An Historical Account Of Kirkstall Abbey Yorkshire Fourth Edition

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Download or read book An Historical Account of Kirkstall-Abbey written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Historical Account of Kirkstall-Abbey: Near Leeds, in Yorkshire Henry de Lacy, being in a bad state of health, made a vow, that if he should recover, he would build an Abbey in honour of the blessed Virgin of the Cistercian order, and upon the recovery of his health he accordingly gave the town of Bernoldswic with its appurtenances, which he then held in fee of Hugh Bigot, Earl of Norfolk, but soon after, the name changed into that of Saint Mary's Mount; and in A. D. 1147, 12 Stephen, Alexander, Prior of Fountains was made the first Abbot hereof, who on 14 Kaf. of June (19 May) with 12 Monks and 10 Converts, left Fountains' Abbey, and settled here, Henry Murdoc, Archbishop of York confirming this place to them. Here Alexander with the Monks continued six months, enduring much hunger and cold, as well occasioned by war, as by the severe weather. The Abbot having passed through a woody country, called Airedale, taking its name from the River Aire, which runs almost from East to West. The Abbot finding this vale to abound with wood, water, and stone, and having come to a place where some Anchorites lived, judged it a proper place to found a Monastery upon; and by the assistance of Henry de Lacy, obtained a grant thereof from William of Poictou or Poitevin (Pictavensis) the Monks paying to him and his heirs five marks per annum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.