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Print, engraving, Heppe or Shap Monastery ie Shap Abbey, Shap Rural, Westmorland, engraved by Godfrey, 1774.
Pasted in the Lowther scrapbook, vol.2; between pp.468-469; with descriptive text:-
HEPPE, OR, SHAP MONASTERY, WESTMORLAND. / THIS Monastery was originally founded near Preston in Kendale, about the latter end of the reign of Henry the Second, by Thomas Fitz Gospatrick Fitz Orme, whose father, as appears by the Pipe Role of 22d Hen. II. was amerced 500 marks for surrendering the castle of Appleby to the King of Scotland. He endowed it for Premonstratensian Canons, and dedicated it to the honour of St. Mary Magdalene. It was afterwards removed with his consent, and during his life-time, to a valley in the parish of Hepp, now called Shapp; probably, a more fertile and pleasant situation. / AMONG other donations, this Thomas gave these Canons as much wood as they would take out of his forests; also the bark of his trees which should fall off, and permitted them to grind at his mill toll free; he likewise gave them pasture about Swindale for sixty cows, twenty mares, and five hundred sheep,
with other possessions in the territory of the town of Heppe, where he erected their Convent a-new. / ROBERT DE VETERIPONTE, or Vipont, lord of Westmorland, confirmed all his gifts, which with the benefactions of others so enriched it, that at the Dissolution (about which time there were therein twenty Religious) its yearly revenues amounted to 154l. 17s. 7d. ob. Dudgale; 166l. 10s. 6d. ob. Speed. The site was granted, 36th Henry VIIIth, to Thomas Lord Wharton. Not many years ago it belonged to Robert Lowther, Esq. / IN Brown Willis's History of Abbies are the following particulars respecting this Monastery: / Richard Redman, bishop of St. Asaph, held this Abbey in commendam an. 1519. / Richard Baggot, last abbot, surrendered this Convent 14. Jan. 1540, 31st Hen. 8th, and had a pension of 40l. per ann. allowed him, which he enjoyed an. 1553, when there remained a charge 14l. 2s. in annuities, and these pensions, viz. / To Thomas Watsonne, Robert Barlonde, John Addison, Edward Michael, and Edmund Carter, 6l. each; Martin Makarethe, John Dawston, Richard Mell, 5l. each; John Bell, 5l. 6s. 8d. George Ellerson, Anthony Johnson, John Rode, and Ralph Watson, 4l. each. / This View was taken Anno 1773.
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July 2d 1774 / Godfrey Sc.
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Scrapbook, 4 volumes, History of Westmorland and Cumberland Illustrated, of descriptive texts, maps, and prints of views and coats of arms, for Westmorland and Cumberland, assembled by a member of the Lowther Family, late 18th early 19th century.
The volumes are quarter bound, with marbled paper on the covers; each has a bookplate inside the front cover. The pages cut from various sources are nicely mounted, two sided pieces set neatly in a window in the scrapbook page.
The main content is the whole of the two volumes of The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, by Joseph Nicolson and Richard Burn, published London, 1777. Nicolson and Burn volume 1 is in scrapbook volumes 1 and 2, volume 2 in scrapbook volumes 3 and 4. Maps and prints are interspersed to make an illustrated version of the history.
Some of the sources of maps and prints have been recognised:-
Maps - coast of Cumberland etc by Andrew Dury, 1764; Westmorland and Cumberland by Richard Blome, 1673; sheets from Britannia Depicta, Emanuel Bowen, 1720; Cumberland by John Speed, Henry Overton edn 1695; Cumberland by John Cary 1787.
Prints from the Set of prints, 20 engravings, Views of the Lakes etc in Cumberland and Westmorland, drawn by Joseph Farington, published by William Byrne, London, 1789. Note that plate numbers vary from edition to edition of this set.
Prints from the Antiquities of Great Britain, drawings by Thomas Hearne, engraved by William Byrne, published by Hearne and Byrne, London, 1786-1807.
Prints from Britannia Illustrata, drawings by Leonard Knyff, engraved by John Kip, published London, 1707-1740.
Print from A Tour in England and Scotland, by Thomas Newte, published by G G J and J Robinson, Paternoster Row, London, 1788..
Some of the coat of arms are cut from A Display of Heraldrie by John Guillim late Pursuivant at Armes, published London, about 1610-11 to 1755.
Coats of arms probably from The Baronetage of England, by Edward Kimber and Richard Johnson, published London? 1771.
Pages from The Antiquarian Repertory, by Francis Grose, Thomas Astle, et al, published London, 1775-1809.
Text from the Baronetage of England by Collins?
Scraps cut from an unidentified gazetteer.
At the end is the title page and pp.7-51 from A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Cumberland, by John Bailey and George Culley, published by C Macrae, London, 1794.
Individual maps and prints are documented separately; with a note of their position in the scrapbooks.

inscription:- : embossed: label on spine: (tatty remains): HI[ ] / [ ]/WEST[ ]M[ ] / [ ] / CUM[ ]M[ ] / ILLUS[ ]T[E ] inscription:- : printed & embossed: bookplate: gold on grey; crest, 6 annulets from the coat of arms, flowers, thistles: LOWTHER