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Ellerton Priory (Swaledale)

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had to admit that one of her nuns, Cecily Swale, was asking to leave the convent. She wanted to leave after being released from her vows, but she had already given birth to a child. Not every monastery was to be closed in this phase, but the priory was formally surrendered to the Crown in August that
110:. The ruins include the remains of the priory church built in the 15th century. The church tower appears to have been rebuilt as a romantic ruin in the 19th century. There is no public access to the ruins. 67:
There is uncertainty over the establishment of the priory. It was probably founded in the late 12th century, either by the Egglescliffe family, or by Warnerus, chief steward to the
262: 410: 395: 71:, or by Wymerus of the Aske family. In 1342 it suffered badly at the hands of marauding Scots, who are described as having razed and despoiled the Priory. 400: 351: 300:"Ellerton Priory: a Cistercian nunnery including fishponds, water management system, mill, field systems and Ellerton medieval settlement (1019154)" 390: 218: 304: 140: 299: 181: 79: 331: 235: 28: 118: 129: 122: 95: 87:
year and dissolved in the following year. The site is a scheduled Ancient Monument and parts of the priory are
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Index

Ellerton-on-Swale

priory
Cistercian
Swaledale
North Yorkshire
Ellerton Abbey
Earl of Richmond
Thomas Cromwell
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Joan Harkey
grade II
Richmond
Reeth
Benedictine
Marrick

Ellerton Abbey House
Ellerton Abbey (building)
Listed buildings in Ellerton Abbey
pp. 160–61
Historic England
"ELLERTON PRIORY (48742)"


ISBN
978-1-291-77259-3
A History of Marrick Priory
"Harkey, Joan (d. 1550), prioress of Ellerton"
doi

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