Haltemprice Priory
| Haltemprice Priory | |
|---|---|
| Basic information | |
| Location | Willerby, England |
| Geographic coordinates | 53°45′53″N 0°25′15″W / 53.764613°N 0.420900°WCoordinates: 53°45′53″N 0°25′15″W / 53.764613°N 0.420900°W |
| Affiliation | Augustinian |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year consecrated | 1326 |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Priory |
Haltemprice Priory was an Augustinian monastery located approximately two miles south of the village of Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The original monastic buildings have long since gone, although ruins of a farmhouse, built 1584 remain on site and incorporate some of the Priory stonework.
In 1320 Pope John XXII licensed Thomas Wake, of Liddell in Cumberland (who inherited the manor of Cottingham in 1300), to found an Augustinian monastery in Cottingham incorporating the church there. Some records suggest that the first Priory was actually built, and that canons of the house of Bourne in the Diocese of Lincoln had taken up residence there when legal complications arose.
It was discovered, that due to certain statutes of English law, Thomas Wake's heirs or successors would have been able to order the future demolition of the Priory. It was for this reason that the Pope granted further license that the Priory should be moved to another suitable location, so it was with permission from both the Pope and Edward II that Thomas Wake moved the monastery to Newton – a now deserted medieval village located two miles south of Cottingham.
In the foundation charter of 1325, Thomas Wake bestowed the manors of Newton, Willerby and Wolfreton upon Haltemprice Priory (Originally Alta Prisa from the medieval French 'Haulte Emprise' or High Endeavour giving the modern name Haltemprice) with the rent and services of the free tenants and serfs therein. He also gave half the toll of the market of Cottingham, and of the fairs there, and the advowson of the churches of Cottingham, Kirk Ella, Wharram Percy, and Belton in the Isle of Axholme
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