Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Lanercost Priory, Lanercost
	Lanercost Priory
	St Mary's Church
	Lanercost Church
locality:-	Lanercost
civil parish:-	Burtholme (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	priory
locality type:-	religious house
coordinates:-	NY55626373 (etc)
1Km square:-	NY5563
10Km square:-	NY56
	BOW23.jpg (taken 21.3.2008)   BSW52.jpg  Vaulting. (taken 4.6.2010)
evidence:-	old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 12 14)  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Lanercost Priory (1169) (Remains of) / Gate / Cross Remains of"
evidence:-	map:-
source data:-	: 1954: Monastic Britain: Ordnance Survey
evidence:-	old map:- Gough 1350s-60s placename:-  Naward
source data:-	Map, colour photozincograph copy, reduced size facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, scale about 28.5 miles to 1 inch, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1875.   click to enlarge Ggh1Cm.jpg item:-  JandMN : 33 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old map:- Gough 1350s-60s placename:-  Naward
source data:-	Map, lithograph facsimile, Gough Map of Britain, 20 miles to 1 inch? published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1935.   click to enlarge Ggh2Cm.jpg item:-  JandMN : 34 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd)  placename:-  Lanercost
source data:-	Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715. MD12NY56.jpg "Lanercost:" Circle with a cross.  item:-  JandMN : 90 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:- Buck 1739 placename:-  Lanercost Priory item:-  murder
source data:-	Print, uncoloured engraving, The North West View of Lanercost Priory, in the County of Cumberland, drawn and engraved by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, published 1739.   click to enlarge BU0210.jpg printed, top  "THE NORTH-WEST VIEW OF LANERCOST-PRIORY, IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND." printed, bottom  "THIS Priory of Canons Regular of St. Augustine was founded A.D.1169 by Robert de Vallibus Son of Hubert de Vallibus first Baron of Gilsland &c Justice Itinerant into Cumberland in 23d. of K Hen. II. He founded it, as it is said on Occasion of his (or his Fathers) perfidiously killing one Giles Beweth who had, or however pretended, a Right to the Barony of Gilsland. / Saml &Nathl. Buck delin: et Sculp: Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. March 26. 1739." item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.67.10 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old text:- Gents Mag item:-  roman inscription; Hadrian's Wall
source data:-	Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.   goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1744 p.369  "Mr URBAN," "Carlisle, June 8, 1744." "THE following Roman Inscription, being the Head-stone of the upper Passage betwixt the Pillars and the Out-wall of the old Abbey of Lennercost, has escaped the Observation of all Antiquaries by its obscure Situation. It was discovered by two Masons at Work there, who informing me of it, I went this Day to examine it, and by help of a Ladder noted down these Characters" "IOVI OPTIMO MAXIMO COHORS PRIMA AETIAE DACORUM CUI PRAEEST JULIUS SATURNINUS TRIBUNUS."   click to enlarge G744E02.jpg "The Rest had been obliterated by the Workmen at building the Abbey. To understand it, we are to consider, that besides the legionary Troops employ'd in the Roman Service, there were ten auxiliary Cohorts, which made a Legion, of foreign Troops, and assumed the Name of the conquer'd Province to which they belong'd, and sometimes added another Title in Honour of some of their Emperors, under whom they were probably inlisted. This Cohort was then called AElia Dacica; AELIA, in Honour of Adrian, who was stil'd Titus AElius Hadrianus, and DACICA, from their Country, Dacia comprehended all that Tract of Ground North of the Danube to the Carpathian Mountains, betwixt the Rivers Tibiscus and Pruth, comprehending now good Part of Hungary, all Transilvania, Moldavia and Walachia. ... The Name of the Tribune is different from that on any other of the Stones ascribed to this Cohort. ..." "Abbey Lennercost stands on the North-Bank of the River Irthing, and is of its Kind as near a Gothic Structure as any left. It was built by Hubert de Vallibus to expiate a Murder, but fell several Times into the Hands of the Scots, who often plunder'd it of its Treasures. The Roman Wall which passes just above it has furnished the principal Materials for this Edifice, which contains Inscriptions on Monuments of the next Century to Edward's, but these have an Uniformity of Characters, and are not so barbarously confounded as the above. I shall send you one or two as Specimens soon, but have already exceeded the Bounds of a Letter." "Yours, &c. G. SMITH."
evidence:-	old text:- Pennant 1773 placename:-  Llanercost Priory item:-  Augustinian Order; Dissolution, The; accident
source data:-	Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.   goto source Pennant's Tour 1773, page 177  "Not far from its [River Irthing] banks stand the remains of Llanercost Priory. Here are to be seen ruins of two towers and some other buildings, and an inclosure with the remains of an ancient gate. The church had been a magnificent pile, with a tower in the centre. The west door is very handsome. The windows above, and most of the other windows, are high and narrow. It is now a perpetual curacy, with a small stipend, increased by Queen Anne's bounty. This religious house was a Priory of Canons Regular of St. Augustine, founded by Robert de Vallibus, son of Hugh de Vallibus, in 1169, for the soul of Henry II. the great benefactor to his father and himself, and for the souls of his father Hubert, his mother Grecia, and all his ancestors and successors. At the dissolution the revenues were, according to Speed, 79l. 19s.; to Dugdale, 77l. 7s. 11d.:"   goto source Pennant's Tour 1773, page 178  "at that time there were seven Canons and the Prior. - Henry VIII. granted the house and site, and several appurtenances, to Sir Thomas Dacre; and Edward VI. granted him the living of Llanercost, and several other churches, tithes and emoluments belonging to the Priory. ..." "From the Dacres it came to the Howards, and is at present possessed by the Earl of Carlisle, by virtue of a lease from the Crown, to which it reverted on failure of issue-male descended from Sir Thomas Dacre." "The burial-place of the great family of the Dacres is most scandalously neglected; overgrown with brambles,"   goto source Pennant's Tour 1773, page 179  "and exceedingly ruinous. Among the mutilated tombs is one with the Dacre arms included within a garter, which points it out to have been that of Thomas lord Dacre, knight of the garter, a most distinguished personage, who died in 1525; and another, under a corresponding arch is for Mabel wife of Humphrey lord Dacre, and daughter of Sir Thomas Par of Kendal, knight. In 1784 might be discovered the remains of five other tombs of the Dacres, and their ancestors, in the ruins of this church." "In the church-yard, on the belly of an ancient figure, is cut a modern inscription, denoting that John Gow, aged twenty-five, broke his neck by a fall he had in climbing round the top of the ruins of the church, on March 23, 1708." "..."   goto source Pennant's Tour 1773, page 180  "... Gils Bueth, was slain treacherously by Robert de Vallibus, at a meeting appointed for friendly purposes. Some assert that Robert founded Llanercost, to expiate the crime; if he did, he, in his charter, drops all mention of the deed, which he certainly would not have done had the foundation been of an expiatory nature; and even coolly names Gils Bueth as former proprietor of certain of the lands bestowed on the house. ..."
