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greater proportion of English monks in the Priory, and friction 
was then sometimes caused, when a complete stranger and 
foreigner was appointed over their heads. As you will see 
from the list of names many of them had a distinctly foreign 
ring about them: “ Geoffrey de Bello Monte,” “ Oliver de 
Bages,” “ John de Chesiaco,” “John de Castello,” and so on. 
1 he Charter of 1089 gave to Holy Trinity churches, lands, 
and other possessions in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, and 
some of these churches were places to be proud of. The 
Parish Church ot Leeds, for instance, was one. When we 
look at Holy Trinity now, and then see the great Church of 
vS. Peter’s, Leeds, with its services surpassing those of some of 
our Cathedrals, and furnishing more Bishops than any other 
Church in the kingdom, it is hard to realise that the greater 
Church was once under the jurisdiction of the less, and that 
for nearly 5 centuries the Vicars of Leeds were sent from 
Holy Trinity. 
Then there were 2 of the finest architectural gems in the 
County of York belonging to the Priory: Barton-le-Street, 
near Malton, and Adel, near Leeds. All antiquarians know 
the Church of Adel. Its lovely Norman porch on the south 
side is unsurpassed, with its 5 orders and its beautifiully 
decorated pediment. Its Chancel Arch also is very much 
admlied. I his Chuich may have been built by the Trinity 
monks, it is certain that they rebuilt it about the middle of 
the 12th century, using up the old masonry where they could, 
preserving the lovely South Porch and Chancel Arch ; and 
this building quite shows 11s their splendid architectural 
instincts and skill. 
I he Church of Barton-le-Street is quite as fine a specimen 
of beautiful Noiman architecture, and for one reason more 
intei esting to those connected with Holy Trinity, for a tradition 
has been handed down that the Norman Porch of this Church 
was brought from the Priory Church at York. The Rector of 
Baiton fiist told me of this tradition, and showed me some 
book, I now forget what, containing a statement to that effect. 
In Yorkshire, besides these Churches of Leeds, Adel, and 
Baiton-le-Street, there were a number of others given to the 
Priory by the Charter of Ralph Pagnell : the Church of 
