Haswell Grange

Haswell Grange was a monastery in County Durham, England.

Towards the end of the twelfth century, certainly after 1180, [1] Henry Pudsey, a son of Bishop Pudsey, [2] having become possessed of the vills of Wingate [3] and Haswell [4] (Essewell), near Durham, founded a monastery at the latter place, and conferred both vills upon certain religious persons, probably canons of Gisburn, [5] for its maintenance.

The newly founded monastery was called 'The Church of St. Mary of Haswell,' [6] but it is doubtful whether the building of any church or religious house was actually begun at Haswell, [7] as almost immediately afterwards the same, together with other and more extensive possessions, [8] were conferred by Pudsey and others upon a newly founded monastery situated at Baxterwood, on the River Browney, about a mile from Durham. [9] This site was probably chosen in preference to Haswell on account of its greater natural beauty. [10]

References

  1. ↑ MS. Treas. Dur. 3, 6, Spec. G. 2
  2. ↑ Ibid. 2a, 2ae, 16.
  3. ↑ Ibid. Cart. ii, fol. 107b.
  4. ↑ Ibid. 1a, 2ae, et 3, 6, Spec.
  5. ↑ Priory of Finchale (Surt. Soc.), x.
  6. ↑ MS. Treas. Dur. 1a, 2ae.
  7. ↑ Priory of Finchale (Surt. Soc.), x.
  8. ↑ Surt. Hist. Dur. iv, (2), 105.
  9. ↑ MSS. Treas. Dur. Orig. 3a, 1ae; Pont. i, 1; 3, 6, Spec. x, 3; 4a, 1ae, 91; Cart. ii, fol. 109b.
  10. ↑ Priory of Finchale (Surt. Soc.), xi.

Coordinates: 54°47′16″N 1°27′20″W / 54.787819°N 1.455474°W / 54.787819; -1.455474 (Haswell Grange)

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