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Print, engraving, Wetherall Priory, probably drawn by
Thomas Hearne, engraved by William Byrne, published by T
Hearne and W Byrne, London, 1786.
Plate ?from the Antiquities of Great Britain, published
1786-1807.
Pasted in the Lowther scrapbook, vol.3; between pp.328-329;
with descriptive text:-
WETHERALL PRIORY, / Is situated on the banks of the river
Eden, in the county of Cumberland. Here Ranulph de
Meschines, Earl of Chester, the great northern grantee of
lands in Cumberland, founded a Cell, anno 1088, for a Prior
and eight Benedictine Monks, and gave the same, together
with the Church, the Mill, the Fishery, Wood, and Chapel of
Warthwick &c. to the Abbey of St. Mary at York. He also
granted to them the water of Eden, towards Corby, whereby
their fish-pool was strengthened and secured. / William
Rufus, by his charter, confirmed to the Abbey of St. Mary at
York, the Cell of St. Constantine of Wetherall, and the
Manor there, with the Chapel of Warthwick, and the Pond and
Fishery, and Mill, which they had by the gift of Ranulph de
Meschines, the founder. / Henry the I. Richard the I. and
several succeeding Kings, confirmed all the donations which
had been made to this Priory, and the religious continued to
flourish by the benefactions of various pious people, till
the dissolution; when, on the 20th of October, 1539, Ralph
Hartley the Prior, and the Convent surrendered the Priory
into the King's Hands. /
On the 6th of May, in the thirty-third year of Henry the
VIII. the King by his charter, granted to the Dean and
Chapter of Carlisle, all that the scite of the Priory or
Cell of Wetherall, with the Church, Steeple, Church-yard,
and all other lands and possessions in and about the same;
together with the Manor of Wetherall, and sundry other
estates belonging to the said late dissolved Priory in
Cumberland and other Counties. / The Dean and Chapter of
Carlisle continued in the possession of them , till the year
1650, when Oliver Cromwell's commissioners for the sale of
dean-and-chapter lands, sold the Manor of Wetherall, and all
the late Dean and Chapter's possessions within the side
Manor, to Richard Bancks of Cockermouth, gent. for the sum
of L1044 5 1 1/2; but on the restoration, the Dean and
Chapter came again into possession, in which they have ever
since continued. / Near this Priory are three remarkable
Cells cut in the solid stone, communicating with each other
by means of a gallery in front; these excavations are about
midway, from the bottom to the summit of the rocks, rising
300 feet perpendicular above the river Eden, and are only
accessible by means of ladders. They are said to have been
made as a place of security for the Monks of this Priory,
who were frequently obliged to retreat thither in times of
danger, particularly during the incursions of the Scots. /
To the right of the Priory, in the Print, is seen
Corby-Castle, situated opposite to Wetherall, on the east
side of the River Eden. This Castle anciently belonged to
Andrew de Harcla, Earl of Carlisle; it afterwards passed to
the families of Salkeld and Blenkinsop, and is now the seat
of Philip Howard, Esq. a younger branch of the noble House
of Carlisle. / This View was taken in 1777. / No.XIV.
The print's title and imprint are cut off.
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from:-
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
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