Category: History - British
In the hope of making the following sketches of more general interest, it will be as well to review as concisely as possible the progress of Monasticism in connection with the Church from the earliest times, and to renew our acquaintance with the history of the early British C...
1078, Founded by Alan of Brittany, Earl of Richmond--1088, William II. enlarges Alan’s grant, and builds a large church and dedicates it to St Mary--1137, The church burnt down-...
15. CHAPTER VIIIFounded and endowed by Robert, Earl of Ferrars, in the 12th century--1216, Certain lands given to the monastery by King John--1233, These endowments confirmed by Henry III. and...
13. CHAPTER VI--, Founded by Maydulphus--635, King Berthwald gives land at Summerford on Thames to the monastery--680, The monastery receives the town of Malmesbury from Lutherius, Bishop of...
7. PART VIII.--SCOTLAND (Southern Counties)In the hope of making the following sketches of more general interest, it will be as well to review as concisely as possible the progress of Monasticism in connection with the C...
14. CHAPTER VII716, Founded in the isle of Croyland by Ethelbald, King of Mercia, in memory of St Guthlac--870, Church and monastery destroyed by the Danes--948, The abbey rebuilt and re-endow...
11. CHAPTER IV1132, Thirteen monks leave the Abbey of St Mary’s, York, and found a monastery of the Cistercian Order in Skeldale--1134, Hugh, Dean of York, bequeaths his wealth to the Brother...
23. CHAPTER XVIFounded in the 12th century by Uchtred, son of Fergus, Lord of Galloway, for Benedictine nuns--Converted about two centuries later into a collegiate church for canons by Archiba...
16. CHAPTER IX635, St Birinus, sent to Britain by Pope Honorius, converts Cynegils, King of the west Saxons; is consecrated Bishop of Dorchester, and builds many churches in the district--Aft...
12. CHAPTER V710, Founded by Queen Sexburga, widow of Ercombert, King of Kent, on land given to her by her son Edward--Benedictine nuns established here--885, Danes burn the Abbey Church and...
17. CHAPTER X_c._ 184, Lucius, King of Britain, consecrates Westminster (then Thorny Island) to God, and builds the first church there--At the time of Diocletian’s persecution, the church co...
8. CHAPTER ISt Aidan, in the 7th century, builds a church and monastery on the island of Lindisfarne; land given to him for this purpose by Oswald, King of Northumbria; the rules of St Colu...
20. CHAPTER XIIIAmidst the low lying hills of the vicinity, the ruins of Deer abbey still lift their shattered walls towards the sky. Founded by St Columba and his nephew, and dedicated to St D...
22. CHAPTER XV635, Monastery founded--839, Destroyed by Kenneth MacAlpine--1136, Re-founded by David I.--1322, Stormed by 300 men sent by Edward II.--The prior slain--Part of the building set...
21. CHAPTER XIV1128, Founded by David I. and dedicated to the Holy Rood--1322, Plundered by the English under Edward II.--1326, Robert Bruce holds a Parliament in the abbey--1333-4, A Parliame...
9. CHAPTER IIThe precise date of the introduction of Christianity into Lancashire is not known, but it is an established historical fact that the Christians in Britain were persecuted at the...
18. CHAPTER XI303, A church built to the memory of Alban, proto-martyr of Britain and Roman soldier--793, Destroyed by the Saxon invaders--King Offa founds a monastery and builds a second chu...
19. CHAPTER XIIFounded and endowed in the 12th century by Richard de Grainvilla--Dedicated to the Holy Trinity and occupied successively by Franciscan and Cistercian monks--1208, All previous...
1. PART I.--NORTHERN COUNTIES2. PART II.--SOUTHERN COUNTIES5. PART V.--MIDLAND COUNTIES4. PART IV.--WESTERN COUNTIES3. PART III.--EASTERN COUNTIES6. PART VII.--SCOTLAND (Northern Counties)24. PART IV--NORTHERN COUNTIES=>PART IV--WESTERN COUNTIES {Pg 120}