North Ferriby No. 2 / Ferebi / Ferest
INFORMATION
FontID: 22388FER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Priory [earlier Preceptory] Church of St. Mary [disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: address and coordinates are for the site of the disappeared priory: 15-45 New Walk, North Ferriby, UK
Country Name: England
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: The site of the disappeared priory is located off New Walk, E of Station Rd, between the A63 (N) and the Humber (S)
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Late Norman
Church Notes: originally the church/chapel of a Knights Templar preceptory; later church of the Augustinian priory that took over the site when the Templars were suppressed
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There are two entries for [North] Ferriby in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE9826/north-ferriby/] [accessed 7 October 2019]; the second entry, which includes eight places, mentions a priest and a church in it. The entry for a house here in the Victoria County History (York, vol. 3, 1974) notes: "According to Tanner, and others who have followed him, the house of North Ferriby Was founded as a preceptory of Knights Templars, and after the suppression of the Templars became an ordinary priory of canons of the order of St. Augustine, and so continued till the suppression of the lesser monasteries. [...] Torre's statement [...] is as follows: ' North Ferriby. Priory of St. Marie's. The house or priory of N. Ferriby was founded by William de Vescy. At first for three brethren of the Order of the Temple of St. John Jerusalem in England, to which number he added five more, which completed eight brethren for the future, when he gave them the church of N. Ferriby to be appropriated to them. [...] The house was visited on 24 May 1536 and suppressed on 13 August following".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.718336, -0.50587
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 43′ 6.01″ N, 0° 30′ 21.13″ W
UTM: 30U 664575 5955073
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-10-07 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.