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.pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Kingdom_England_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vale Royal Abbey is located in England"><img alt="Vale Royal Abbey is located in England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/United_Kingdom_England_adm_location_map.svg/250px-United_Kingdom_England_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/United_Kingdom_England_adm_location_map.svg/375px-United_Kingdom_England_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, 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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">The abbey church of St Mary the Virgin, St Nicholas, and St Nicasius, Vale Royal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Vale Royal Abbey</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Religious_order" title="Religious order">Order</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Cistercian" class="mw-redirect" title="Cistercian">Cistercian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1270/1277</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disestablished</th><td class="infobox-data">1538</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother house</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dore_Abbey" title="Dore Abbey">Dore Abbey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dedicated to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Nicholas" class="mw-redirect" title="St Nicholas">St Nicholas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicasius_of_Rheims" title="Nicasius of Rheims">St Nicasius</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">Diocese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Lichfield" title="Diocese of Lichfield">Diocese of Lichfield</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Controlled churches</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St_Laurence%27s_Church,_Frodsham" title="St Laurence's Church, Frodsham">Frodsham</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Weaverham" title="St Mary's Church, Weaverham">Weaverham</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Oswald%27s_Church,_Ashbourne" title="St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne">Ashbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castleton,_Derbyshire" title="Castleton, Derbyshire">Castleton</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Padarn%27s_Church,_Llanbadarn_Fawr" title="St Padarn's Church, Llanbadarn Fawr">St Padarn's Church, Llanbadarn Fawr</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#E663CA; color:black;">People</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" title="Edward I of England">Edward I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Important associated figures</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" title="Edward I of England">Edward I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Holcroft_(politician)" title="Thomas Holcroft (politician)">Thomas Holcroft</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#E663CA; color:black;">Site</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Whitegate,_Cheshire" title="Whitegate, Cheshire">Whitegate, Cheshire</a>, United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Vale_Royal_Abbey&params=53.2247_N_2.5426_W_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SJ638698)_type:landmark"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°13′29″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°32′33″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.2247°N 2.5426°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.2247; -2.5426</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Visible remains</th><td class="infobox-data">Foundations of the church, surviving rooms within later house, earthworks. Gate chapel survives as parish church</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Public access</th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Vale Royal Abbey</b> is a former <a href="/wiki/England_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="England in the Middle Ages">medieval</a> <a href="/wiki/Abbey" title="Abbey">abbey</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Country_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Country house">country house</a> in <a href="/wiki/Whitegate,_Cheshire" title="Whitegate, Cheshire">Whitegate</a>, England. The precise location and boundaries of the abbey are difficult to determine in today's landscape. The original building was founded <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1270</span> by the Lord Edward, later <a href="/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" title="Edward I of England">Edward I</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Cistercian" class="mw-redirect" title="Cistercian">Cistercian</a> monks. Edward had supposedly taken a vow during a rough sea crossing in the 1260s. <a href="/wiki/Second_Barons%27_War" title="Second Barons' War">Civil wars and political upheaval</a> delayed the build until 1272, the year he inherited the throne. The original site at <a href="/wiki/Darnhall_Abbey" title="Darnhall Abbey">Darnhall</a> was unsatisfactory, so was moved a few miles north to the <a href="/wiki/Delamere_Forest" title="Delamere Forest">Delamere Forest</a>. Edward intended the structure to be on a grand scale—had it been completed it would have been the largest Cistercian monastery in the country—but his ambitions were frustrated by recurring financial difficulties. </p><p>Early during construction, England became involved in <a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Wales_by_Edward_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Conquest of Wales by Edward I of England">war with Wales</a>. As the treasury was thus in need of resources, Vale Royal lost all of its grants, skilled <a href="/wiki/Masonry" title="Masonry">masons</a> and builders. When work resumed in the late 13th century, the building was considerably smaller than originally planned. The project encountered other problems. The abbey was mismanaged and poor relations with the local population sparked outbreaks of violence <a href="/wiki/Dispute_between_Darnhall_and_Vale_Royal_Abbey" title="Dispute between Darnhall and Vale Royal Abbey">on a number of occasions</a>. In one such episode in 1336, <a href="/wiki/Peter,_Abbot_of_Vale_Royal" title="Peter, Abbot of Vale Royal">the abbot</a> was killed by a mob. Internal discipline was also frequently bad; in the 14th century the monks were often accused of serious crimes including rape, and the abbots were seen as protecting them. The abbey was devastated at least twice: in the early 1300s a fire destroyed the entire <a href="/wiki/Monastic_grange" title="Monastic grange">monastic grange</a>, and in 1359—soon after building work had recommenced under the <a href="/wiki/Patronage" title="Patronage">patronage</a> of <a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Black_Prince" title="Edward the Black Prince">Edward the Black Prince</a>—a great storm caused the collapse of the massive nave. </p><p>Vale Royal was closed in 1538 by <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a> during his <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries" title="Dissolution of the monasteries">dissolution of the monasteries</a> campaign, although not without controversy. In the course of the proceedings, the abbot was accused of treason and murder, and he in turn accused the King's men of fraudulently forging the abbot's signature on essential legal documents but the abbey's closure was inevitable, and its estates were sold to a member of the local Cheshire gentry, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Holcroft_(politician)" title="Thomas Holcroft (politician)">Thomas Holcroft</a>. Holcroft pulled much of it down (including the church), although he incorporated some of the cloister buildings into the new mansion he built on the site in the 1540s. This was subsequently considerably altered and extended by successive generations of Holcrofts. Vale Royal came into the possession of the <a href="/wiki/Cholmondeley_(surname)" title="Cholmondeley (surname)">Cholmondeley</a> family during the early 1600s, and remained the family seat for more than 300 years. </p><p>The Cholmondeley family remodelled the exterior during the 18th century, and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cholmondeley,_1st_Baron_Delamere" title="Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere">Thomas Cholmondeley</a> carried out extensive work in the early 1800s. Substantial alterations were carried out under the auspices of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Blore" title="Edward Blore">Edward Blore</a> in 1833 and by <a href="/wiki/John_Douglas_(English_architect)" title="John Douglas (English architect)">John Douglas</a> from 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sold soon after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, it was turned into a private golf club. The building remains habitable and contains parts of the medieval abbey, including its refectory and kitchen. The foundations of the church and cloister have been excavated; Vale Royal Abbey, a <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_monument" title="Scheduled monument">scheduled monument</a>, is listed in the <a href="/wiki/National_Heritage_List_for_England" title="National Heritage List for England">National Heritage List for England</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Grade_II*" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade II*">Grade II*</a> <a href="/wiki/Listed_building#England_and_Wales" title="Listed building">listed building</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foundation">Foundation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Darnhall_Abbey" title="Darnhall Abbey">Darnhall Abbey</a></div> <p>Vale Royal Abbey was originally founded in <a href="/wiki/Darnhall" title="Darnhall">Darnhall</a> by the Lord Edward, the future <a href="/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" title="Edward I of England">Edward I</a>, before his accession to the throne. He was supposedly caught in rough weather crossing the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> in the early 1260s, during which, the abbey's own chronicler<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later wrote, the King's son and his entourage feared for their lives. Edward pleaded with the <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Virgin Mary</a> to <a href="/wiki/Intercession" title="Intercession">intercede</a>, and vowed to found an abbey in her name if they were saved. According to the chronicle, the sea calmed almost immediately and the ships returned safely to England. When the last man had stepped ashore, the chronicler continues, the storm resumed more violently than ever and Edward's ship was destroyed in the harbour.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This chronology, however, does not fit with what is known of Edward's movements in this period. His only crusade was in 1270, after which he did not return until his father <a href="/wiki/Henry_III_of_England" title="Henry III of England">Henry III</a> had died in 1272. By that time, Darnhall Abbey's foundation charter had already been granted. The charter mentions the King being "sometime in danger upon the sea",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914v–x_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914v–x-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it has been suggested by a recent biographer that it refers to a stormy <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> crossing during the 1260s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPrestwich2004_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPrestwich2004-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDenton1992124_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDenton1992124-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Prestwich" title="Michael Prestwich">Michael Prestwich</a> has noted a crusader connection for Edward's new foundation: the first charter concerned with the project is dated four years earlier than the foundation charter, in August 1270, just before Edward left on crusade. Prestwich suggests that Edward probably founded the abbey more as a plea for Mary's future protection during his crusade rather than her past intervention at sea.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDenton1992124_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDenton1992124-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regardless of Edward's intentions when founding the abbey, the deteriorating political situation and eventual <a href="/wiki/Second_Barons%27_War" title="Second Barons' War">civil war</a> between his father and the <a href="/wiki/British_nobility" title="British nobility">nobility</a> —in which Edward played a prominent role— stalled plans for the abbey's build. In 1265 the rebel barons were defeated at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Evesham" title="Battle of Evesham">Battle of Evesham</a>, and the following year negotiations were completed for the establishment of a <a href="/wiki/Cistercians" title="Cistercians">Cistercian</a> monastery in <a href="/wiki/Darnhall_Abbey" title="Darnhall Abbey">Darnhall</a> in Cheshire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was to be paid for with the <a href="/wiki/Manor_house" title="Manor house">manor house</a> and estate of the earls of Chester, which were now in royal hands.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 1270, Edward granted another charter at <a href="/wiki/Winchester" title="Winchester">Winchester</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to his new abbey with a further endowment of land and churches.