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RIEVAUX ABBEY.
the feaft given by Nevill, archbifhop of York, on his inftallation
in 1464, the abbot of Rievaux ranked fourth in the order of
precedence at table. The abbey flourifhed for more than four
hundred years, and was prefided over by thirty-three abbots, of
whom Aelred, the hiftorian of the “ Battle of the Standard,”
was the third. As ftated, it was furrendered to the commis-
fioners of Bluff Harry, by Richard de Blyton ; its grofs income
being at that time upwards of ^300 per annum, and its net as
ftated above. The plate of the church amounted to five
hundred and fixteen ounces. Some of the tombs, as well as the
altar, were richly adorned: that of the abbot Aelred being
liberally ornamented with gold and filver. A hundred fodder
of lead was ftripped from its roofs by the commiflioners, its
fine bells carried away, and it was left in its then auguft fplen-
dour to the infults and ravages of the long-reftrained elements.
Its fite was granted by Henry, in exchange for other lands, to
Thomas Lord Rofs, Earl of Rutland, a defcendant of the
Efpec family, through Peter de Ros, who married one of the
lifters of the great Walter. Peter de Ros, and others of his
family, both knights and ladies, were buried here, and others at
the priory of Kirkham. The property defcended by marriage
to the Duke of Buckingham, and in 1695 it was fold by
George, the fecond duke, to Sir Charles Duncombe, an an-
ceftor of Lord Feverfham, the prefent owner. This George,
Duke of Buckingham, was that George Villiers fo notorious
for his profligacy, and whofe miferable end, in a fmall inn at
Kirby Moorfide, Pope has fo graphically defcribed :—
In the worft inn’s worft room, with mat half-hung,
The floors of plafter, and the walls of dung ;
On once a flock-bed, but repair’d with ftraw,
The tape-tied curtains never meant to draw:
The George and Garter dangling from that bed,
Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red,
RIEVAUX ABBEY.
the feaft given by Nevill, archbifhop of York, on his inftallation
in 1464, the abbot of Rievaux ranked fourth in the order of
precedence at table. The abbey flourifhed for more than four
hundred years, and was prefided over by thirty-three abbots, of
whom Aelred, the hiftorian of the “ Battle of the Standard,”
was the third. As ftated, it was furrendered to the commis-
fioners of Bluff Harry, by Richard de Blyton ; its grofs income
being at that time upwards of ^300 per annum, and its net as
ftated above. The plate of the church amounted to five
hundred and fixteen ounces. Some of the tombs, as well as the
altar, were richly adorned: that of the abbot Aelred being
liberally ornamented with gold and filver. A hundred fodder
of lead was ftripped from its roofs by the commiflioners, its
fine bells carried away, and it was left in its then auguft fplen-
dour to the infults and ravages of the long-reftrained elements.
Its fite was granted by Henry, in exchange for other lands, to
Thomas Lord Rofs, Earl of Rutland, a defcendant of the
Efpec family, through Peter de Ros, who married one of the
lifters of the great Walter. Peter de Ros, and others of his
family, both knights and ladies, were buried here, and others at
the priory of Kirkham. The property defcended by marriage
to the Duke of Buckingham, and in 1695 it was fold by
George, the fecond duke, to Sir Charles Duncombe, an an-
ceftor of Lord Feverfham, the prefent owner. This George,
Duke of Buckingham, was that George Villiers fo notorious
for his profligacy, and whofe miferable end, in a fmall inn at
Kirby Moorfide, Pope has fo graphically defcribed :—
In the worft inn’s worft room, with mat half-hung,
The floors of plafter, and the walls of dung ;
On once a flock-bed, but repair’d with ftraw,
The tape-tied curtains never meant to draw:
The George and Garter dangling from that bed,
Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red,