THE MONKS OF MARMOUTIER. 
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S. Helen, Fishergate, which in later times was joined to S. 
Lawrence’s Church, Newton-upon-Ouse, Monkton, that is to 
say Moor Monkton, Hooton Pagnell, S. Helen, Thurnscoe, 
and a mediety of the Church at Crambe ; in Lincolnshire 
there was the Church of Irnham, of West Rasen, of Burton- 
upon-Stather, and of Roxby. In addition to these churches, 
there were many other possessions conferred upon the Priory 
by Ralph’s Charter. Two-thirds of the tithes in Ashby, a 
similar proportion of the tithe of Scawby, and also oi I ealby. 
Then in Yorkshire there was at Drax one fishery and the 
tithe of the rest of the fisheries. There was the whole of the 
tithe of Sturton Grange, near Leeds, of Arthington and the 
adjacent villages—Cookridge, Eccup, and Burdonhead—and 
also the tithe of Fadmoor in the parish of Kirkby Moorside. It 
should be noticed also that whenever a Church was given 
there was also an additional clause to the effect that the gift 
included the tithe, the land, and whatever belonged to the 
Church. 
Altogether this donation of Ralph Pagnell's was a 
munificent and princely gift, and the monks who came from 
Marmoutier, with Hermarus at their head, had certainly an 
excellent start. But with,much to begin, they acquired much 
more as the time sped away. Benefactors sprang up on all 
sides, descendants of the founder, kings, popes, bishops, arch¬ 
bishops, and private persons, all contributing to the support 
of the House, and a very promising future seemed to lie before 
the monks of Marmoutier in York. 
Even to mention the various places where the monks 
obtained property would take up more time than we have 
at our disposal. Two of these places should be referred 
to, however, because they became the absolute property 
of the Priory—Coneysthorpe and Sturton Grange. In 
the Charter conferring the former place — Coneys¬ 
thorpe—there is mention of the wood, the plains, the fields, 
the waters, the pastures, the moors, and the mill. Though 
the Charter was written about 1125, the description might 
almost have been penned yesterday. We all know the wood, 
the lovely one at Castle Howard, five miles long ; the plains, 
the fields, the waters, the pastures, and the remnants of the 
