Bridlington Priory

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Priory Church of St. Mary, Bridlington

The Priory Church of St. Mary, Bridlington , National Grid TA177680, commonly known as Bridlington Priory Church , is a parish church in Bridlington , East Riding of Yorkshire , England , in the Diocese of York . It stands on the site of an Augustinian priory, which was founded around 1113 and came to an end when the English monasteries were dissolved . It has been listed as a Grade I building of exceptional interest since 1951 .

history

founding

Bridlington Priory was founded by Walter de Gant around 1113 for Augustinian Canons and was one of the first Augustinian houses in England to have an attached convent . Its foundation was founded by King Henry I confirmed. An Anglo-Saxon church with a nunnery previously stood here . When completed, the building was more than 120 meters long and 23 meters wide, with a 46-meter nave. The first prior was probably called Guicheman or Wickeman.

Early history

The priory was supported by kings and the nobility, and soon owned estates across Yorkshire . The canons founded Newburgh Priory in 1145 . King Stephen granted the priory the right to preserve the property of offenders and refugees in the city, as well as income from the port. In 1200, King John gave the priory the right to hold a market in the city once a year.

In anarchy Thronfolgekrieg mentioned between Stephen and Empress Matilda moved William le Gros , Earl of Albemarle (a defunct lordship in the little southern Holderness ) at the Priory before and expelled the canons in his campaign against Gilbert de Gant of Hunmanby . He fortified the priory and later gave it six parcels, one in Boynton and the rest in Holderness. Henry IV assigned the Scarborough rectory to the priory, which was later changed by Henry V , Henry VI. and Edward IV was confirmed. In 1388 King Richard II allowed the priory to be fortified with battlements. Although there were four gates, three of them were in the central area of ​​the priory (Kirk Gate, West Gate and Nun Gate) and were used for daily operations, only the Bayle Gate was a paved entrance on the borders of the monastery, which was never from was surrounded by a wall. The priory had a large library which was inventoried by John Leland shortly before it was closed.

Dissolution of the monasteries

Bridlington Priory from the southwest

Bridglinton Priory in 1538 by King Henry VIII. Dissolved . The priory was very prosperous at the time, its annual income reaching £ 547 6s. Estimated 11½d, the property extended from Blubberhouses in the north to Askham Richard near Spurn .

The state of construction of the priory when it was dissolved can be found in the report by Richard Pollard, a surveyor by Henry VIII. The church was more than 400 feet long and was surrounded by the Chapter House , Treasury, Cloister , Prior's Hall, and Infirmary. The choir of the medieval church contained woodwork by William Brownflete (or Bromflete) of the pews in Beverley Minster , the Manchester Cathedral and Ripon Cathedral and a number of churches like the one in Gresford and Mold had designed, and the Chapel of St. John's College, Cambridge . Almost all buildings were destroyed, only the nave, which became today's parish church, and the gatehouse, today's Bayle Gate Museum, remained. Some of the stones from the old priory were reused in the construction of the pier . The last prior, William Wode, was executed in Tyburn for participating in the Pilgrimage of Grace .

restoration

After the priory was dissolved, the nave continued to be used as a parish church for three centuries, with the faithful actually only using a third of the building. Starting in 1846, the parish raised money to restore the church; it was partially covered again; Glass paintings were placed in the west and east windows ; the inside has been whitewashed. The work was carried out by Lancashire architects Paley and Austin , but not to the satisfaction of church leaders. Around 1874, George Gilbert Scott was hired to completely renovate the church as it is today. The total cost was about £ 27,000.

Bridlington Priory personalities

swell

  • T. Bulmer: History, topography, and directory of East Yorkshire (with Hull). 1892
  • Marmaduke Prickett: History of the Priory Church of Bridlington. Cambridge 1831

Remarks

  1. ↑ Historic England , Parish Church of St Mary, Kirkgate (166161), Images of England

Web links

Commons : Bridlington Priory  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 54 ° 5 ′ 40 "  N , 0 ° 12 ′ 6.4"  W.