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Lanercost Priory

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253: 375: 330:. Later though, in 1346, David II ransacked the conventual buildings and desecrated the church. Fresh from the overthrow of Liddel he "entered the holy place with haughtiness, threw out the vessels of the temple, stole the treasures, broke the doors, took the jewels, and destroyed everything they could lay hands on". As late as 1386, one of the priors was taken prisoner by the Scots and ransomed for a fixed sum of money and four score quarters of corn. 311: 522: 26: 322:, King of Scotland, came with his army and made it his headquarters for three days, "committing infinite evils" and imprisoning some canons, though later letting them free. By contrast in 1328, in fulfilment of the treaty between the Bruce and Edward III, a mutual interchange of good offices took place between the priory of Lanercost and 287:, his second wife. He arrived at Michaelmas and his stay extended until the following Easter, a duration of 6 months which put a huge burden upon the resources of the priory. It was while Edward was at Lanercost that the brothers of Robert de Brus and other Scottish captives were sent to Carlisle for execution by his order. 406:
1220–1230 are in a good state of preservation; as high as the eaves, and would only require a roof and windows to be restored to the original condition. The oldest masonry is in the south transept, and dates from the late 12th century. The cloister and monastic buildings have been largely dismantled,
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The fortunes of the priory were linked to the state of warfare and raids on the border. The priory was in relatively affluent circumstances before the outbreak of the war of Independence in 1296, and the annual revenue of the house was returned at £74 12s 6d in the 1291 valuation of Pope Nicholas IV.
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The priory has an unusual medieval stone carving called the Lanercost Cross with an inscription dating back to 1214. Originally the cross was set just outside the entrance to the church. Today, the stump of the cross remains, but the main shaft is housed inside the priory. In the churchyard is the
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priories. Robert de Vaux gave the land of Lanercost "between the ancient wall and the Irthing and between Burth and Poltros, the vill of Walton by stated bounds, the church of that vill with the chapel of 'Treverman,' the churches of Irthington, Brampton, Carlaton and Farlam". The charter of
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nunnery. The Scots were interrupted before the damage could become great, and they retreated through Nicolforest, having burnt some houses of the monastery but not the church. Similar depredations under Wallace continued the next year and led to calls for reprisals from the English.
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in Cumberland, for the relief of the Priory. In a letter to the Pope, Edward gave his reasons for generosity being the special devotion he felt to St Mary Magdalene, his long stay due to illness, and making good the damage of the Scots. Edward died shortly afterwards at
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Soon after the foundation of the house, Robert de Vaux granted to the canons the right of free election, so that when the lord prior died the person on whom the choice of the canons or the greater part of them fell should be elected in his place.
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on his way to Newcastle. The canons met him at the gate in their copes, and although staying only a few days, he found time to take 200 stags and hinds while hunting in Inglewood forest. In 1300, on his way to the siege of
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At the Dissolution, ownership had passed to the Dacre family, and then in the early 18th century to the Howards. In 1929, the Priory ruins were put into public ownership, and today they are managed by English Heritage.
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In 1747, the nave was re-roofed, but by 1847 the Priory was in a state of disrepair to the extent that the east end roof collapsed. However, by 1849, The church was in use again after a major restoration by
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The proximity to Scotland inevitably had an effect on the fortunes of the priory, and it was a target of Scots attacks in retaliation for English raids. This became acute after the outbreak of the
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The bulk of the church building dates from the late 13th century, though there is evidence of earlier work. The Priory buildings were constructed, at least in part, from stones derived from
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It would seem the arrangements for founding the Priory were well advanced by the time of the foundation charter, as opposed to the more gradual process at
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The foundation date was traditionally 1169, but can only be dated definitely between 1165 and 1174 on the evidence of charters. The dedication is to
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This last royal visit depleted the reserves of the priory, and the canons begged him for recompense, but a deal to acquire the church of
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made several visits to the priory in the latter part of his reign. In the autumn of 1280 he visited in the company of
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Edward's last visit was in 1306, travelling in a horse litter owing to age and illness, and accompanied by
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worth about 100 marks a year, fell through. However the king granted the appropriation of the churches of
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Lanercost Priory from the south. The foundations of the conventual buildings are in the foreground.
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Nave; still used as the parish church, and impressive ruins. West range used as parish rooms
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in 1881, underwent restoration before being rehung behind the priory altar in 2013–14.
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Lanercost Cross – medieval stone carving history, translation and photographs.
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to the north but a large wall to the south with no aisle, where it abuts the
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List of English abbeys, priories and friaries serving as parish churches
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But by the taxation of 1318, the value had fallen almost to nothing.
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between 1165 and 1174, the most likely date being 1169, to house
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foundation states that the benefaction was made for the sake of
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Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families
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The Lanercost Cartulary (Cumbria County Record Office MS DZ/1)
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Hadrian's Wall: A Life, pages 56–7. Oxford University Press
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except for the west range, which was made into a house by
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in July 1307, whilst still campaigning against the Scots.
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in respect of their common revenues out of the church of
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It is now open to the public and in the guardianship of
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Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
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Monasteries dissolved under the English Reformation
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Index


Order
Augustinian
Diocese
Robert de Vaux
Lanercost
Cumbria
Robert de Vaux
Augustinian
canons
priory
Lanercost
Naworth Castle
Lanercost Chronicle
Wars of Scottish Independence
English Heritage
Mary Magdalene
Wetheral
St Bees
Henry II
Hubert
Hadrian's Wall
Wars of Scottish Independence
Hexham priory
Lambley

Legio VI Victrix
Hadrian's Wall
Edward I
Queen Eleanor

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