424 RIEVAULX ABBEY. 



Peter de Ross about 1156, was interred here ; and 

 Henry le Scroope, by will, ordered his corpse to be 

 buried before the altar of our lady Pitty, (Piety. ) 

 1328, Sir William Malbys, Knt, had a license to 

 translate the bones of Sir John Malbys, and Agnes, 

 his parents, from the church of Acaster Malbys, 

 where they had been buried many years, and inter 

 them in the conventual church of Rieval, amongst 

 the bones of his progenitors. 



In 1384, Thomas de Ross was buried here in the 

 choir, in the 17 of Richard II., Sir John de Ross 

 was buried on the side of the choir, near the altar. 

 Lady Mary Ross of Oryby, by will proved 29 of 

 August, 1394, ordered her corpse to be laid by her 

 Lusband, Sir John, in this monastery, and ordered 

 ;100. for a marble tomb, like that of dame Marga- 

 ret de Oryby, her mother, in Boston church. 



Monasticon. p. 358. 



Sir Walter 1'Espec took the habit of a monk in 

 the monastery of Rievaulx ; where after two years 

 he died, and was there buried at the entrance of the 

 chapter on the 7 of March, A. D. 1154 ; and in the 

 19 of king Stephen. 



In 1819, the bones of Henry le Scroop were ta- 

 ken up and buried in Helmsley church-yard, near 

 the porch of the south door. 



The remains of this once splendid house are more 

 entire and more magnificent than any in this part of 

 the country. The nave of the church is wholly gone ; 

 but the choir, one of its aisles, great part of the tow- 

 er, and both the transepts, still exist. The form and 

 xtent of this building are nearly the same with 



