Talk:Nostell Priory

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 * http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/nostell-priory.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.159.7.98 (talk) 16:25, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

= Monastic History + I think some of the history is incorrect. Nostell has previous history as a Roman farm (National trust book on it) and in the late 9th century a small group of Christian men established the Hermitage of St James there. Its correct to say it was supported by York, as it was the capital of the north and centre of the church but is more likely the religious teachings coming out of Dewsbury at that time had a greater influence. After the Conquest it was under the jurisdiction of Robert de Lacy but he set up his own priory in Pontefract and filled it with monks from the great Cluniac mother-house, LaCharitA-sur-Loire in France. It was Henry I chaplain, AEthold, who came across it while convalescing at Pontefract, 1115-20 and loved it, obtained the kings permission to join the order and founded the priory for Canons Regular Order of St Augustine in 1121. Under Robert deLacy we had the local Lord AElric who served him, Lord of Wapentake of Staincross. It was AElric's son Swain who donated the church of Felkirk, beautiful little church about 3 mile away as a gift to the new priory in the time of Thurstan 1121-30. Henry VIII sent out a bunch of Commissioners to audit the monasteries to establish which were financially stable and true to their work, with the intention of discrediting as many as possible to shut them down. Dr Thomas Leigh was the Commissioner sent out to assess Nostell and of course had it dissolved. Once dissolved he then sought the rights for the priory and the lands it owned in 1550, selling them off at a huge profit to Thomas Gargrave in 1567. With the monastery no longer there to support the immediate local community over 100 people from the area died from starvation shortly after. The area had always mined coal, first recorded by AEthold who saw monks mining. The Gargrave's obtained rights to make iron,steel and lead using coal in 1589 and sold the estate and land rights in 1596, changing hands a few times before being purchased by Sir Rowland Winn in 1654 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.51.240.126 (talk) 13:18, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

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