evidence:-	old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)
source data:-	Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY56SE.jpg "Abbey" building  item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-	old text:- Camden 1789 placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.   goto source Page 177:-  "... Lanercost, a priory founded by R. de Vaulx lord of Gillesland, ..."
evidence:-	old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)  placename:-  Lenercost Abbay item:-  murder; stained glass
source data:-	Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.   goto source Page 204:-  "..." ""Lenercost, an abbay of black canons, eight miles from Cairleul, on the notth (sic) side of the river Yrthing," founded by Robert de Vallibus 1189, as an atonement for murdering Gill, son of Bueth, at an arbitration about Gillesland, and valued at £.77. It stands in a romantic valley, the monastic offices converted into a farm house, and the hall is a farm. In the ruined choir, whose arches are round and the pillars circular or polygonal, are many elegant but damaged tombs of the Dacre family. One of the tombs is dated 1445. Several bodies have been found intire in the vault which is open, one with a long white beard. The nave rests on pointed arches; the west front has long lancet windows, as were the east, and over them is a good figure of the patroness Mary Magdalen. The church-yard gate has a handsome round arch. Sir Thomas Dacre resided here 1559, and repaired the nave, which is commemorated by some lines in the east window. ..."   goto source Page 205:-  "... The tradition of this abbey being founded in atonement for a murder seems to have little or no grounds from the foundation charter, wherein the founder Robert does not even enjoin the monks to pray for the soul of Giles Bueth. At the dissolution it was granted to Thomas Dacre of Lanercost, afterwards knighted, and commonly called Bastard Dacre, being an illegitimate son of Thomas lord Dacre of the North, whence the family bear in their arms the bar of difference. He repaired the mansion house 1559, and put up in the dining room window these lines, now in the east window of the church:" "Mille &quingentos ad quinquaginta novemque Adjice, &hoc anno condidit istud opus Thomas Dacre eques, sedem qui primus in istam Venerat, extincta relligione loci. Haec Edoardus ei dederat, devoverat ante Henricus longae praemia militiae." "Upon failure of the male heirs of his body it reverted to the crown, and is now in lease to Frederic earl of Carlisle."
evidence:-	old print:- Green 1790s-1820s placename:-  Lanercost Priory item:-  costume
source data:-	Print, coloured aquatint, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1790s-1800s?   click to enlarge PR1730.jpg printed at bottom:-  "Lanercost Priory, Cumberland" item:-  Armitt Library : 2014.411 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-	Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.   goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1795 p.569  "July 10." "Mr. URBAN," "LANERCOST priory is omitted in the new History of Cumberland, though all the places around it in Eskdale ward are treated at large, and prints of it given in the second part of vol. I." "Mr. H. has described it, in his Tour to the Lakes, in all the pomp and flowers of language. Forgetting that he was there "in the character of an itinerant only," he has preached a sermon on the languishment which hangs on the very curiosity which excited him to advance. Imagination is immediately figured from conception of the rites which once hallowed this place. The benevolent mind turns away from ideas of those horrid crimes which, through the corruption of men, polluted these holy mansions, and will not yield to the sable character which would blot out all pleasing visions." p.268. "It is profitable for the impetuous and ambitious spirit of youth to visit such a remonstrating"
evidence:-	old text:- Gents Mag 1795 placename:-  Lannercost Priory
source data:-	goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1795 p.570  "representation," &c. &c. Oh! it is so moving one can read no more" "Two such modern smarts are introduced into an inside view of the priory, in the second part of the first volume." "I am led to these enquiries by looking over your former volumes in the XIVth of which are give two curious inscriptions from this old ruin: the one of Roman, the other of Gothic, antiquity: of the latter a more correct copy is much wished for, though it is much to be feared Mr. H. cannot be depended upon to make a fac simile, such wretched work he has made of others." "If I should have overlooked Lannercost in a work that has no plan nor index, who is to blame?" "P. P."
evidence:-	old print:- Wilkinson 1810 (plate 48)  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Lanercost Priory, Cumberland, by Joseph Wilkinson, engraved by William Frederick Wells, published by R Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, 1810.   click to enlarge WKN148.jpg Plate 48 in Select Views in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire.  printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Revd. Jos: Wilkenson delt. / W. F. Wells sc. / Lanercost Priory, Cumberland. / Published August 1. 1810. by R. Ackermann. 101. Strand. London." item:-  Fell and Rock Climbing Club : MN4.48 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-	Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.   goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1814 part 1 p.13  "List of Conventual Churches still in Use." "... I am induced to offer you the subjoined List of Conventual Churches, which are still made use of, either wholly or in part, for divine service; hoping that it may afford some assistance to the Lover of Sacred Architecture in his researches amid the venerable remains of our Monastic structures, many of which, though highly deserving attention, have, as the writer of the article justly laments, long lain in obscurity." "..." "HUGH OWEN." "..."
evidence:-	old text:- Gents Mag 1814
source data:-	goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1814 part 1 p.14  "Churches of the Regular Canons of St. Augustine, now Parochial.Lanercost, Cumberland ... Nave used , early lancet work."
