ROSEDALE PRIORY. 30? 



of oxen, 2 horses, 10 cows, and one bull ; 10 sows, 

 and one boar, with their young of one year old. 

 Also all his land from Abunescard to Nordranc, 

 that is nearer Liteldale in Ketelthorp, and all his 

 meadow, extending inlengthwfrom Pickering water, 

 to the water of Costa, with pasture for 200 sheep 

 in the pasture belonging to Lockton and Kejlel- 

 thorp. One acre of land in Kotilacroft, to Burns- 

 carlit, and with liberty of having timber, and other 

 necessaries in the wood of Stay ndale to repair his 

 bucary. Besides the above they had also a few 

 more distant possessions, and the patronage of 

 Thorpenhow church, in the diocese of Carlisle. 

 Burton says, at the dissolution, a prioress, and about 

 eight or nine religious, belonged to this house ;f 

 whose yearly income was valued 2'> Henry VI 11., 

 at 41. 13s. 8d In 30 Henry VIII., this site was 

 given, to Ralph Nevill, earl of Westmoreland, with 

 the manor of Keldholm, to be held in military ser- 

 vice* The church, or chapel, was dedicated to 

 Saint Lawrence, and Saint Mary. It is still used as 

 a parochial place of worship. The square of the 

 cloisters on the south side of the [church is nearly 

 entire ; the building having been converted into 

 dwelling-houses, barns, &c. In this square on the 

 east side, are some tombstones of the nuns. The 



r t Prioresses who belonged to this priory, whose 

 names are ascertained, are Marca de Ross ; Joan de 

 Pykering, who occurred in 1310; Isabella Whytebyf; 

 Elizabeth de Kirkby-Moorside, 1336 ; iVlargaret'Chani- 

 berlin; Joan Brandley, 1468; Margaret Hipon ; Joan 

 Baddensly, 1505; Maud Felton, 1521j and Mary 

 Marshall, 1527. Burton's Monasticon. 