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Closure_of_Darnhall_Abbey">Closure of Darnhall Abbey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Closure of Darnhall Abbey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The abbey's build was problematic. Preparation took considerable time, and the first monks—led by <a href="/wiki/John_Chaumpeneys,_Abbot_of_Vale_Royal" title="John Chaumpeneys, Abbot of Vale Royal">Abbot John Chaumpeneys</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—did not arrive at Darnhall from <a href="/wiki/Dore_Abbey" title="Dore Abbey">Dore Abbey</a> (Vale Royal's <a href="/wiki/Motherhouse" title="Motherhouse">motherhouse</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams197614_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams197614-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until 1274.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new abbey provoked anger and resistance from local people, who believed that it (and its newly granted lands) threatened their livelihoods.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914vi_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914vi-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The abbey had received the <a href="/wiki/Forestry_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Forestry rights">forestry rights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Free_warren" title="Free warren">free warren</a> of Darnhall Forest, which surrounded the villages, and in which the villagers had previously had free rein.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Darnhall's location was unsuitable for a large construction.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It may have been intended as a temporary site;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1276 Edward (by then King) agreed to move the abbey to a more suitable location. A new site was chosen in nearby <a href="/wiki/Over,_Cheshire" title="Over, Cheshire">Over</a>, on the edge of the <a href="/wiki/Forests_of_Mara_and_Mondrem" title="Forests of Mara and Mondrem">Forest of Mondrem</a>. On 13 August 1277, the king and <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_of_Castile" title="Eleanor of Castile">Queen Eleanor</a>, their son <a href="/wiki/Alphonso,_Earl_of_Chester" title="Alphonso, Earl of Chester">Alphonso</a> and a number of nobles arrived at Over to lay the foundation stones of the new abbey<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for the high <a href="/wiki/Altar" title="Altar">altar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chaumpeneys then said a celebratory <a href="/wiki/Mass_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Mass in the Catholic Church">mass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPowicke1991412_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPowicke1991412-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1281, the monks moved from Darnhall to temporary accommodations on the Vale Royal site while the abbey was being built. <a href="/wiki/Nikolaus_Pevsner" title="Nikolaus Pevsner">Pevsner</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Buildings_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Buildings of England">Buildings of England</a></i> described Vale Royal as a "late foundation as Cistercian settlements go".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012646_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012646-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was intended to be the largest and most elaborate Cistercian church in Christian Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The precise location and boundaries of the site is difficult to determine. It lay broadly within the monks' <a href="/wiki/Manorialism" title="Manorialism">manor</a> of Conersley, on <a href="/wiki/Land_lot" title="Land lot">parcels of land</a> later renamed Vale Royal after the royal patron. The southern boundary was probably around Petty Pool, past Earnslow to the <a href="/wiki/River_Weaver" title="River Weaver">River Weaver</a>. Its total area was about 400 acres (160 ha).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction">Construction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Building">Building</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Building"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Archaeological_geography_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey,_Cheshire.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="illustration showing proximity of the abbey to the modern house" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Archaeological_geography_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire.svg/440px-Archaeological_geography_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="386" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Archaeological_geography_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire.svg/660px-Archaeological_geography_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Archaeological_geography_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire.svg/880px-Archaeological_geography_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1081" data-file-height="949" /></a><figcaption>Illustration of the layout of the abbey as discovered through 20th-century archaeological excavation and its relation to the modern-day great house</figcaption></figure> <p>During an excavation in 1958, the site of the abbey—at the time, heavily wooded and similar to its medieval appearance—was described as: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>On the left bank of the river Weaver, 2½ miles southwest of Northwich. It stands on level ground from which there is a fairly rapid slope northwards down to the river, a factor which must have assisted considerably in the natural drainage of the heavy clay subsoil.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson1962183_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson1962183-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>F. H. Thompson, <i>Excavations at the Cistercian Abbey of Vale Royal, Cheshire, 1958</i></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Edward had grand ambitions for Vale Royal, as an important abbey, surpassing all the other houses of its order in Britain in scale and beauty. It was further intended to be symbolic of the wealth and power of the English monarchy and his own piety and greatness.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He intended the abbey to be more grandiose than his grandfather <a href="/wiki/John,_King_of_England" title="John, King of England">King John's</a> <a href="/wiki/Beaulieu_Abbey" title="Beaulieu Abbey">abbey at Beaulieu</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteane1993164_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESteane1993164-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as a project, it was comparable to his father's <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>. Henry, for example, had planned to be buried at Westminster, and Edward may have had similar plans for himself at Vale Royal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPalliser20045_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPalliser20045-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vale Royal Abbey was his largest—although only known—major act of piety; he did not fund any other houses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDenton1992123–124_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDenton1992123–124-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building's plans reflect Edward's enthusiasm. Fifty-one<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene199271_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreene199271-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> masons were employed from around the country; they were rarely local men, and may have been <a href="/wiki/Impressment" title="Impressment">pressed</a> into service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chief architect, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_of_Hereford_(architect)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walter of Hereford (architect) (page does not exist)">Walter of Hereford</a> (one of the foremost of his day),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> began work on a huge, elaborate <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture#High_Gothic_(1200–1270)" title="Gothic architecture">High Gothic</a> church the size of a cathedral.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Plans were extremely detailed; the abbey was to be furnished with thirty <a href="/wiki/Vault_(architecture)" title="Vault (architecture)">copes</a>, two silver crosses, six chalices, a gold <a href="/wiki/Collar_(clothing)" title="Collar (clothing)">collar</a>, a silver pastoral staff and other valuable possessions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was to be 116 metres (381 ft) long and cruciform in shape, with a central tower.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The east end was semi-circular, with a <a href="/wiki/Chevet" class="mw-redirect" title="Chevet">chevet</a> of 13 radiating chapels, some of which were square, and some polygonal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each of the <a href="/wiki/Transept" title="Transept">transepts</a> had—as was common with Cistercian churches<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—a row of three chapels on its eastern side.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South of the church stood a <a href="/wiki/Cloister" title="Cloister">cloister</a> 42 metres (138 ft) square, surrounded by the domestic buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The undermaster of the works from 1278 to 1280<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindley20031_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELindley20031-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—and paid three <a href="/wiki/Shilling_(British_coin)" title="Shilling (British coin)">shillings</a> a week<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—was <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_of_Battle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John of Battle (page does not exist)">John of Battle</a>, who would later build the King's <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_cross" title="Eleanor cross">memorial crosses</a> after Eleanor's death.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColdstream20087_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColdstream20087-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteane199350_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESteane199350-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Walter of Hereford initially seems to have found difficulty in gathering skilled masons to the project, in the second and third years recruitment was much improved.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193329_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193329-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, however, the number of masons employed decreased from 92 in 1277 to 53 by 1280, who were paid between £200 and £260 over the three years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to contemporary accounts for 1277 to 1281, 35,000 cartloads of stone—over 30 per day—were brought over rough roads nine miles from the <a href="/wiki/Hundreds_of_Cheshire#Eddisbury" title="Hundreds of Cheshire">Eddisbury</a> quarries,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene199270_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreene199270-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> five miles to the west.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Timber came from local forests—particularly Delamere<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Mondrem<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—to build workshops and dwellings,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which together cost 45 shillings.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene199271_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreene199271-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of £3,000 was spent on construction during these four years,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980192_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980192-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1283 it was arranged that £1,000 per annum would be set aside for the ongoing building.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963161_n.6_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963161_n.6-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Funds were to be taken straight from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Wardrobe" title="Royal Wardrobe">King's wardrobe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963187_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963187-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The King put one of his personal clerks—one Leonius, son of Leonius—in charge of the financial administration, appointing him Chamberlain of the city of Chester and custodian of the King's works at Vale Royal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Putting one man in charge of both posts was intended to accelerate the speed at which the abbey received its money, as until then, the local Exchequer received money which then had to be dispersed to the work's administrator.