evidence:-	old text:- Gents Mag item:-  fire, Lanercost Abbey
source data:-	Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.   goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1819 part 1 p.405  From the Compendium of County History:-  "1296. ... Carlisle successfully defended by the inhabitants against the Scots under John Comyn Earl of Buchan, and six other Earls, who burnt the suburbs of the city, and on the retreat set fire to Lanercost Abbey."
evidence:-	old text:- Gents Mag 1819
source data:-	goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1819 part 1 p.505  "1314. Kirk-oswald burnt and Lanercost pillaged by the Scots under Edward Bruce, brother of the King."
evidence:-	descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)  placename:-  Lanercost Abbey
source data:-	Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.   goto source Page 109:-  "... rising from among majestic elms, are seen the venerable ruins of Lanercost Abbey, backed by the woods that slope down from the baronial castle of Naworth to the clear murmuring streams of the Irthing." "LANERCOST ABBEY." "The grey ruins of Lanercost, approached through the remains of a gateway covered with ivy, stand a little distance from the Irthing on its northern banks, in the green holms of St. Mary. This Monastery was founded in 1116, by Robert de Vallibus, for monks of the order of St. Augustine, chartered in the sixteenth year of Henry II, A.D. 1169, and dedicated by Bernard, Bishop of Carlisle, to Mary Magdalene." "The church consists of a nave with north aisle, transepts with aisles east of them, used as monumental chapels and choir. The western front is one of great beauty and simplicity; a magnificent door, pointed and of many mouldings, fills the lowest compartment; above it runs a string of"   goto source Page 110:-  "elegant niches, then seven long tall lancets fill the whole length of the front, having the alternate ones only pierced for lights; in the gable is a niche containing a statute of the Virgin and Child, and on each side, shields charged with the armorial cognizances of the Abbey and the Dacres, and the top is crowned by the fragments of a beauteous cross. The nave is fitted up as the parish church, and is lighted by a row of eight clerestory windows; these have the toothed ornament, the only kind used, which, with the cornice that runs round the whole building, give a rich appearance to the general plan of the exterior. The low Norman tower rising about a square in height above the roof, is supported by massive angular piers. The transepts and choir are unroofed, and suffered to go to decay. The opposite sides of the choir are different in their architecture, and the transepts respectively partake of it. Tall circular piers, with only the clerestory windows above, is the disposition of the south side; whilst the north has low massive circular piers, and a triforium as well as clerestory. The east end is lighted by two tiers of lancet windows, three in each; this and the south side are now profusely covered with ivy and mountain ashes; wall-flowers wave over the other parts, and diffuse their fragrance in the air. There are several monuments in this part of the church belonging to the Dacres, to whom the Abbey lands fell at the dissolution, and to the Howards, their successors. Two of the monuments belonging to the Dacres are under ogee"   goto source Page 111:-  "canopies, and ornamented with quatrefoils and shields of arms. The Howards are more gorgeously decorated with all the insignia of armorial blazonry. Unfortunately little care has been taken of these splendid tombs; the long dank grass, and weeds and moss, are fast defacing these proud memorials of the haughty barons, once lords of this beautiful domain." "The cloisters run parallel with the south side of the conventual church, and have been connected with it. The groining is early English, with cross springers diverging from a row of piers running up the middle, and from pilasters on the sides. The dormitory which was above, is now a garden, so that there is a constant dropping and dampness below. There are some Roman antiquities which have been found in the neighbourhood, preserved here. Of the remainder of the conventual buildings, we may observe a square tower, with square mullioned windows, three stories in height, which was erected, or at least considerably repaired, in the sixteenth century, by the bastard Dacre for his residence. Another tower, with the Tudor flower in the cornice, forms part of the residence of the present aged curate of Lanercost. In the church-yard is the recumbent effigy of a knight, having the hands clasped on the breast." "This Abbey forms fine pictures from the grounds of Naworth and the surrounding woods. The best near view is from the corner of the area in which it stands, under the wide-spreading elms; hence the"   goto source Page 112:-  "west front, the north side, and north transept, are presented, conveying an idea of magnitude and grandeur to the beholder, which no other point of view gives. The east end with the north transept again, is another noble picture from amidst the numerous tombs of the church-yard."
evidence:-	old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:-  Lannercost Priory
source data:-	Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843. FD02NY56.jpg "Lannercost Priory" item:-  JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-	Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.   goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1847 part 2 p.529  "CUMBERLAND." "Sept. 16. During a high wind the roof of Lanercost Abbey fell in with a loud crash, bearing everything down beneath it. The unfortunate event happened during the night, and is attributed to the ruined state of the rafters."
evidence:-	old text:- Gents Mag item:-  roman inscription; inscription, roman
source data:-	Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.   goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1858 part 1 p.418  "ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE." "Feb. 5. ..." "... ..." "The Rev. John Maughan, Rector of Bewcastle, sent rubbings of six Roman inscriptions preserved in Lanercost Priory. 1. An altar dedicated to Jupiter, by the first cohort of Dacians. This altar, which appears to have been first noticed in 1744, when it was published in the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, had been lost sight of till it was re-discovered by Mr. Maughan. The stone is placed as the key-stone of an arch in the clerestory of the priory, in the S.E. corner of the choir, having been either found on the spot, or brought from one of the neighbouring stations by the founders of Lanercost. 2. An altar found at Burdsoswald, preserved in the crypt. It records a dedication to Silvanus, by the huntsmen of Banna. 3. An altar also in the crypt, dedicated to the god Cocidius, by the soldiers of the twentieth legion, named Valeria Victrix. Mr. Maughan noticed that the initials of these titles (V.V.) had been generally misread Valens Victrix, and that the true reading appears from a passage in Dion Cassius. 4. An altar dedicated to the same god, Cocidius, by the soldiers of the second legion. 5. A centurial stone recently found in the east wall of the crypt, about two feet from the ground, near the S.E. corner. It reads, "C. CON. X. P. F." 6. Another centurial stone, on the outside of the eastern wall of the refectory, reading "C CASSII PRISCI."" "..."
