Bolton Abbey

Another interesting article from Academia

Jan 15, 2023

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, law

“Lambert Simnel”, abeyance, Academia, allegiance, Anne Neville, Barons Scrope of Bolton, Barons Scrope of Masham, Bolton Abbey, Buckingham rebellion, Cicely Plantagenet, Domenico Mancini, Elizabeth Neville, Elizabeth Scrope, executions, Francis Viscount Lovell, Greystoke, Henry IV, Henry V, indenture, Lord High Constable, Lord Protector of the Realm, Marquess of Montagu, marriages, Northern Rising, pardons, property, Ralph Scrope, Richard III, Scottish campaign 1482, Sir Humphrey Stafford, Southampton plot, Stoke Field, titles, Warden of the West Marches, Yorkshire

This one, by Lorraine C. Attreed, is entitled An Indenture between Richard Duke of Gloucester and the Scrope Family of Masham and Upsall, one of the two noble branches of the Scropes, the other being those of Bolton. The indenture, a copy of which serves as an appendix, dates from mid-January 1476 shortly after the…
One of the medieval knights who lived to be a centenarian….

Mar 15, 2022

art, buildings, heraldry, law, religion

arms, Bolton Abbey, Crediton, Dr. Bendor Grosvenor, Garter stalls, Grosvenors, heraldic disputes, Scrope/ Grosvenor case, Scropes of Bolton, Sir John Chydioke, Sir John de Sully, Sir Richard le Scrope, Sir Robert Grosvenor

We are inclined to think people in the medieval period didn’t live very long compared with this present age. Well, perhaps the very poor died younger, but those from the higher echelons were as likely as us to live on I to very old age. Proof of this can be found in the records…
TEN OF THE BEST MEDIEVAL ABBEYS IN BRITAIN.

Jul 18, 2017

archaeology, buildings

Anne Neville, Bolton Abbey, Buildwas Abbey, Byland Abbey, Coverham Abbey, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Edinburgh, Edward of Middleham, Fountains Abbey, Henry VIII, Holyrood Abbey, Kirkstall Abbey, lost buildings, Melrose Abbey, Monmouthshire, Richard III, Rievaulx Abbey, Roxburghshire, ruins, Shropshire, Tintern Abbey, Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire

We have lost so much over the centuries down to warfare, fire, wanton and quite senseless destruction. Perhaps the most grievous loss has been that of our once magnificent Abbeys , which even in their ruinous states are still capable of moving us by their heartbreaking beauty, captured here in stunning and evocative photography Enjoy…

Bolton Abbey

Another interesting article from Academia

One of the medieval knights who lived to be a centenarian….

TEN OF THE BEST MEDIEVAL ABBEYS IN BRITAIN.