Knaresborough No. 2 / Cnaresburgh / Chenaresburg

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Carved stones built into an outhouse of Priory House at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England. These carved stones were originally part of Knaresborough Priory, which was destroyed in the Reformation."

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FontID: 22400KNA
Church/Chapel: Trinitarian Friary Church of St. Robert [demolished]
Church Patron Saints: St. Robert Flower [aka Robert of Knaresborough] [never canonised]
Church Location: address and coordinates for Robert's cave: Abbey Rd, Knaresborough HG3 5AR, UK
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: The site said to be the original cave is located off the B6164, about half a mile W of the A59-A658 crossroads, a mile SE of Knaresborough, 4-5 km E of Harrowgate
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Leeds]
Historical Region: Hundred of Burghsire -- formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
There is a multiple-place entry that includes Knaresborough [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE3556/knaresborough/] [accessed 11 October 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for the Trinitarian friary here in the Victoria County History (York, vol. 3, 1974) notes that the origins of the Trinitarian friary here go back to the hermitage of Robert Flower, of Knaresborough, and adds: "In August' 1255 the king gave three oaks to the friars of the Holy Trinity for the fabric of the church of St. Robert. [...] The friars of the Holy Trinity and of the Redemption of Captives in the Holy Land [...] had therefore already settled here under the patronage of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, who became lord of the honour of Knaresborough in 1235. [...] In 1350 the friars were authorized to beg alms for the fabric of their church by the Archbishop of York, who granted forty days' indulgence to contributors [...] The churches appropriated to the house were sometimes served by friars; thus in 1486, Friar Robert Tesche, afterwards minister, was vicar of Hampsthwaite. [...] The friars were accused of stirring up the rebellion in 1536 [...] The minister supported the government in getting two rebels executed at York [...] The house was dissolved 30 December 1538".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.99963, -1.4501
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 59′ 58.67″ N, 1° 27′ 0.36″ W
UTM: 30U 601592 5984592

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-10-11 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.