	notes about bells
evidence:-	database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-	courtesy of English Heritage "WALLS TO THE NORTH OF LANERCOST PRIORY / / / BURTHOLME / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / I / 78140 / NY5558763773"
source data:-	courtesy of English Heritage "Priory and graveyard wall. C13 and C18. Mixed squared and coursed calciferous and red sandstone rubble (from the nearby Roman Wall). Low wall, probably reduced in height, forming the north wall of the former priory. Footpath entrance with chamfered surround is probably a later insertion. Included in the listing is the later graveyard wall, adjoining the north transept and built of materials from the demolished priory."
evidence:-	database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-	courtesy of English Heritage "GATEWAY ARCH WEST OF LANERCOST PRIORY / / / BURTHOLME / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / I / 78141 / NY5545163734"
source data:-	courtesy of English Heritage "Gateway arch, originally part of the gate tower of Lanercost Priory. Early C13. Calciferous sandstone squared and coursed rubble (from the nearby Roman Wall), with red sandstone dressings. Arch and fragments of the flanking tower. Chamfered segmental arch of 3 orders, hood mould and moulded corbel stops with fragments of fan vaulting. Remains of flanking walls. Rear of arch has flanking buttresses. Rear wall of tower to right has blocked segment-headed entrance to porter's lodge."
evidence:-	old print:- Bogg 1898 item:-  tomb; coat of arms
source data:-	Print, engraving, Lord Dacre's Tomb, coats of arms, in Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by S Harrison, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.   click to enlarge BGG112.jpg Included on p.52 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg.  item:-  JandMN : 231.12 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old photograph:- Bogg 1898
source data:-	Photograph, halftone print, Lanercost Priory, from the North, Burtholme, Cumberland, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.   click to enlarge BGG111.jpg Included on p.51 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg.  item:-  JandMN : 231.11 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old photograph:- Bogg 1898 item:-  tomb; coat of arms
source data:-	Photograph, halftone print, Tomb of Roland de Vaux, in Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by Edmund Bogg, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.   click to enlarge BGG110.jpg Included on p.49 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg.  item:-  JandMN : 231.10 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old photograph:- Bogg 1898 placename:-  Lanercost Priory item:-  tomb; coat of arms
source data:-	Photograph, halftone print, Lord Dacre's Tomb, in Lanercost Priory, Burthholme, Cumberland, by Edmund Bogg, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.   click to enlarge BGG109.jpg Included on p.48 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg.  item:-  JandMN : 231.9 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:- Bogg 1898 placename:-  Priory of Lanercost
source data:-	Print, engraving, The Priory of Lanercost, from the gateway, Burtholme, Cumberland, by Percy Robinson, published by Edmund Bogg, 3 Woodhouse Lane, and James Miles, Guildford Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1898.   click to enlarge BGG108.jpg Included on p.47 of Lakeland and Ribblesdale, by Edmund Bogg.  item:-  JandMN : 231.8 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:- Harwood 1842
source data:-	Print, uncoloured engraving, Lanercost Priory, Cumberland, engraved and published by John and Frederick Harwood, 26 Fenchurch Street, London, 1842.   click to enlarge HRW222.jpg printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "London, J &F. Harwood. / No.439, May 20, 1842. / Lanercost Priory." item:-  JandMN : 166.22 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:- Hearne and Byrne 1786 (plate 26)  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, uncoloured engraving, Lanercost Priory, Cumberland, drawn by Thomas Hearne, engraved by William Byrne, published by W Byrne and T Hearne, London, 1780.   click to enlarge PR0198.jpg The figure is engraved by W Woollett.  printed at top right:-  "No.XXVI" printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Drawn by T. Hearne / Engrav'd by W. Byrne. / The Figure by W. Woollett / LANERCOST PRIORY. / London: Publish'd as the Act directs, 15 Augt. 1780, by W. Byrne &T. Hearne." printed at bottom:-  "- These lone walls and storied arches have a character, marking the Virtues of the Times deceas'd; whilst ECHO from her hollow charnel Vaults speaks in the listening ear of CONTEMPLATION, the Epilogue to Life' MORALITY; how soon its gaudy Pageantries are pass'd, and DEATH without his mask shuts the last scene!" item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.198 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:- Buck 1739/1837 (edn 1877)  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, uncoloured engraving, The South East View of Lanercost Priory, in the County of Cumberland, drawn and engraved by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1739, reprinted by Hudson Scott and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1877.   click to enlarge BU0107.jpg No.7 in The Castles, Abbeys, and Priories of the County of Cumberland, 1877.  printed at top:-  "THE SOUTH-EAST VIEW OF LANERCOST-PRIORY, IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND." printed at lower left:-  "To the Rt: Honbls: FRANCES Countess of CARLISLE This prospect is humbly Inscrib'd by her Ladyhips most Obedt: Servants Saml. &Nathl. Buck." printed at lower right:-  "THIS Priory was dedicated by Bernard second Bishop of Carlisle, to the Homnour of Mary Magdalen. All its Privileges & Possessions were conirm'd by K. Rich: I. King Edw: I. in the 35th. Year of his Reign, dated his Writts from this Priory, for ye Summoning a Parliament to be held at Carlisle. It is now a Parochial Church. The Impropriator is ye Rt. Honble. Henry, Earl of Carlisle. - An: Val. L66: 7s: 11d. Dugd. L79: 19s: 0d. Speed. Saml. &Nathl. Buck delin: et sculp: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament March 26. 1739." item:-  JandMN : 178.7 Image © see bottom of page
	cross slab gravestones