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones19336_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones19336-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leonius held this post for the next three years, with the "full cooperation"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/Justice_of_Chester" title="Justice of Chester">local justice</a> in what Leonius described as "the expenses incurred in the works of the lord King at Vale Royal".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 1280s, the king greatly expanded the initial endowment, and made large donations of cash and materials.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Money was plentiful and work progressed quickly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially providing 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Mark_(currency)" title="Mark (currency)">marks</a> in cash for the project, Edward also provided the monks with revenue from his <a href="/wiki/Earldom_of_Chester" class="mw-redirect" title="Earldom of Chester">earldom of Chester</a>; in 1281, the Justice of Chester was instructed to disburse the same amount to the monks each year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leonius moved on to other projects that year, and the abbot was placed in personal charge of the works' administration.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963251_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963251-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two years later, sufficient progress had been made to allow the new church to be consecrated by the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Durham" title="Bishop of Durham">Bishop of Durham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antony_Bek_(bishop_of_Durham)" title="Antony Bek (bishop of Durham)">Anthony Bek</a>; Edward and his <a href="/wiki/Court_(royal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Court (royal)">court</a> attended the service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The King donated a <a href="/wiki/Relic" title="Relic">relic</a> of the <a href="/wiki/True_Cross" title="True Cross">True Cross</a> which he had captured on his crusade to the abbey.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene199295_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreene199295-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1287 the abbot ordered a selection of marble columns and bases to be made for the cloister. These came from the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Purbeck" title="Isle of Purbeck">Isle of Purbeck</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250_45-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were created by Masters <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Doget_(architect)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Doget (architect) (page does not exist)">John Doget</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_of_Chichester&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ralph of Chichester (page does not exist)">Ralph of Chichester</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to Walter of Hereford's design, at a cost to the abbey of 3s. 6d. The abbot put down a deposit of £52 for the building work generally.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor1949295_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor1949295-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the winter months open stonework was covered with bundled hay to protect it from the elements.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193322_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193322-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Financial_problems">Financial problems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Financial problems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Length_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey_relative_to_Westminster_Abbey.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="diagram showing that Vale Royal Abbey was almost as big as Westminster Abbey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Length_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey_relative_to_Westminster_Abbey.svg/330px-Length_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey_relative_to_Westminster_Abbey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="341" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Length_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey_relative_to_Westminster_Abbey.svg/495px-Length_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey_relative_to_Westminster_Abbey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Length_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey_relative_to_Westminster_Abbey.svg/660px-Length_of_Vale_Royal_Abbey_relative_to_Westminster_Abbey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="907" data-file-height="936" /></a><figcaption>Relative lengths of Vale Royal Abbey to Westminster Abbey</figcaption></figure> <p>The abbey's financing soon encountered difficulties. During the 1280s, the royal finances fell into arrears and eventually collapsed. <a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Wales_by_Edward_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Conquest of Wales by Edward I of England">War with Wales</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPlatt199465_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPlatt199465-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had broken out in 1282,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Edward needed money for troops and workmen to build castles, such as <a href="/wiki/Harlech_Castle" title="Harlech Castle">Harlech</a>, which cemented the eventual conquest. He took the money which had been set aside for Vale Royal and its masons and other labourers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPlatt199465_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPlatt199465-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was around the time that construction began on the monks' cloister, for which the marble columns were intended.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The monks were still living in the temporary accommodation built at the start of the works.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1290, Edward announced that he was no longer interested in the abbey: "the King has ceased to concern himself with the works of that church and henceforth will have nothing more to do with them".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPalliser20046_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPalliser20046-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Walter of Hereford sent to the Wardrobe to claim the robe he was annually issued as part of his contract,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963205_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963205-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was told this would be the last time, and he would receive neither wages nor robes from then on.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250_45-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The precise reasons for the King's <i><a href="/wiki/Volte-face" title="Volte-face">volte-face</a></i> are unknown. Historians have speculated that the monks may have incurred his displeasure somehow, or that it was connected to the illness and death of Queen Eleanor in November the same year;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPalliser20046_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPalliser20046-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the art historian <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Coldstream" title="Nicola Coldstream">Nicola Coldstream</a> has suggested that Edward had a "habit of abruptly stopping funds" for his religious projects.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColdstream20147_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColdstream20147-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is possible, says <i>The King's Works</i>, that "some of the building money may have been used for other purposes without the King's leave".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once-large royal grants became meagre,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPrestwich200335_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPrestwich200335-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the situation was exacerbated by the abbey not receiving monies rightfully due to them. Queen Eleanor had left it a legacy of 350 marks in her will, with the intention of establishing a <a href="/wiki/Chantry" title="Chantry">chantry</a> in her name and contributing generally to the ongoing works. Twenty years later, the abbey was still owed over half this amount from her <a href="/wiki/Executor" title="Executor">executors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1291 they were in arrears to the tune of £1,808; the King authorised a one-off payment of £808, but the remainder went unpaid<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until 1312, five years after King Edward's death.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_n.5_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_n.5-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The monks struggled to complete and manage the vast project without royal officials.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson1962184_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson1962184-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite possessing a substantial income from its own lands and feudal dues, the abbey amassed large debts to other church institutions, royal officials, building contractors and even the merchants of <a href="/wiki/Lucca" title="Lucca">Lucca</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Funds may have been misappropriated.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Work stopped for at least a decade after 1290, at least in part due to the transference of the county revenues from the abbey to the newborn <a href="/wiki/Edward_II,_King_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward II, King of England">Prince of Wales</a>, who was also made Earl of Chester.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Workmen refused to work for fear of not being paid.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the works eventually resumed they were on a much-reduced scale;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> if the King had suspected embezzlement at the abbey, by 1305, suggests the <i><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Works" title="Office of Works">History of the King's Works</a></i>, he had "relented" sufficiently to make them a grant of £40 to pay for the roof.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_n.2_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_n.2-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The authors note that from then on, construction </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Dragged on through the 14th and 15th centuries, an object lesson in the unreliability of princes and the folly of monks who had allowed themselves to be drawn into grandiose schemes inconsistent with the architectural simplicity which had once been one of the most cherished principles of the order.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><i>History of the King's Works</i>, 1963</cite></div></blockquote> <p>With the accession of the Prince of Wales as King Edward II in 1307, some reimbursement for the abbey's funds arrived. £100 was sourced from The Peak, a nearby royal manor, and in 1312, they were granted £80 per annum from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashford_in_the_Peak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashford in the Peak (page does not exist)">Ashford in the Peak</a>. This only lasted five years, when the King granted the manor to his brother <a href="/wiki/Edmund_of_Woodstock" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund of Woodstock">Edmund of Woodstock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relations_with_tenants">Relations with tenants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Relations with tenants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dispute_between_Darnhall_and_Vale_Royal_Abbey" title="Dispute between Darnhall and Vale Royal Abbey">Dispute between Darnhall and Vale Royal Abbey</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:30em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #FFFFF0;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>No woman was able to marry outside the manor or outside her conditions of bondage without permission and a charge; when a woman became pregnant she had to make a payment to the lord; men and women could be punished for sins committed or else make a suitable payment; none could work for another without the lord's consent but were required to work for him at his will; the holding and working of land outside the manor was restricted...and, lastly, peasants were not allowed to dispose of their property by means of will or gift as their goods belonged to their lord.