At the Dissolution the net revenues of the house amounted to the sum of 323i. 2s. 10d., when Rievaulx only produced 278/i. 10s. 2d., and had twenty-four inmates. The following is an abstract of the valuation': Site of the monastery, 13li. 6s. 8d. Manor of Begger in Richmond, 8/. 11s. 4d. Demesne lands and gardens in Rychmund, 30s. Beverley, 30s. City of York, 20s. Bilburgh, 8li. A close, called Kennyngthwayte," in Helaug, 12s. Catterton, 6s. 8d. Midlethorpfeld by Drynghowsez, 8s. Estharlessey, 1005. Westroughton,7 4li. Thirske,8 60s. Appleton, 16s. Wrysell, 6s. 8d. Welbury, 225. Pottough, 6s. 8d. Tranholme, 100s. Sutton under Whystonclyff, 46s. 8d. Thorneton in Mora, 12s. Thorneton in le Beyns, 8s. Northallarton (sic), 30s. Yarme, 26s. 8d. Thekeston by Burneston, 4/i. Colton, 44s. 11d. Manor of Southolme, 33/. 45. Beswyk super Waldam, 6li. Boynton super Waldam and Skypton on Swale, 40s. Sutton and Fereby by Masseham, 20s. Newby on Wyske, 20s. In Swaldale,10 40s. 12 113li. 8s. 3d." In the county of Durham: Stokton, 125. Bysshopton, 40s. Derlyngton, Ios. Midleton in Teasdale, 100s. Hyltondale in Westmerland, 6li. Free rent from the abbey of Stratford, for Wodham Feres in Essex, 50s. Lincolnshire Manor of Hough, 13 and lands, etc., there, and in Gelston and Brandon, 48li. 6s. 4d. Manor of Myntyng, with lands there and in Gawdeby, 26li. 75. 8d. Foston, in le deanry of London, 8s. Notts.: A messuage in Barnebygate in Newarke, 4s. Leicestershire: Manor of Hynckeley, 11li. 25. 7d. Warwickshire: Manor of Adderstone, 39li. os. 1d. Norfolk: Manor of Feldallyng, 21li. 10s. 4d. 164li. 115. old. Spiritualities in the diocese of Lincoln: Rectories of Dyghton, 6li. 35. 4d.; of Bennyngton, 54/i.; of Hogg, with the tithes there and in Gelston and Brandon, 15li. 6s. 8d., and lands and glebe, etc., 100s.; 1 First Fruits. Valor Ecclesiasticus, portfolio 3, York Diocese, Cleveland Deanery. Printed in the Valor Ecclesi asticus, v. 84. See the Ministers' Accounts (31 and 32 Hen. VIII. No. 180) for the rental of the property immediately after the Dissolution. In many cases the rents were slightly higher at the later date. William Wilson, probably a relative of the prior, John Wilson, was the collector for the Yorkshire portion. The additional information relating to Yorkshire, given in this latter document, is noted below. 2 The Mills (Ministers' Accounts) let at IOL. IIS. 4d. 3 Beverley and Lytle Mautholme. (Ibid.) 4 In Ywbery, now Jewbury, (Ibid.) 5 Kenyngthwate Mede. (Ibid.) 6 Middilthorp and Sandewith. (Ibid.) 7 John Rownthwaite was the rector. (Ibid.) 8 Thirske and Bagby. (Ibid.) 10 Padryse in Swaldale. (Ibid.) 11 In the Ministers' Accounts the following places are also mentioned :Osmonderley, 49s. 74d.; Newby on Wiske, 26s.; and Tunstall in Holdernesse, 135. 4d. 12 Derneton. (Ibid.) 13 There was a Gild of St. Rumbald here. (Ibid.) of Hynkley, with the tithes, etc., there, and in Wykyn, Dadlyngton, Stoke, and the mill of Dadlyngton, 23li. 16s. 8d. From this had to be deducted the sum of 59li. 3s. 1d. for rents and salaries, including a rent of 18d. paid to the abbot and convent of Rivaux for a composition for intercommon in the manor and precincts of the monastery of Mount Grace, and 5s. alms at Easter for the poor at Hynkeley, leaving, as mentioned, a net income of 323li. 25. 10d. 2 The following were the yearly pensions which were assigned to the inmates of the house on 18th December, 31 Henry VIII. (1539), the day it was dissolved': John Wylson, the prior, 6oli., with the house and chapel called the Mounte; Robert Fletcher, Henry Ayraye, Geoffrey Hodgeson, John Creyse or, Greyse, Robert Fuyster, Austin Fell, Robert Mershall, Robert Stelle, priests, 7. each; William Bee,3 Thomas Hargrave, Richard Chyppyng, Thomas Dykenson, Richard Mershall, William Preest or Preyste, John Thorpe, and Leonard Hall, priests, 6li. 135. 