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source data:-	Drawing, Lanercost Priory, Ruined Interior, Burtholme, Cumberland, by A E Macleod, 1932.   click to enlarge PR0903.jpg Detailed study of interior of ruined south transept of Lanercost Priory showing the tomb of William Howard.  signed &dated at bottom right:-  "A.E.Macleod. 1932." item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1934.14 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old drawing:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Drawing, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by Jules Georges, 1858.   click to enlarge PR0975.jpg Interior of priory with two male figures in centre, one of whom sketches the tomb opposite which he is seated, the other standing beside him, gesturing towards it.  initialled &dated at bottom left:-  "JG 1858" inscribed at bottom right:-  "LANERCOST PRIORY, CUMBERLAND" item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1957.15.2 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old drawing:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Drawing, Lanercost Priory, Burthholme, Cumberland, by Jules Georges, 1857.   click to enlarge PR0974.jpg Interior of priory depicting tomb of William Howard viewed through an arch.  inscribed & signed &dated at bottom left:-  "LANERCOST PRIORY JG 1851" item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1957.15.1 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old painting:-  placename:-  Lanercost Abbey
source data:-	Painting, watercolour, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by William James Blacklock, 1850-58?   click to enlarge PR0940.jpg Lanercost Priory stands in bright sunshine behind a low wall overgrown with green and blue vegetation.  inscribed at top left:-  "Lanercost Abbey" item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1946.67.6 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old painting:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Painting, watercolour, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by William Henry Nutter, 1841.   click to enlarge PR1037.jpg Interior of the overgrown ruins of Lanercost Priory, a couple standing at its centre.  signed & inscribed &dated at bottom left:-  "W.H.Nutter.Delt.1841" inscribed at bottom right on mount:-  "Lanercost Priory Cumberland" item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1970.33.18 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old print:-
source data:-	Print, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by L Clennell, 1812.   click to enlarge PR1058.jpg In a scrapbook album.  item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1970.80.1.36 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old painting:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Painting, watercolour, Midsummer, Interior of Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, attributed to Matthew Ellis Nutter, 1854.   click to enlarge PR1110.jpg Tomb inside ruins of Lanercost Priory; the ivy clad walls and arches soar above it.  annotated at reverse on mount:-  "Inscribed on reverse by Henry Penfold; Lanercost Priory, Midsummer 1854 Painted by Matthew Nutter. Bought by me in Wakefield Mar 1915 Henry Penfold [This does not look like the work of Matthew Nutter Dep]" item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1971.23.2 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old print:-
source data:-	Print, Lanercost, Burtholme, Cumberland, by John Greig, 1821?   click to enlarge PR1169.jpg Panoramic view of Lanercost Priory standing amidst rolling countryside; a winding road leads towards the priory along which a traveller and his dog are walking. To left of composition, on a hilltop, stands a castle with its flag flying. To right, a church nestles amidst a stand of trees on the hilltop opposite. The foreground is framed by a bank of vegetation and summer flowers.  printed at bottom centre:-  "LANERCOST, CUMBERLAND" printed at bottom right:-  "Drawn and Engraved by J. Greig." dated at bottom right:-  "1821" item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1976.169.1.6 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old print:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, West Front of Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by Luke Clennell, engraved by John Greig, published by Longman and Co, Paternoster Row, London, 1814.   click to enlarge PR1170.jpg West front of Lanercost Priory; in the foreground a couple are seated in a patch of sunlight beside the path leading towards its entrance.  Used in Scott's Border Antiquities of England and Scotland.  printed at bottom centre:-  "Engraved by J. Greig, from a Painting by L.Clennell, for the Border Antiquities of England and Scotland WEST FRONT OF LANERCOST PRIORY Cumberland London. Published May 1 1815 for the Proprietors, by Longman and Co., Paternoster Row." item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1976.169.1.9A Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old print:-
source data:-	Print, Interior of Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by L Clennell,1813.   click to enlarge PR1060.jpg In a scrapbook album.  item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1970.80.1.38 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old print:-
source data:-	Print, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by P S Munn, 1805.   click to enlarge PR1059.jpg In a scrapbook album  item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1970.80.1.37 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old print:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, 1800s-10s.   click to enlarge PR1168.jpg View of Lanercost Priory, seen from the west, and the row of cottages attached to it. To left of foreground lies a shallow pool in which three cows stand; beside this stands a young woman holding an infant. Four more distant figures give the scene an air of activity. An empty cart stands to right of composition.  printed at bottom centre:-  "LANERCOST PRIORY, CUMBERLAND" item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1976.169.1.5 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old print:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, Interior of Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by Luke Clennell, engraved by John Greig, published by Longman and Co, Paternoster Row, London, 1815.   click to enlarge PR1171.jpg North transept of Lanercost Priory depicting the tomb of William Howard in the foreground with three men beside it, two of whom stand whilst the third kneels. Through the arch above the tomb the gallery of the far wall is seen.  Used in Scott's Border Antiquities of England and Scotland.  printed at bottom centre:-  "Engraved by J. Greig, from a Painting by L.Clennell, for the Border Antiquities of England and Scotland INTERIOR OF LANERCOST PRIORY Cumberland Pl.2 London. Published May 1 1815 for the Proprietors, by Longman and Co., Paternoster Row." item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1976.169.1.9B Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old print:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by Luke Clennell, engraved by John Greig, published by Longman and Co, Paternoster Row, London, 1812.   click to enlarge PR1172.jpg View of Lanercost Priory, deserted and overgrown. In the foreground slanting tombstones cast lengthy shadows in the evening light.  Used in Scott's Border Antiquities of England and Scotland.  printed at bottom centre:-  "Engraved by J. Greig, from a Painting by L.Clennell, for the Border Antiquities of England and Scotland LANERCOST PRIORY,, Cumberland. London. Published Sepr 1 1812 for the Proprietors, by Longman and Co., Paternoster Row." item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1976.169.1.9D Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old print:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory item:-  sailing boat; boat
