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the Abbey had been depleted following years of Scots raids. But 1536 also marked a change in fortunes for the Loftus family, possibly through the gift of a grateful Abbot from years of service or redirected by Loftus himself, but it appears that Edward continued managing the estate on behalf of the
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Thomas Wraye, sent inspectors to the Abbey to search for misdemeanours, record rents and compile an inventory of possessions, no doubt ably assisted by Loftus. By April, the Abbot was granted a pension, the monks offered the chance recant their vows and the monastery was stripped of all value,
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There is some evidence that the during the first half of the 14th century the abbey and its holdings were attacked by the Scots, with the abbey itself being virtually destroyed. Later in that century there is a record of there being fifteen canons plus the abbot in residence.
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There are many sculptural remains preserved. Two stone effigies have been set against a garden wall at Coverham Abbey House. The right effigy is the earlier, depicting a knight in
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at the entry to the grounds of Coverham Abbey are in stone with a stone slate roof, and consist of an archway and flanking gatehouse buildings. The arch is semicircular with two
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In the years leading up to dissolution, Coverham Abbey had been reduced to a modest size with fewer than a dozen monks, whose lands and comforts were managed by their monastic
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The site is usually inaccessible to the public but can be glimpsed from the churchyard of Coverham's redundant medieval parish church,
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The exterior of the abbey and its grounds doubled as the home of Mrs Bond in two early episodes of the BBC television series
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The principal surviving remains include the ruins of the church and the guesthouse, which were incorporated into two houses:
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in about 1212 by her son Ranulf fitzRalph, who had the body of his late mother reinterred in the
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and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan, with a main range of five
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Anthony New. 'A Guide to the Abbeys of England And Wales', p123-25. Constable.
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Index

Swainby Abbey

Order
Premonstratensian
St Mary and St. Martial at Newsham
Grid reference
SE 10601 86404
North Yorkshire
England
Premonstratensian
Swainby
Chief Justiciar
Ranulf de Glanville
Coverham
chapter house
Scheduled Ancient Monument
Grade I listed building

54°15′53.1″N 1°29′05.4″W / 54.264750°N 1.484833°W / 54.264750; -1.484833
Premonstratensian
North Yorkshire
England
Ranulph de Glanville
Middleham
bailiff
Archbishop
Adam Loftus
seneschal
Humphrey Orme
Garth Cottage

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