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19995_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19995-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="center-aligned" style="">A. J. Bostock and S. M. Hogg</cite></p> </div> <p>In addition to the burden of trying to finish the abbey buildings, Vale Royal faced other serious problems. As the medievalists <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwilym_Dodd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gwilym Dodd (page does not exist)">Gwilym Dodd</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alison_McHardy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alison McHardy (page does not exist)">Alison McHardy</a> have emphasised, "a religious house, like any other landlord, depended on the income from its estates as the main source of its economic wellbeing",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoddMcHardy2010xxviii_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoddMcHardy2010xxviii-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from the late 12th century, monastic institutions were "particularly assiduous in...seeking to tighten the legal definition of servile status and tenure" for its tenantry.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoddMcHardy2010xxviii_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoddMcHardy2010xxviii-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From its foundation, Vale Royal was no exception, and the monks' relationship with their tenants and neighbours soon deteriorated and remained usually poor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914vi_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914vi-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHewitt1929166_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHewitt1929166-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The abbey was resented by the people of Darnhall and Over, who found themselves under its feudal lordship. This made the previously free tenants <a href="/wiki/Villein" title="Villein">villeins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tenants of Darnhall attempted to withdraw from paying the abbot in 1275 (only a year after the abbey's foundation), and continued to feud with Vale Royal's abbots over the next fifty years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHewitt1929166_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHewitt1929166-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dispute was mainly caused by forestry rights; the new abbey was in the <a href="/wiki/Forest_of_Mondrem" class="mw-redirect" title="Forest of Mondrem">forest of Mondrem</a>, which had been mostly <a href="/wiki/Common_land" title="Common land">common land</a> until it was granted to the abbey. Keeping it common land would have prevented the monks from utilising it, so the abbey effectively received immunity from the foresting laws, and, say Bostock and Hogg, "almost certainly" over-reached itself regularly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abbots were also feudal lords, and not necessarily sympathetic landlords because of their ecclesiastical position; when their tenants appeared before the abbot's manorial court, they appeared before a judge and <a href="/wiki/Common_law" title="Common law">common law</a> applied.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHewitt1929168_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHewitt1929168-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The abbots may have been oppressive landlords, with the people responding fiercely to what historian Richard Hilton called a form of "social degradation".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHilton1949128_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHilton1949128-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With a generally uncertain income, and massive outgoings, the monks may have had to be harsh landlords,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFirth-Green1999166_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFirth-Green1999166-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although they apparently undertook their duties as landlords with zeal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorgan198777_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorgan198777-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scholars are uncertain as to whether the abbey was as harsh a landlord as the villagers claimed. Previous landlords, such as the earls of Chester, may have been lax in their enforcement of <a href="/wiki/Serfdom" title="Serfdom">serfdom</a>, and so Darnhall and Over probably became accustomed to their relative freedom. Alternatively, the monks may have been lax in enforcement feudal laws, leading the villagers of Darnhall and its surrounding area to take advantage of them.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914186_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914186-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The villagers prosecuted their struggle in earnest, sometimes in law and sometimes with violence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHilton1949161_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHilton1949161-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19995_77-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19995-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They attacked monastic officials a number of times; a monk was attacked and a servant killed while collecting <a href="/wiki/Tithe" title="Tithe">tithes</a> in Darnhall in 1320 (under <a href="/wiki/Richard_of_Evesham,_Abbot_of_Vale_Royal" title="Richard of Evesham, Abbot of Vale Royal">Abbot Richard of Evesham</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHewitt1929166_79-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHewitt1929166-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Peter,_Abbot_of_Vale_Royal" title="Peter, Abbot of Vale Royal">Abbot Peter</a> was killed in 1339 while defending the abbey. They made multiple approaches to both the King and Queen—often travelling great distances to do so—but to no avail.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeale2016260_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeale2016260-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Round_tower_lodge_sandiway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photograph of a short round brick tower in a central reservation of an English road, the remnants of the abbey's gatehouse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Round_tower_lodge_sandiway.jpg/220px-Round_tower_lodge_sandiway.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Round_tower_lodge_sandiway.jpg/330px-Round_tower_lodge_sandiway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Round_tower_lodge_sandiway.jpg/440px-Round_tower_lodge_sandiway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="625" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>The Round Tower Lodge is situated in the central reservation of the <a href="/wiki/A556_road" title="A556 road">A556 road</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sandiway" title="Sandiway">Sandiway</a>. All that survives of Vale Royal Abbey's gate lodge, the road was built around it in the 1930s. It is a Grade II listed building.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Estates_and_finances">Estates and finances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Estates and finances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The village of Over was the centre of the abbey's estates, and was (like the surrounding villages) under the <a href="/wiki/Abbot" title="Abbot">abbot</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Feudal_lordship" class="mw-redirect" title="Feudal lordship">feudal lordship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The abbey's original <a href="/wiki/Financial_endowment" title="Financial endowment">endowment</a> at Darnhall included the <a href="/wiki/Delamere_Forest" title="Delamere Forest">Delamere Forest</a> site, the manors in Darnhall, Langwith in the <a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="East Riding of Yorkshire">East Riding of Yorkshire</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Advowsons" class="mw-redirect" title="Advowsons">advowsons</a> of <a href="/wiki/Frodsham" title="Frodsham">Frodsham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weaverham" title="Weaverham">Weaverham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ashbourne,_Derbyshire" title="Ashbourne, Derbyshire">Ashbourne</a> <a href="/wiki/Castleton,_North_Yorkshire" title="Castleton, North Yorkshire">and Castleton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further grants of land included <a href="/w/index.php?title=Conewardsly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conewardsly (page does not exist)">Conewardsly</a> in 1276, followed in 1280 by estates on the <a href="/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula" title="Wirral Peninsula">Wirral</a>. The abbey also received manors belonging to members of the local <a href="/wiki/Gentry" title="Gentry">gentry</a> in 1285, including those of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_de_Merton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hugh de Merton (page does not exist)">Hugh de Merton</a> (around Over), Bradford and <a href="/wiki/Guilden_Sutton" title="Guilden Sutton">Guilden Sutton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ashbourne, though, was not held for long; within a few years, Vale Royal was forced to cede the <a href="/wiki/Advowson" title="Advowson">advowson</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Cathedral" title="Lincoln Cathedral">Lincoln Cathedral</a> for £400. In exchange, the king arranged for Vale Royal to receive the wealthy <a href="/wiki/Kirkham_Priory" title="Kirkham Priory">Kirkham Priory</a>. Then in the possession of <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Abbey" title="Shrewsbury Abbey">Shrewsbury</a>, a combination of royal pressure and legal chicanery forced Shrewsbury to renounce its rights. According to Jeffrey Denton, "even [Vale Royal's] own chronicler cast some doubt on the justice of these proceedings".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDenton1992131_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDenton1992131-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The abbey had a <a href="/wiki/Glass_production" title="Glass production">glassmaking</a> forge in Delamere Forest<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarks200630_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarks200630-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which earned a small profit for the first few decades of its operation,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although—for now unknown reasons—it seems to have ceased production around 1309.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarks200630_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarks200630-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wool exports were the abbey's main source of income.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1283, Abbot Chaumpeneys acknowledged receipt of 53s 6d 8p as an advance on the abbey's eventual delivery of twelve sacks of <i>collecta</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These transactions were made before the merchant sold the wool, with the proviso that the profit was returned to the monastery.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBellBrooksDryburgh200728_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBellBrooksDryburgh200728-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the mid-1330s, Abbot Peter calculated that the abbey's income was <a href="/wiki/%C2%A3" class="mw-redirect" title="£">£</a>248 17s, of which £60 was spent on hospitality,<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> £16 on wages for the abbey's servant staff, £21 for the abbot's expenses, £30 for defensive measures, and £50 in "gifts, damages and contributions".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remainder—insufficient, said Abbot Peter in 1336—was spent on the monks' everyday needs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1342, under Abbot <a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Cheyneston,_Abbot_of_Vale_Royal" title="Robert de Cheyneston, Abbot of Vale Royal">Robert de Cheyneston</a>, the abbey was £20 in debt and a fire had burnt down its <a href="/wiki/Monastic_grange" title="Monastic grange">monastic granges</a> at Bradford and <a href="/wiki/Hefferston_Grange" title="Hefferston Grange">Hefferston</a>; the monks, who lost all the corn in the granges, had to purchase enough to live on until the next harvest.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDonnelly1954443_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDonnelly1954443-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robert lamented the £100 he required to repair the granges, their <a href="/wiki/Weir" title="Weir">weirs</a>, portions of the church roof and the abbey building.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vale Royal's finances seem to have improved by the 15th century. Two taxes assessed the abbey at £346 0s. 4d in 1509 and, twenty-six years later, at £540 6s 2d.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Income was up, and expenses were down; about £92 was spent in 1509, and slightly over £21 in 1535. Although the abbey was wealthy in goods and oxen, it had many fewer monks then originally intended; the abbot of Dore, visiting Vale Royal in 1509, found fifteen resident monks instead of a reported population of thirty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_middle_ages">Later middle ages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Later middle ages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In spite of the abbey's financial difficulties, building continued, albeit at a slow pace, and by 1330 the monks were able to move from their "temporary"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> dwellings into their main quarters.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year also saw the completion of the east end of the church—the remainder still a shell—and enough of the cloister buildings to make the abbey habitable, although far from complete.