source data:-	Print, Lanercost Priory, Cumberland, drawn by Thomas Walmsley? engraved by Jakes, published by J Deeley, 95 Berwick Street, Soho, London, 1811.   click to enlarge PR1278.jpg Autumnal scene; view of Lanercost Priory from the far bank of a lake upon which a yatch sails. In the foreground stands a man holding a staff in one hand and a flag in the other; he looks out across the water.  There is not, nor was there at the above date, a lake beside Lanercost Priory. The title may have been appended to the image in error  inscribed at bottom left on print:-  "Drawn by Walmsly." printed at bottom centre:-  "LANERCOST PRIORY CUMB[ER]LAND" item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.102 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old painting:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Painting, watercolour, Lanercost Priory in Cumberland from the North East, Burtholme, Cumberland, by Robert Carlyle snr, 1792.   click to enlarge PR1242.jpg Included in an album The Antiquities of the City of Carlisle. View of Lanercost Priory from the North East showing the graveyared with two men conversing in the foreground.  inscribed at bottom centre:-  "LANERCOST PRIORY in CUMBERLAND from the N.E." signed at bottom left:-  "Drawn on the spot by Robert Carlile.1792" item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.77.17 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old painting:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Painting, watercolour, Lanercost Priory in Cumberland from the South West, Burtholme, Cumberland, by Robert Carlyle snr, 1792.   click to enlarge PR1243.jpg Included in an album The Antiquities of the City of Carlisle. View of Lanercost Priory from the hill on the road leading down to Lanercost from Brampton. The Priory is in the centre of a wooded valley with hills and trees surrounding it.  inscribed at bottom centre:-  "LANERCOST PRIORY in CUMBERLAND from the S.W." signed at bottom left:-  "Drawn on the spot by Robert Carlile.1792" item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.77.18 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old painting:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory item:-  gate
source data:-	Painting, watercolour, The Gate of Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by Robert Carlyle snr, 1792.   click to enlarge PR1244.jpg Included in an album The Antiquities of the City of Carlisle. View of the gate of Lanercost Priory looking west with Castlesteads in the centre in the distance. the gate is framed by a tree on each side.  inscribed at bottom centre:-  "THE GATE of LANERCOST PRIORY" signed at bottom left:-  "Drawn on the spot by R.Carlile." item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.77.19 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old painting:-
source data:-	Painting, watercolour, Interior of Lanercost Priory, Burtholm,e Cumberland, by Luke Clennell, about 1810.   click to enlarge PR1284.jpg View of the interior of Lanercost Priory. To right of foreground sits a single figure, leaning on his staff.  Engraved for Sir Walter Scott's Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, 1915  item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1978.108.135 Image © Tullie House Museum
evidence:-	old print:- Calverley 1899 item:-  cross
source data:-	On the green:- ... remains of a medieval high cross ...
evidence:-	old print:-  placename:-  Lannercost Priory
source data:-	Print, uncoloured lithograph, Lannercost Priory, Cumberland, late 19th century?   click to enlarge PR0230.jpg printed at top right:-  "Pl. LXXX." printed at bottom:-  "Lannercost Priory" item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.230 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, uncoloured engraving, Lanercost Priory, Cumberland, drawn by J Powell, engraved by J and H S Storer, published by Sherwood and Co, 1823.   click to enlarge PR0231.jpg Included in the Port Folio.  printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Drawn by J. Powell Esq. for the Port Folio & Engd. by J. & H. S. Storer. / Pubd. by Sherwood &Co. Sept. 1. 1823. / LANERCOST PRIORY. / (Cumberland.)" item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.231 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, uncoloured engraving, Lanercost Priory, Cumberland, drawn by P S Munn, engraved by J Storer, published by Vernor and Hood, Poultry, London, 1803.   click to enlarge PR0419.jpg Included in the Beauties of England and Wales.  printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Engrav'd by J. Storer from a drawing by P. S. Munn. / for the Beauties of England & Wales. / LANERCOST PRIORY, / Cumberland / London: Published by Vernor &Hood Poultry Feb. 1. 1803." item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.412 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:-  placename:-  Llanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, uncoloured engraving, Llanercost Priory, Cumberland, drawn by Moses Griffith, engraved by J Smith, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.   click to enlarge PR0232.jpg Does the misspelling relate to the welsh sounding name of the artist?  printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "J. Smith sc. / Moses Griffith Del. / LLANERCOST PRIORY / Pub Jun 1 1801 by Edw Harding 98 Pall Mall" item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.232 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, uncoloured engraving, Lanercost Priory, Cumberland, drawn by G Sheppard, engraved by J Wise, perhaps published by W Clarke, Bond Street, London, 1800s.   click to enlarge PR0378.jpg Included in the Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet.  printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "Engraved by J. Wise for the Antiquarian &Topographical Cabinet from a Drawing by G. Sheppard. / LANERCOST PRIORY, / CUMBERLAND. / ..." item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.378 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:-  placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, uncoloured engraving, Lanercost Priory, Cumberland, engraved by Sparrow, published by Samuel Hooper, 1783.   click to enlarge PR0212.jpg printed at bottom right, centre:-  "Sparrow Sc. / LANERCOST PRIORY, CUMBERLAND. / Published 20 Oct. 1783 by S. Hooper." item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.212 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print with text:- Lowther 1780s-90s
