Mount Grace

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"The Carthusian Priory of Mount Grace, in the parish of East Harlsey, was founded about the year 1398 [...] In 1534 some of the monks tried to avoid taking the oath of royal supremacy, but they were imprisoned and the prior finally surrendered the monastery." [cf. VCH text in FootNotes]
Scene Description: "The Carthusian Priory of Mount Grace, in the parish of East Harlsey, was founded about the year 1398 [...] In 1534 some of the monks tried to avoid taking the oath of royal supremacy, but they were imprisoned and the prior finally surrendered the monastery." [cf. VCH text in FootNotes]
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"The Carthusian Priory of Mount Grace, in the parish of East Harlsey, was founded about the year 1398 [...] In 1534 some of the monks tried to avoid taking the oath of royal supremacy, but they were imprisoned and the prior finally surrendered the monastery." [cf. VCH text in FootNotes]
Scene Description: "The Carthusian Priory of Mount Grace, in the parish of East Harlsey, was founded about the year 1398 [...] In 1534 some of the monks tried to avoid taking the oath of royal supremacy, but they were imprisoned and the prior finally surrendered the monastery." [cf. VCH text in FootNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Armagh, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2013 by John Armagh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MountGracePriory.JPG] [accessed 27 September 2019]
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"The Carthusian Priory of Mount Grace, in the parish of East Harlsey, was founded about the year 1398 [...] In 1534 some of the monks tried to avoid taking the oath of royal supremacy, but they were imprisoned and the prior finally surrendered the monastery." [cf. VCH text in FootNotes]
Scene Description: "The Carthusian Priory of Mount Grace, in the parish of East Harlsey, was founded about the year 1398 [...] In 1534 some of the monks tried to avoid taking the oath of royal supremacy, but they were imprisoned and the prior finally surrendered the monastery." [cf. VCH text in FootNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Armagh, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2013 by John Armagh [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MountGracePriory_Panorama.jpg] [accessed 27 September 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 22365MOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Carthusian Priory Church of Mount Grace [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Mount Grace Priory, East Harlsey, Northallerton DL6 3JG, UK
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The ruins of the priory are located off (E) the A172, 2 km ESE of East Harlsey, about 12 km NE of Northallerton
Historical Region: Wapentake of Bridforth -- Hundred of Allerton [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the Carthusian priory church of ca. 1400)
Font Notes:
The entry for this Carthusian monks priory in the Victoria County History (York, vol. 3, 1974) notes; "The Carthusian Priory of Mount Grace, in the parish of East Harlsey, was founded about the year 1398 by Thomas Holand, Duke of Surrey. [...] [Thomas Holand] nominated the first prior and dedicated the priory to the honour of the Blessed Virgin and St. Nicholas; but the latter part of the dedication was soon forgotten, and the priory was known as the House of the Assumption of the most Blessed Virgin in Mount Grace. [...] In 1534 some of the monks tried to avoid taking the oath of royal supremacy, but they were imprisoned and the prior finally surrendered the monastery."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 609731 6027140
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.3802, -1.31047
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 22′ 48.72″ N, 1° 18′ 37.69″ W

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.