KTRKIIAH. 



in the 5 Elizabetli, the queen gave licence to alie- 

 nate this manor, with those of Bilesdale, Stiperlow, 

 and Rievaulx, to Edward Jackman, and Richard 

 Lambert. 



The family of the Ross's were the patrons of this 

 priory. At the dissolution, here were 30 fodders 

 of lead, 442 ounces of plate, and 7 bells. 



Towards the aid granted to king Henry III., upon 

 the marriage of his daughter, this priory paid 5. 

 pipe rolls, 29 Henry III. 



William, rector of Garton, uncle to Walter Espec, 

 the founder, was the first prior ; he was institu- 

 ted 1122, and John de Kildwyk was the last, and 

 vacated in the year 1528. In the whole there were 

 twenty priors. 



Persons buried in this priory. 

 William de Ross, son of Robert Fursan, alias Ross. 



Robert de Ross, son of William, buried in a mar* 

 ble tomb, on the south side. 



William de Ross, son of Robert deRoss, interred 

 in a marble tomb, on the north side. 



William, son of the last William, was also laid in 

 a stone mausoleum, near the great altar on the south 

 side. 



Also, Richard Holthwaite, of Cleveland, Alice 

 Ross, of Kirkham ; John Wyton, William Turney, 

 Edmund Pole, Robert Foster, of Howsom, George 



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Gower, and Ralph, lord of Grey stock, were buried 

 here. 



The property now belongs to Henry Leatham, 

 .Esq. of Barton. 

 The word Kirkham, signifies the place of a church. 