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of the main vault remained exposed to the Cheshire weather.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteane1993164_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESteane1993164-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Royal funding had nearly dried up, and Abbot Peter complained in 1336 that vaults, cloisters, the <a href="/wiki/Chapter_house" title="Chapter house">chapter house</a> and dormitories were yet to be built.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He complained that, </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>We have a very large church commenced by the King of England at our first foundation, but by no means finished. For at the beginning he built the stone walls, but the vaults remain to be erected together with the roof and the glass and the other ornaments. Moreover, the cloister, chapterhouse, dormitory, refectory and other monastic offices still remain in proportion to the church; and for the accomplishment of this the revenues of our house are insufficient.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Peter,_Abbot_of_Vale_Royal" title="Peter, Abbot of Vale Royal">Peter, Abbot of Vale Royal</a>, <i>The Ledger Book of Vale Royal</i></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Abbot Robert de Cheyneston—in office between about 1340 and 1345—may have been responsible for roofing the choir and the church's north end in lead.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:25em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #FFFFF0;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>The abbot and the community of monks moved from their temporary wooden lodgings, then "unsightly and ruinous", into the new monastic buildings. Much work still needed to be done; the vaults, roof, cloisters, chapter house, dormitory, refectory and other offices either needed to be completed or else started.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="center-aligned" style="">A. J. Bostock and S. M. Hogg</cite></p> </div> <p>In 1353 brought cause for renewed hope. <a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Black_Prince" title="Edward the Black Prince">Edward the Black Prince</a>—<a href="/wiki/Edward_III_of_England" title="Edward III of England">King Edward III's</a> son and heir (now the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Chester" title="Earl of Chester">Earl of Chester</a>)—was fully invested in his father's <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">wars in France</a>, and Cheshire was an important source of troops. The prince lavishly patronised the county's gentry and institutions, with Vale Royal (described by Anthony Emery as an "extravagant 'war' church") foremost among them.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEmery2000472_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEmery2000472-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edward had nominally taken Vale Royal under his protection in 1340,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198854_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198854-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was keen to see the abbey completed. He donated substantial funds:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 500 marks in cash immediately, with the same amount paid five years later<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when visited personally.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1359, Prince Edward granted Vale Royal the advowson and church of <a href="/wiki/Llanbadarn_Fawr,_Ceredigion" title="Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion">Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion</a>, to further finance construction.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Helpeston&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Helpeston (page does not exist)">William Helpeston</a> was contracted to oversee construction<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198852_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198852-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in August 1359,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson1962184_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson1962184-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for which the abbey contracted to provide—on top of his wages—board and lodging for himself and his men.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their tools and fuel<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254_114-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> would also be paid for.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193312_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193312-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He would also receive a life <a href="/wiki/Annuity" title="Annuity">annuity</a> of 40 shillings a year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254_114-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This work was expected to take six years, although in the event went over time:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a commission to impress masons in 1354 had to be renewed six years later.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254_114-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Choir_(architecture)" title="Choir (architecture)">abbey choir</a> was completed during the first year;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEmery2000472_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEmery2000472-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> scholars are now uncertain as to what degree Helpeston was still building in accordance with de Hereford's 13th-century plans or was introducing elements of his own design.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Helpeston plans provided for an <a href="/wiki/Apsidal" class="mw-redirect" title="Apsidal">apsidal</a> choir<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198852_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198852-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> comprising an <a href="/wiki/Ambulatory" title="Ambulatory">ambulatory</a> and thirteen chapels, seven <a href="/wiki/Heptagonal" class="mw-redirect" title="Heptagonal">heptagonal</a> protruding and six, smaller rectangular chapels facing inwards.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were problems with securing Helpston's continued commitment; his contract was renegotiated within the year; this time, it was specified that rather than being paid directly, the money would be paid to the abbot who would then pay Helpeston having inspected his work.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254_114-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Work focussed on completing the shell of the <a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">nave</a> and developing the east end, and may have been based on a similar design for <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Cathedral" title="Toledo Cathedral">Toledo Cathedral</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a great storm on 19 October 1359,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963256_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963256-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, much of the nave (including the new lead roof installed by the previous abbot) was blown down and destroyed. The <a href="/wiki/Arcade_(architecture)" title="Arcade (architecture)">arcades</a> of the unfinished nave were reduced to rubble.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis193825_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis193825-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The destruction ranged "from the wall at the west end to the bell-tower before the gates of the choir",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColvin1963256_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColvin1963256-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the timber <a href="/wiki/Scaffolding" title="Scaffolding">scaffolding</a> collapsed "like trees uprooted by the wind".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColvin1963256_120-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColvin1963256-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are no recorded indications of poor building practices or degraded fabric to the construction, and the now-destroyed nave presented its own architectural problems for rebuilding.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963256_118-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963256-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Repairs were slowly made over the next thirteen years, and Abbot Thomas may have been responsible for the "unique chevet of seven radiating chapels",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMidmer1979315_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMidmer1979315-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which were built by de Hepleston and cost £860.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254_114-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was "clearly intended to be the crowning feature of the great church".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963256_118-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963256-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Work was still being done in 1368 when the Prince of Wales recommissioned the masons for the third time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remodelled church would now be smaller than before,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMidmer1979315_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMidmer1979315-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the nave proportionally reduced in height and width.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Black Prince died in 1376, and, says <i>The King's Works</i>, "it must have been obvious to the monks that the days of royal munificence were over".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963256_118-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963256-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Work continued on the same reduced scale took place into the reign of <a href="/wiki/Richard_II_of_England" title="Richard II of England">Richard II</a>, who patronised the abbey on a small scale in honour of it being a royal foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson1962184_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson1962184-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The King was reported to be "much pleased" at the reduction in both the abbey's size and cost.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963257_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963257-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Repairs and construction continued sporadically into the 15th century, with an aisle installed in the middle of the church in 1422.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMidmer1979315_121-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMidmer1979315-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Little else is known of the abbey until the reign of King <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a> in the 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198854_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198854-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relations_with_local_gentry"><span class="anchor" id="Relations_with_tenantry"></span>Relations with local gentry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Relations with local gentry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:352px"><div style="position:relative;width:350px;border:1px solid lightgray"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vale Royal Abbey is located in Cheshire"><img alt="Vale Royal Abbey is located in Cheshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg/350px-Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg/525px-Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg/700px-Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1098" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:54.893%;left:21.517%;font-size:100%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Chester"><img alt="Chester" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:6px"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:55%;left:58.917%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Middlewich"><img alt="Middlewich" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/15px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/20px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:6px"><div><a href="/wiki/Middlewich" title="Middlewich">Middlewich</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:56.346%;left:50.694%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Over"><img alt="Over" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/15px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/20px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:6px"><div><a href="/wiki/Over,_Cheshire" title="Over, Cheshire">Over</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:60%;left:50.25%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Darnhall"><img alt="Darnhall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/15px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/20px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:6px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Darnhall" title="Darnhall">Darnhall</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:49.391%;left:50.521%;font-size:85%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Vale Royal Abbey"><img alt="Vale Royal Abbey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/10px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/15px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/20px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:6px;left:-3em"><div>Vale Royal Abbey</div></div></div>*Cheshire, in red, shown within England</div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheshire_UK_location_map.svg" title="File:Cheshire UK location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/18px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/24px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Chester – red. <br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/18px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/24px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Vale Royal abbey –green<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orange_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/18px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/24px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Villages under abbey's feudal lordship – orange.