Hood Abbey

The entry for this Augustinian house in the Victoria County History (York, vol. 3, 1974) notes: "It was in 1138 that Roger de Mowbray granted Hood to Abbot Gerald and his convent, and after four or five years' sojourn there they moved to Old Byland, and while at Byland [...] Abbot Roger, at the request of Roger de Mowbray, their founder, and Sampson de Albini, gave Hood to certain canons of Bridlington, who were coming to colonize Roger de Mowbray's new foundation of Austin canons at Newburgh. Hood remained in the possession of the canons of Newburgh, and became a cell of that house, and so continued till the Dissolution. [...] In 1332 Archbishop Melton visited the church, or chapel, of Hood, by commission. [...] Brother John de Overton, the canon celebrating at Hood, and certain lay parishioners appeared, and the commissioners made certain corrections which have not been entered in the Register. The visitation reveals the fact that the church, or chapel, had in some manner parochial rights, and parishioners belonging to it." The entry for Hood Grange in Historic England [www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=57371] [accessed 7 October 2019] notes: "Farmhouse, built on site of former hermitage, known to have existed before 1138. All that now remains of the hermitage are two window heads and stone coffins, built into the walls of a barn."