4d. each; John Foster, John Wells, and Roger Tompson, novices, 3li. 6s. 8d. each; James Nelley, Richard Walker, Robert Shipley, John Saunderson, conversi, 40s. each; Peter Tutbagge and Thomas Gelley, conversi, four marks each; and John Tong, donatus, 26s. 8d. In all, 195li. amongst twenty-seven persons, which, if paid, was not a bad allowance out of a net income of 323li. 2s. 10d. On 6th May, 32 Henry VIII. (1540), the reversion and yearly rent of 13li. 195. 8d., reserved upon a twenty-one years' crown lease, dated 16th February, 31 Henry VIII. (1539-40), to John Cheny, of Drayton in Buckinghamshire, esquire, of the house and site of the late priory of Mount Grace, was granted in fee, in consideration of 722li. 135. 4d., to Sir James Strangways, of West Harlsey, knight." 1 Letters and Papers, Foreign_and Domestic, Hen. VIII. xiv. 258, and xv. 555. 2"Robert Stell, prest," made his will on February 7, 32 Henry VIII. (1540-1), proved 14th July following. It is of no interest. He does not even mention where he was living, and by some omission the deanery in which his will was proved is unnamed. He mentions his sisters, Effame Hardwike and Jennet Hike, who received 6s. 8d. a piece. "Residue to Henrie Mayson to dispose for the helth of my soull as he thinkes goode." One of the witnesses was Sir William Preste, who is mentioned above. (Reg. Test. xi. 553.) 3 This monk survived until 1551, when he made his will, in which he described himself as "Syr William Bee, clarke, and sumteme professet brodere of the monastery of Montgrace, and nowe abydyng at Newcastell upon Tyne." He mentions Leonard Hall and Robert Marshall, no doubt brother monks. The two following bequests are interesting:"To father of the Mount Grace two pare of spektacles of syluer. To euery on off my professed bretheryin off Mouantt grace xijd." (Wills and Inventories (Surtees Soc.), i. 134.) the 4 Ibid. xv. 342. The grant is printed in the Yorkshire Archæological Journal, vii. 488. As the later devolutions of the property have been already set out in a former volume, it is only necessary to add that the priory, with the rest of the Arncliffe property, was sold in 1900 to Sir Lowthian Bell, of Rounton Grange, baronet, by whom the dwelling house has been repaired and enlarged, and the excavations of the foundations completed. The seal of the priory (Plate II.) is a pointed oval, 2 by 12 inches, having within the central compartment, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, with two angels on either side; below is St. Nicholas seated, with the right hand raised in the attitude of benediction, and his crosier in the left. Legend: Sigill ...... be Marie de Monte gr..... The prior's seal (Plate II.) was also a pointed oval, I by inch, with St. Nicholas in the same attitude, beneath a canopy. S. Prioris dombs gre. The following is the list of priors of the house : ROBERT TREDWYE or TREDEWY, 1398. EDMUND, 1399. NICHOLAS LOVE, 1415. Received a royal pardon in 1416. (Yorkshire Record Series, Monastic Notes, 144.) ROBERT LAYTON, 142 ... THOMAS LOCKINGTON, 1436. (Rievaulx Chartulary (Surtees THOMAS, 1497. (Ibid. lxxxv. 50.) HENRY ECCLESTON had a pardon from Richard Fox, Bishop of Durham, in 1501, for all purchases and alienations of land by him or his predecessors. (Thirty-sixth Report of the Deputy Keeper of Public Records, 35.) He also occurs in 1509. (Rievaulx Chartulary, 357.) JOHN WILSON, 1520. The last prior. A few of the books which once belonged to the house can still be identified. In the library of the Dean and Chapter of York is a book called "Speculum Spiritualium," and in the library of the Dean and Chapter of Ripon is a copy in Latin of Bonaventure's "Meditations on the Life of Christ," which had once belonged to the Benedictine House at Frieston, a cell to Croyland Abbey, in Lincolnshire.1 This last volume is of considerable interest, as it is most probable that it was from this copy that Nicholas Love, who was 1 Yorkshire Archæological Journal, ii. 380, and vii. 484n. |