</div></div></div></div><p>Relations with the <a href="/wiki/Landed_gentry" title="Landed gentry">gentry</a> were no better in the later Middle Ages than they had been with the tenantry years earlier, and the gentry also often came to blows with the monks. The abbey was involved in feuds with a number of the prominent local families, frequently ending in large-scale violence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeale2016260_96-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeale2016260-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 14th and 15th centuries, Vale Royal was beset by other scandals. Many abbots were incompetent, <a href="/wiki/Venality" title="Venality">venal</a>, or criminally inclined,<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the house was often grossly mismanaged. Discipline grew lax; disorder at the abbey during this period prompted reports of serious crimes, including attempted murder. Abbot Henry Arrowsmith, who had a particular reputation for lawlessness, was hacked to death in 1437 by a group of men (one of whom was the <a href="/wiki/Vicar" title="Vicar">vicar</a> of Over) in revenge for a suspected rape by one of the abbey's monks. Although the abbey was taken under royal supervision in 1439, there was no immediate improvement, and Vale Royal of the <a href="/wiki/General_Chapter" class="mw-redirect" title="General Chapter">General Chapter</a>, the international Cistercian governing body, during the 1450s. The chapter ordered senior abbots to investigate the abbey, which the abbots concluded was in a "damnable and sinister" situation in 1455.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Things then improved somewhat, and Vale Royal's last years were peaceful and well-ordered.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some building work continued, as records attest to grants of timber for repairs were made in 1510 and 1515.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The abbot of Dore <a href="/wiki/Canonical_visitation" title="Canonical visitation">visited</a> Vale Royal in 1509<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198854_110-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198854-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—by which time the abbey held 19 monks<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox201372_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox201372-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—and made a brief inventory of its rooms, including the Abbot's chambers (which were described as containing "a suitable couch, ten coverlets, four mattresses, two feather beds and twelve pairs of linen sheets").<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198854_110-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198854-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to archaeologist S. J. Moorhouse, luxuries such as these indicate how far the Cistercian focus had drifted from the order's original asceticism.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198854_110-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198854-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Last_abbatial_election">Last abbatial election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Last abbatial election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abbot <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Butler,_Abbot_of_Vale_Royal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Butler, Abbot of Vale Royal (page does not exist)">John Butler</a> died in summer 1535. The <a href="/wiki/Abbatial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbatial election">election</a> of his replacement indicates the extent to which the local gentry interfered in the house's internal affairs. <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Brereton_(died_1559)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Brereton (died 1559) (page does not exist)">William Brereton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Piers_Dutton" title="Piers Dutton">Piers Dutton</a>—local knights and rivals for regional power in the county—both proposed their own candidates. The election became mired in corruption; Dutton's man, for example, offered <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a>—Henry VIII's <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_chief_ministers" title="List of English chief ministers">chief minister—</a>£100 and promised to him "as large pleasure as any man"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox201372–73_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox201372–73-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in future. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Adam_Beconsall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adam Beconsall (page does not exist)">Adam Beconsall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Legh_(lawyer)" title="Thomas Legh (lawyer)">Thomas Legh</a>—the monastic visitor, who himself had accepted a £15 bribe—backed one <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Hareware,_Abbot_of_Vale_Royal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Hareware, Abbot of Vale Royal (page does not exist)">John Hareware</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox201372–73_125-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox201372–73-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the former abbot of <a href="/wiki/Hulton_Abbey" title="Hulton Abbey">Hulton Abbey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980162_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980162-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, Queen <a href="/wiki/Anne_Boleyn" title="Anne Boleyn">Anne Boleyn</a> herself also favoured a particular candidate. In the event, King Henry ordered a free election, and this saw Hareware elected. Although his candidate had lost, Brereton still managed to wrangle granted an annual pension of £20 from Hareware for the rest of Brereton's life. More importantly for the new abbot, Cromwell was appointed steward of the abbey by the King.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox201372–73_125-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox201372–73-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In common with many other monasteries—by now aware of their impending dissolution—Hareware began raising ready cash. This was done by means of negotiating long tenancies for their lands at very low rents in exchange for high entry fees.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dissolution">Dissolution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Dissolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1535 Vale Royal was one of only six monastic institutions remaining in Cheshire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox201366_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox201366-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was reported that year's <i><a href="/wiki/Valor_Ecclesiasticus" title="Valor Ecclesiasticus">Valor Ecclesiasticus</a></i> as possessing an income of £540, making it the wealthiest of the 13th-century Cistercian foundations and the fourth-wealthiest overall.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDenton1992129_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDenton1992129-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of the income seems to have been increasingly used for bribing the local gentry and providing them with pensions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox201379_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox201379-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The income enabled Vale Royal to escape dissolution under the <a href="/wiki/Suppression_of_Religious_Houses_Act_1535" title="Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535">Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535</a>, King <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a>'s initial move in the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries" title="Dissolution of the monasteries">dissolution of the monasteries</a>, by which time its population had declined to 15 monks.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox201372_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox201372-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Abbot John Hareware pursued a two-pronged policy of attempting to ensure the abbey's survival and, if that failed, the security of himself and his brethren. Hareware bribed courtiers, influential nobles and (in particular) chief minister <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a> with money and property in an attempt to gain a respite for the abbey, and leased most of the abbey lands to friends and associates of the monastery to keep them out of royal hands if the abbey fell. Many of the leases had a clause voiding them if the abbey survived. Hareware sold its other assets, such as livestock and timber, for cash.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Mary%27s_Church,_Whitegate2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="colour photograph of St Mary's church in 2009" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Whitegate2.jpg/220px-St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Whitegate2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Whitegate2.jpg/330px-St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Whitegate2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Whitegate2.jpg/440px-St_Mary%27s_Church%2C_Whitegate2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Whitegate" title="St Mary's Church, Whitegate">St Mary's Church, Whitegate</a>, in 2009. The abbey's gate chapel served travellers, and has been a parish church since <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries" title="Dissolution of the monasteries">dissolution of the monasteries</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The process of dissolution at Vale Royal was begun in September 1538 by the royal commissioner <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Holcroft_(politician)" title="Thomas Holcroft (politician)">Thomas Holcroft</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was ordered to "take and recyve" the abbey from Hareware.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201330_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201330-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The situation grew legally murky as Holcroft, probably with a forged signature on the deed of exchange,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201317_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201317-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> claimed that the abbey had surrendered to him on 7 September. The abbot (and abbey) denied doing so, questioning Holcroft's authority. Holcroft then alleged that the abbot had attempted to take over the abbey himself, and had tried to conspire with Holcroft to commit land fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The monks continued to petition the government, particularly Thomas Cromwell, who was responsible for church affairs in his role as <a href="/wiki/Vicar_general" title="Vicar general">vicar general</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Supremacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Supremacy">Royal Supremacy</a>. Hareware wrote to the chief minister during his journey to London: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>My Good Lord, the truth is, I nor my said brethren have never consented to surrender our monastery not yet do, nor never will by our good wills unless it shall please the King's grace to give us commandment to do so.</p></blockquote> <p>In December 1538, Abbot John and his community received a <a href="/wiki/Papal_dispensation" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal dispensation">papal dispensation</a> to change <a href="/wiki/Religious_habit" title="Religious habit">habits</a> and temporarily join another order.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201317_134-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201317-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With some disquiet probable in government circles about the legitimacy of the Vale Royal surrender, steps were taken to put the matter beyond doubt. A special court was held at the abbey on 31 March 1539, with Cromwell the judge. Instead of investigating the circumstances of the surrender<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197719_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197719-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the court charged the abbot with <a href="/wiki/Treason" title="Treason">treason</a> and conspiracy in the murder of a monk (who had committed suicide) in 1536.