source data:-	Print, engraving, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland now Cumbria, engraved by Sparrow, 1775; with descriptive text:-   click to enlarge BMZ33.jpg "LANERCOST PRIORY, CUMBERLAND." "PLATE II." "THIS Priory is situated in a romantic valley, a small distance north of the river Irthing, and a little to the southward of the Picts Wall." "ITS remains consist of the Priory-church, and some few of the offices of the Monastery, now fitted up for a farm-house." "THE Chancel is in ruins, where, amidst shrubs, brambles, and nettles, appear several very elegant tombs of the Dacre family, but much damaged by the weather: the way into one of the vaults beneath is laid so open, that the stairs leading down are visible. Here are two stories or series of arches, the under ones circular, supported by columns of great thickness, some cylindrical, and some polygonal. About the ruined parts of this building many ash-trees have taken root, and flourish among the disjointed stones, affording a very picturesque appearance. The Nave is in good repair, and serves for the Parish-church; it has two side aisles divided by pointed arches of a very considerable span." "ON a stone on the inside of the East Wall, is the following inscription:" "'Robertus de Vallibus filius Huberti Domini de Gisland Fundator Prioratus de Lanercost, A.D. 1116. AEdergaini Uxor ejus sine Prole Reverndus G. Story hujus Ec. Pastor Grato Animo hunc lapidem posuit 1761.'" "Which may be thus translated: 'Robert de Vallibus, the son of Hubert, Lord of Gisland, Founder of the Priory of Lanercost, A.D. 1116. AEdergane his wife had no children. The Rev. G. Story, A.M. minister of this Church, out of gratitude placed this stone 1761.' According to this date, the Monastery was founded 53 years before the dedication of the Church. In the east window, under a coat armorial of three cockle-shells, are the following lines:" "Mille & quigentos ad quiquaginta novemque Adjice, &hoc Anno condidit istud opus Thomas Daker Eques, sedem qui primus in istam Venerat, extincta religione loci. Hoc Edvardus ei dederat, devoverat ante Henricus longae Praemia Militae.'" "'To one thousand and five hundred add fifty and nine, and in that year Thomas Daker, Esq. built this work. He was the first who came to this seat after the dissolution of the Priory. It was given him by Edward, though before promised by Henry, as a reward for his long military services.'" "PROBABLY the work here alluded to, was the window whereon the inscription is placed; which in the outrageous zeal of the Times might have been demolished at the surrender. The Church itself is apparently too ancient to be meant." "THE west front of this Building was neatly finished, and in a niche near the top is an elegant female figure. A small distance west of the Church, in what was the Church-yard-wall, is the remains of a handsome gate, whose arch is a segment of a large circle. About a mile south-east-ward, on an eminence, stands Naworth Castle, which is plainly seen from hence. This was formerly also the property of the Dacre family." "THIS Monastery, at present, belongs to the Earl of Carlisle, into whose family it came by a marriage with the sister and co-heir of the last Lord Dacre." "IT is by some related, that this Priory was founded as an expiation for the death of one Giles Bueth, who pretending to have a right to the Barony of Gillisland, was slain by Robert de Vallibus, or Hubert his father. But as no such motive is mentioned, or hinted at in the Charter of Foundation, probably it is a groundless story." "IN the year 1306, as appears in Leland's Collectanea, King Edward the First remained here some time, whilst he sent his Justices to Berwick, who there, according to Stowe, tried hundreds and thousands of breakers of the peace and conspirators, many of whom were hanged.; 'and the Countess of Bowen was closed in a cage, whose breadth, length, height, and depth, was eight foote, and hanged over the walls of Berwicke.'" "This View, which represents the West Aspect of the Priory Church, was drawn Anno 1774." item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.86 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print with text:- Lowther 1780s-90s
source data:-	Print, engraving, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland now Cumbria, engraved by Sparrow, 1774; with descriptive text:-   click to enlarge BMZ32.jpg "LANERCOST PRIORY, CUMBERLAND." "PLATE I." "THIS was a Priory of Canons Regular of the Order of St. Augustine, dedicated to the Honour of God and St. Mary Magdalene. It was founded by Robert, son of Hubert de Vallibus, Lord of Gillesland. The Church was dedicated by Bernard, Bishop of Carlisle, anno 1169." "ROBERT de Vallibus, the Founder, by his charter granted to these Canons diverse valuable parcels of land, whose boundaries are therein described, also the Church of Walton, with the Chapel of Treverman, the Churches of Erchinton, of Brampton, Karlaton and Farlham, with all their appurtenances and dependencies." "HE likewise gave the pasturage for thirty cows, and twenty sows, in his Forest of Walton; with all the bark of the timber-trees, and the dry wood in the forests of his Barony; and free passage for themselves and servants through his estates to their different churches and houses, &c. to Brampton, Walton, Traversman, Warboleman, and Roswrageth, Danton, and Brenkibeth." "HE moreover bestowed on them lands in his Wood at Brampton, for the building of a barn to collect their tithes: he also permitted them to make themselves a fish-pond anywhere within his demesnes, provided that it did not injure his mill." "ALL these, with many other donations, were confirmed by the charter of King Richard the Ist." "ROBERT de Vallibus, dying without issue, was succeeded by his brother Ralph, whose great-grand-daughter Maud marrying Thomas de Multon, carried the Barony into that family. Their grand-daughter and heiress Margaret in like manner conveyed it to the family of the Dacres. At the Dissolution, the site was granted to Thomas Lord Dacre, as Patron, or Founder of this House, being the legal representative of Robert de Vallibus." "AT the Suppression, the annual revenues of this House were estimated at 77l. 7s. 11d. Dugdale; 79l. 19s. Speed; at which time, here were a Prior and seven Canons." "This View, which represents the North Aspect of the Priory Church, was drawn Anno 1774." item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.85 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:- Green 1819 placename:-  Lanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, soft ground etching, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, by William Green, 1820, published by R Lough and Co, Chronicle Office, Finkle Street, Kendal, and others, 1820.   click to enlarge GN0133.jpg Tipped in opposite vol.2 p.407 of The Tourist's New Guide, by William Green.  printed at bottom right, centre:-  "Vol.2, page 407, line 19. / LANERCOST PRIORY. / Published at Ambleside, by Wm. Green, 1820." item:-  Armitt Library : A1141.34 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print with text:- Lowther 1780s-90s
