to look about for … relates, that when on a journey on the business of the house, he passed through a well-wooded and shady valley … and perpetual alms. The first abbot, Alexander, ruled the house for thirty-five years, and during his time the church …
A History of the County of York
… during the abbacies of the first eighteen heads of the house. In these lists 129 places are particularized where the … in hand 12; in 1249-69 the belfry was erected and the great bell ' Benedict ' hung in it, and a granary also built … made numerous alterations and improvements and founded the great 'Jesus' bell; and in 1396-9 three bells were added. 15 …
A History of the County of York
… it received the name of Ryevale, or Rievaulx. Although the house was meagrely endowed by the founder, it speedily … to Furness, the abbey of Rushen being colonized from that house. 5 As to Stainton, the same reason may have prevented … to the chronicler of Lanercost, his silver plate and a great treasure behind him at Rievaulx. This fell into the …
A History of the County of York
… Burton. 6 Not much is known of the internal affairs of the house until the period of the Dissolution. The patronage, … were supposed to have signed the document in the chapter-house on 23 June 1538. 9 The abbot was assigned 33 6 s. 8 d. … seemed not two days before to allow their religion and do great worship and reverence at their Mattins, Masses, and …
A History of the County of York
… was founded by William Percy II, son of Alan Percy the Great 1 on 6 January 1147-8, 2 when Abbot Benedict with … The Abbot of Clairvaux and the abbots visitors of the house had the matter in consideration, when Maud de Percy, … in the Monasticon, in the account of Sawley, was the great-grandson of the founder, granted his manor of Gisburn …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… the earliest charters were made out to the abbot of that house; but after the custom of Cistercian foundations, it … to the abbey as late as 1378. 5 But it was not a wealthy house at any time, and its revenue never rose much above 100. … to complain of trespasses and injuries done to him in his house in London, 8 and at about the same time he was …
A History of the County of Kent
… Houses of Cistercian monks The abbey of Boxley HOUSE OF CISTERCIAN MONKS 15. THE ABBEY OF BOXLEY The abbey … their refusal to admit John Maunsel to a corrody in their house, such as Andrew Trayour, deceased, had, the abbot and … and considering that the people of Kent had in time past a great devotion to the image and used continual pilgrimages …