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201317_134-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201317-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also accused of "treasonous utterances" during the <a href="/wiki/Pilgrimage_of_Grace" title="Pilgrimage of Grace">Pilgrimage of Grace</a>; both murder and treason were <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">capital</a> crimes.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The abbot was found guilty, and Vale Royal was declared forfeited to the crown.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197719_137-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197719-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abbot John was not executed: rather, he was given a substantial pension of £60 per year and the abbey's <a href="/wiki/Tableware" title="Tableware">silver plate</a>, indicating that the trial was a means of pressuring him to acquiesce to Cromwell.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197719_137-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197719-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rest of the community were also pensioned off, and Exchequer records indicate that Abbot John lived until at least 1546.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The abbey's immediate estates were incorporated into the new parish of Whitegate.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox2013251_n.120_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox2013251_n.120-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_history">Later history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Later history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vale_royal_abbey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="colour photograph of the house as it stood in 2005" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Vale_royal_abbey.jpg/260px-Vale_royal_abbey.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Vale_royal_abbey.jpg/390px-Vale_royal_abbey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Vale_royal_abbey.jpg/520px-Vale_royal_abbey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The Tudor mansion that replaced Vale Royal, as seen in 2005, built around the core of the former south and west cloister, contains surviving rooms (including the abbot's great hall).</figcaption></figure> <p>After protracted negotiations with the crown,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201330_133-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201330-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas Holcroft leased Vale Royal. Previously an obscure member of the lower Cheshire gentry, the acquisition made him a man of substance.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillipsSmith199421_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillipsSmith199421-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1539 he demolished the church, telling King Henry in a letter that it was "plucked down".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 March 1544, the King confirmed Holcroft's ownership by granting him the abbey and much of its estates for £450.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197737_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197737-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holcroft further removed many of the abbey's domestic buildings, retaining the south and west cloister ranges—including the abbot's house and the monks' dining hall and kitchen—as the core of his mansion<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (which was centred on the abbey cloister).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201330_133-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201330-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holcroft built a grand external staircase to his new first-floor entrance, which, suggests the archaeologist <a href="/wiki/J._Patrick_Greene" title="J. Patrick Greene">J. Patrick Greene</a>, "reinforced the visual reminder to all visitors that a new regime now prevailed" at Vale Royal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene2000152_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreene2000152-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holcroft retained the abbey gatehouse as the courtyard's entrance, and leased the abbey and its lands until he was <a href="/wiki/Knight" title="Knight">knighted</a> in 1544 when he purchased it outright.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene2000155_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreene2000155-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Holcroft's heirs lived at Vale Royal until 1615.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197719_137-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197719-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During their residency <a href="/wiki/Cant_(architecture)" title="Cant (architecture)">canted</a> <a href="/wiki/Bay_windows" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay windows">bay windows</a> were introduced to the front of the <a href="/wiki/Wing_(building)" title="Wing (building)">wings</a> which, along with their accompanying <a href="/wiki/Mullions" class="mw-redirect" title="Mullions">mullions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elizabethan_architecture" title="Elizabethan architecture">transoms</a>, have been described by Pevsner as "a remarkably early instance of <a href="/wiki/Elizabethan_architecture" title="Elizabethan architecture">Elizabethan revivalism</a>". It was also around this time that the "crude gothic porch" of Holcroft's was moved to the ground floor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this date the house came into the hands of the <a href="/wiki/Cholmondeley_(surname)" title="Cholmondeley (surname)">Cholmondeley</a> family (later <a href="/wiki/Baron_Delamere" title="Baron Delamere">Lords Delamere</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197720_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197720-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mary_Cholmondeley_(heiress)" title="Mary Cholmondeley (heiress)">Mary Cholmondeley</a> (1562–1625), a powerful widow with extensive properties in the area, bought the abbey as a home for herself when her eldest son inherited the primary family estates at <a href="/wiki/Cholmondeley,_Cheshire" title="Cholmondeley, Cheshire">Cholmondeley</a>. In August 1617, she entertained <a href="/wiki/James_VI_and_I" title="James VI and I">James I</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Stag" class="mw-redirect" title="Stag">stag</a>-hunting party at Vale Royal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197719_137-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197719-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The king enjoyed himself so much that he <a href="/wiki/Knighthood" class="mw-redirect" title="Knighthood">knighted</a> two members of the family and, in a letter written shortly after his visit, offered to advance the political careers of Lady Mary's sons if they would come to court. His offer was so firmly refused that the King called her "the Bolde Lady of Cheshire".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197721_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197721-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mary passed the abbey and estate to her fourth son, Thomas (who founded the family's Vale Royal branch), at her death in 1625.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197722_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197722-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>, the Cholmondeleys supported <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197722_149-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197722-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their allegiance had serious consequences; fighting took place at Vale Royal, the house was looted, and the building's south wing was burned down by <a href="/wiki/Roundhead" title="Roundhead">Parliamentarian</a> forces commanded by <a href="/wiki/John_Lambert_(general)" title="John Lambert (general)">General John Lambert</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197723_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197723-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite this, the Cholmondeley family continued to live in the abbey. A southeast wing, designed by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Blore" title="Edward Blore">Edward Blore</a>, was added to the building in 1833. In 1860, <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Cholmondeley,_2nd_Baron_Delamere" title="Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere">the 2nd Baron Delamere</a> commissioned Chester architect <a href="/wiki/John_Douglas_(English_architect)" title="John Douglas (English architect)">John Douglas</a> to recast the centre of the south range (which had been <a href="/wiki/Timber_framing" title="Timber framing">timber-framed</a>). Douglas added a southwest wing the following year and altered the dining room.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHubbard199140_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHubbard199140-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The church of St Mary, the <i>capella extra portis</i> (chapel outside the abbey gates), remained opposite the west lodge. The church was largely rebuilt in 1728, incorporating <i><a href="/wiki/Fabrica_ecclesiae" title="Fabrica ecclesiae">fabrica ecclesiae</a></i> from a timber-framed church probably dating to the 14th century. In 1874–1875 Douglas remodelled St Mary's, changing its external appearance but retaining much of the internal structure.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHubbard1991124_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHubbard1991124-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vale-Royal-Abbey-Douglas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="colour photograph of the south side of the abbey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Vale-Royal-Abbey-Douglas.jpg/260px-Vale-Royal-Abbey-Douglas.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Vale-Royal-Abbey-Douglas.jpg/390px-Vale-Royal-Abbey-Douglas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Vale-Royal-Abbey-Douglas.jpg/520px-Vale-Royal-Abbey-Douglas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>The abbey's south range, showing the wings added by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Blore" title="Edward Blore">Edward Blore</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Douglas_(English_architect)" title="John Douglas (English architect)">John Douglas</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Cholmondeley family lived in the abbey for over 300 years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England72883_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England72883-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1016862_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1016862-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1907 they rented it to a wealthy <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> businessman Robert Dempster.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197732_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197732-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dempster had made his fortune from R & J Dempster and Sons, a gas-engineering company he founded in 1883. His second daughter, <a href="/wiki/Edith_Pretty" title="Edith Pretty">Edith</a>, was born that year and lived at Vale Royal with her father until his 1925 death in South Africa. He was buried at Whitegate Church, near the abbey. Edith inherited half of his fortune and all of his personal effects, including the lease on Vale Royal. In the spring of 1926, she married Frank Pretty at Whitegate Church. Edith gave up the lease on Vale Royal and purchased the relatively modest <a href="/wiki/Sutton_Hoo" title="Sutton Hoo">Sutton Hoo</a> estate later that year. Frank died at the end of 1934; Edith hired archaeologist <a href="/wiki/Basil_Brown" title="Basil Brown">Basil Brown</a> to excavate some of the mounds on the Sutton Hoo estate in 1939, discovering northern Europe's richest Anglo-Saxon burial ground.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHopkirk1975xxxvi–xxxviii_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHopkirk1975xxxvi–xxxviii-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another Cholmondeley, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cholmondeley,_4th_Baron_Delamere" title="Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere">Thomas, 4th Baron Delamere</a>, moved into the abbey in 1934; he was forced out in 1939, when the government took over Vale Royal to use as a <a href="/wiki/Sanatorium" title="Sanatorium">sanatorium</a> for convalescing soldiers during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197732_155-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197732-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cholmondeleys regained the abbey after the war before selling it to <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Chemical_Industries" title="Imperial Chemical Industries">Imperial Chemical Industries</a> (ICI) in 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197725,_32_157-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197725,_32-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company initially used the abbey as staff accommodation and, from 1954 to 1961, as the headquarters of its <a href="/wiki/Salt_(chemistry)" title="Salt (chemistry)">salt</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson1962184_75-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson1962184-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Alkali" title="Alkali">alkali</a> division.