source data:-	Print, engraving, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland now Cumbria, engraved by J Wooding, late 18th century? with descriptive belong to a Hearne and Byrne print:-   click to enlarge BMZ31.jpg LANERCOST PRIORY,  "Situated upon the north side of the river Irthing, in the county of Cumberland, was founded, as appears by an inscription in the Church, by Robert de Vallibus or Vaux, Lord of Gilsland or Gilesland, in the year of our Lord 1116, and dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, 53 years after, in the sixteenth year of the reign of Henry II. by Bernard, second Bishop of Carlisle. It is said this Monastery was built in expiation of a murder that the Founder had committed on one Giles Bueth, a descendant of the Saxon owner of Gilsland. This Giles Bueth was a competitor with William Meschines, the Norman grantee, for the possession of this Barony; after whose death Henry II. gave it to Robert de Vallibus, who to secure his possession of it, is said to have killed Giles Bueth in a most perfidious manner." "By the original deed of gift from Robert de Vallibus, this Monastery for Monks of the Augustine Order, was endowed with the Village of Walton, and the Church of the same place, with the Chapel of Ireverman, and the Churches of Irthington, Brampton, Carlton and Farlham; the said Robert gave to it likewise the lands of Warthecolman, Roswrageth, Appletrethwait, and Brenskibeth, with pannage in the forest of Walton; as also pasture for thirty cows and twenty sows, with their respective young to the second year: he granted moreover to the Monks of this house, the bark of timber-wood in his barony, which had been Bueth's lands, and the dry and fallen wood in his forests for their fuel, with liberty to have mills and fishings in Erthing, Hortingburn, and other places." "King Richard I. granted and confirmed, by Charter, to God, St. Mary Magdalene, and the Prior of Lanercost, all the aforesaid benefactions; and farther confirmed to them, as the gift of Robert de Vallibus, the tithes of all the venison of the said Robert and his heirs, as well of the flesh as of the skins, and tithes of the skins of foxes; the tithes also of his lakes and fisheries, and in his waste lands, the tithes of foals, calves, lambs, pigs, wool, cheese, and butter; and if any of these waste lands should afterwards be cultivated, then the full tithes of such improved lands also." "Henry II. granted to this house a like confirmation of its rights and possessions; and Edward I. who often resided at Lanercost, during the preparations for his wars in Scotland, and in his returns from that kingdom, was a great benefactor to this Monastery." "From the manners and piety of the times, it continued to enlarge its privileges and possessions till the general dissolution of the monastic orders, when Henry VIII. by letters patent, dated the 22d of November 1542, granted to Thomas Dacre, Esq. of Lanercost, and his heirs male, in consideration of his true and faithful services, all that the house and site of the late Monastery or Priory of Lanercost, with its Park, and all its appurtenances, situated near the same, &c. to be held of the King in capite by Knight's service: and Edward VI. by letters patent, bearing date the 28th of June, in the sixth year of his reign, granted to the said Thomas the Church of Lanercost, with other Churches, lands, tithes, &c. formerly belonging to the said Priory." "It has been presumed from the authority of some Latin verses, said to have been taken from the Dining Hall of the Monastery, that the house, having been much neglected from the expulsion of the Monks to the year 1559, was at that time repaired by the original Grantee for his own residence; but as these lines are in the east Window of the present Church, they may be supposed principally to refer to his fitting it up as a parish Church, and to the construction of the east wall of it, raised by him across the Nave of the old building next the Choir, reducing it by this means to a proper size for the inhabitants." "This Thomas Dacre, who was afterwards created a Knight, was a natural son of Thomas Lord dacre of the north, and a person of distinguished eminence. The family of Dacre continued at Lanercost Priory till the present century, when James Dacre, Esq; the last heir male, dying without issue, bequeathed the bulk of his estate to his nephew Joseph Appleby, Esq; or Kirklington in Cumberland, with an injunction to assume the name of Dacre, and whose grandson Richard Dacre, Esq; now enjoys it; but the site and demesne of Lanercost Priory having, by the patent of the thirty-fourth year of Henry VIII. been granted to Thomas Dacre, Esq; and his heirs male only, these reverted to the crown, and are now held on lease by the right honourable Frederick Howard, the present Earl of Carlisle." "The View here given, which represents the inside of the Transept of the Priory Church, was taken in the year 1777, and is inscribed to the Reverend Charles Davy, of Onehouse in the County of Suffolk, as a memorial of his attachment to the arts, and of the affection and esteem of his much obliged Friend and Servant, Thomas Hearne." "The Latin verses above mentioned are these which follow:'Mille et quingentos ad quinquaginta novemque Adjice, et hoc anno condidit istud opus Thomas Dacre eques, sedem qui primus in istam Venerat, extincta religione loci. Haec Edvardus ei dederat, devoverat ante Henricus longae praemia militiae.'" item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.84 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:- Lowther 1780s-90s
source data:-	Print, engraving, Lanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland now Cumbria, engraved by J Wooding, late 18th century?   click to enlarge BMZ30.jpg item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.83 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	old print:- Pennant 1773 (edn 1801)  placename:-  Llanercost Priory
source data:-	Print, engraving, Llanercost Priory, Burtholme, Cumberland, drawn by Moses Griffith, engraved by J Smith, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.   click to enlarge PEN625.jpg Tipped in opposite p.177 of A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant.  printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "J. Smith Sc. / Moses Griffith. Del / LLANERCOST PRIORY / Pub June 1 1801 by Edw Harding 98 Pall Mall." item:-  Armitt Library : A1057.25 Image © see bottom of page
	BOW24.jpg (taken 21.3.2008)   BOW25.jpg (taken 21.3.2008)   BOW26.jpg (taken 21.3.2008)   BOW27.jpg (taken 21.3.2008)
	BSW51.jpg  Stone carving. (taken 4.6.2010)  courtesy of Lanercost Priory BSW53.jpg  Coat of arms on a tomb. (taken 4.6.2010)  courtesy of Lanercost Priory BSW54.jpg  Vaulting. (taken 4.6.2010)  courtesy of Lanercost Priory BSW57.jpg  Vaulting. (taken 4.6.2010)  courtesy of Lanercost Priory
hearsay:-	The priory was founded for Augustinian canons, by Robert de Vaux in memory of his father, Hubert de Vaux d.1164, about 1169. It lies by the old route from Carlisle to Newcastle, not far from the River Irthing.
notes:-	remains of gateway
	Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan
notes:-	House of Augustinian Canons founded by William de Vaux, about 1144.
date:-	1166
period:-	12th century
	Augustinian Priory founded about 1166.
person:-	: English Heritage

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