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Title: The history of the castle, town and forest of Knaresbrough, with Harrogate, and it's medicinal springs
Year: 1809 (1800s)
Authors: Hargrove, Ely, 1741-1818
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Publisher: Knaresbrough Printed by Hargrove
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Text Appearing Before Image:
a complete picture of rural elegance. This
house stands within the precincts of

THE PRIORY,

FOUNDED here by Richard Plantagenet, second son
of king John, earl of Cornwall, and king of the Ro-
mans, about the year 1257, for a society of friars, of
the order of the Holy Trinity, for the redemption of
captives; they wore white robes, with a red and blue
cross upon their breasts; their revenues were divided
into three parts, viz. one, for their own support; a se-
cond, to relieve the poor; and a third part, to redeem
such christian captives as were, or should be taken by
the infidels.

ON this house, was conferred all the possessions of
St. Robert, and his successor Ivo, as will appear by the
following charter, of the 5th of Edward II., which con-
firms the donation made by the earl of Cornwall, to
the brethern of the Holy Trinity, at Knaresbrough.

" The king, &c. We have perused the charter of our
" late father, Edward the first, king of England, made
" to the brethern of Knaresbrough, in these words—
Text Appearing After Image:

The Gateway of the Priory at Knarefborough

KNARESBROUGH. 95

" Edward the king, &c. We have also perused the
" charter of our late sovereign, Richard, king of Eng-
" land, and the earl of Cornwall, our uncle, which he
" made to the brethern of the order of the Holy Trinity,
" for the redemption of captives at Knaresbrough, in
" these words: To all to whom these presents shall
" come ; Richard, earl of Cornwall, greeting, Know
" ye, that we have given and granted, and by this, our
" present charter, have confirmed, to the brethern of
" the order of the Holy Trinity, at Knaresbrough, for
" the happiness of us, and the souls of our predeces-
" sors and successors, the chapel of St. Robert, at
Knaresbrough, with the advowson of the church at
" Hampsthwaite, and all the appurtenances, which
" our late sovereign king John, our father, granted
" to the aforesaid Robert, in his life-time; and also,
" that field, which is called, "SWINESCO,"* with a cer-
" tain wood adjoining, which is called, " HALYKELD-
" SYKES† on the north-side of the river Nidd, as
" far as the Hanging-bridge ; and, on the other side
" of the said river, towards the north-west, as far as
" the road which turns from Knaresbrough, towards
" HEYWRA, all that land, which is called "BEL-
" MOND ‡ between the forest and the little park

* Swine-pasture ; now called Long-flat.
† Holy-spring syke*-St. Robert's well is here.
‡ Belmond Fine hill. The beautiful gate of the temple, is styled

by Fuller, in his church-history of Palestine, La Belle Porte,

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