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197725_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197725-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1958 they permitted (and assisted with labour and facilities) an extensive archaeological excavation, which was intended to complete an earlier dig of 1911–1912.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson1962183_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson1962183-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>ICI moved out in 1961. There were abortive schemes to use the abbey as a health centre, a <a href="/wiki/Country_club" title="Country club">country club</a>, a school and a prison. In 1977, the abbey became a residential care home for people with <a href="/wiki/Learning_disabilities" class="mw-redirect" title="Learning disabilities">learning disabilities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197725_158-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollandHicksonVoseChallinor197725-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, Vale Royal became a private golf club.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVRA2019_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVRA2019-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A proposal to turn the house into flats led to a detailed 1998 archaeological study by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester_Archaeological_Society&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chester Archaeological Society (page does not exist)">Chester Archaeological Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene1992191_142-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreene1992191-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archaeological_investigations_and_discovery_of_remains">Archaeological investigations and discovery of remains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Archaeological investigations and discovery of remains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nun%27s_Grave,_Vale_Royal_Abbey,_Cheshire_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Nun%27s_Grave%2C_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire_04.jpg/220px-Nun%27s_Grave%2C_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Nun%27s_Grave%2C_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire_04.jpg/330px-Nun%27s_Grave%2C_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Nun%27s_Grave%2C_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire_04.jpg/440px-Nun%27s_Grave%2C_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5152" data-file-height="3864" /></a><figcaption>The Nun's Grave, Vale Royal Abbey.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nun%27s_Grave,_Vale_Royal_Abbey,_Cheshire_07.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Nun%27s_Grave%2C_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire_07.jpg/220px-Nun%27s_Grave%2C_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire_07.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Nun%27s_Grave%2C_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire_07.jpg/330px-Nun%27s_Grave%2C_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire_07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Nun%27s_Grave%2C_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire_07.jpg/440px-Nun%27s_Grave%2C_Vale_Royal_Abbey%2C_Cheshire_07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3864" data-file-height="5152" /></a><figcaption>Detail illustrating a piece of one of the abbey's original column bases.</figcaption></figure> <p>Nothing remains of the great church and "virtually nothing"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEmery200042_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEmery200042-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the other ecclesiastical buildings, although archaeological work has revealed many details of the church's structure.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England72883_153-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England72883-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to A. Emery, "detailed examination of the roof ... has revealed hidden structural evidence beneath layers of post-medieval changes".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEmery200042_160-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEmery200042-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Excavations by the Manchester architect <a href="/w/index.php?title=Basil_Pendleton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basil Pendleton (page does not exist)">Basil Pendleton</a> were made in 1911–1912,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteane1993164_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESteane1993164-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he focused around the Nun's Grave. Pendleton established that the church had been 421 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">feet</a> (128 <a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">m</a>) long, with a decoratively floored 92-foot (28 m) nave. The combined width of the east and west transepts was 232 feet (71 m).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remainder of the construction was, at various times, around a grassed <a href="/wiki/Quadrangle_(architecture)" title="Quadrangle (architecture)">quadrangle</a>—possibly a 140-foot-square (43 m) <a href="/wiki/Kitchen_garden" title="Kitchen garden">herb garden</a>. Apart from the church (which took up the east side of the square), the buildings consisted of a chapter house,<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the abbot's dwelling, guest accommodations, and the outbuildings necessary for the upkeep of the community and its agricultural work.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19994_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19994-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of the abbey's stonework was sold by Holcroft when it was destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson1962184_75-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson1962184-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some was used to build a common well;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201330_133-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201330-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at least one domestic garden in <a href="/wiki/Northwich" title="Northwich">Northwich</a> contained original carvings and <a href="/wiki/Boss_(architecture)" title="Boss (architecture)">bosses</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198851–52_165-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198851–52-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and abbey stones were found in the walls of three other houses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201330_133-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201330-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is possible that the ceiling of Weaverham church's north aisle came from Vale Royal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox2013148_166-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox2013148-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holcroft also rebuilt the western grange for his own use with stone from the church.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198852_113-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198852-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The south wing of the extant building incorporates the original <a href="/wiki/Refectory" title="Refectory">refectory</a> roof, which has been <a href="/wiki/Dendrochronology" title="Dendrochronology">dendrochronologically dated</a> to the second half of the 15th century. It consisted, writes Emery, "of a timber-framed three-bay hall, open to the roof, flanked by a pair of single bay rooms, the whole set above a masonry ground floor".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEmery200042_160-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEmery200042-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1958 excavation uncovered the 1359 additions, including the <a href="/wiki/Apse#Chevet-apse_chapels" title="Apse">chevet apse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteane1993164_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESteane1993164-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pieces of <a href="/wiki/Stained_glass" title="Stained glass">stained glass</a> were uncovered in Delamere Forest,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarks200630_98-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarks200630-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Purbeck_Marble" title="Purbeck Marble">Purbeck marble</a> and other architectural fragments were also found.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198852_113-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198852-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historian Jeffrey Denton has suggested that Vale Royal Abbey has been relatively unexamined by scholars because of its near-total mid-16th-century destruction; "had it survived, our views of Edward I's relations with the Church may well have been radically different".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDenton1992123–124_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDenton1992123–124-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A circular stone monument, known as the Nun's Grave, reportedly commemorates Sister Ida, thought to be a 14th-century Cheshire nun who nursed an unnamed Vale Royal abbot, and who was buried at the high altar.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The monument was erected by the Cholmondeley family, possibly to lend credence to the legend of the nun. The material in its construction is from three sources: the head from a medieval cross whose four panels depict the crucifixion, the virgin and child Jesus, St. Catherine and St. Nicholas; the shaft, made of sandstone in the 17th century; and a <a href="/wiki/Pedestal" title="Pedestal">plinth</a> from a reclaimed<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELatham1993127_167-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELatham1993127-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> pillar base. Pevsner's <i>Buildings of England</i> has described the monument as looking "convincingly late 13th-century",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and notes other remnants of pillars around the grounds "of great size and elaboration".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The present country house on the site incorporates parts of the south and west ranges;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1160911_168-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1160911-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the former has a door arch from the abbey, one of the few elements of the original abbey which is still visible.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson1962184_75-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson1962184-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At least some of the original abbey still survives to the first floor; in 1992 a <a href="/wiki/British_Archaeological_Association" title="British Archaeological Association">British Archaeological Association</a> study discovered late-medieval <a href="/wiki/Graffiti" title="Graffiti">graffiti</a> scratched into plasterwork on an internal wall.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamsay2000167_169-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamsay2000167-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holcroft's Tudor house also stands. The building is a Grade II* listed building,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1160862_171-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1160862-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and St Mary's church is <a href="/wiki/National_Heritage_List_for_England" title="National Heritage List for England">listed</a> at Grade II,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1160911_168-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1160911-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while what remains of Vale Royal Abbey is a <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_ancient_monument" class="mw-redirect" title="Scheduled ancient monument">scheduled ancient monument</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England72883_153-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England72883-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1016862_154-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1016862-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1160862_171-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistoric_England1160862-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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Marton">Listed buildings in Whitegate and Marton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_houses_and_associated_buildings_by_John_Douglas" title="List of houses and associated buildings by John Douglas">List of houses and associated buildings by John Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round_Tower_Lodge" title="Round Tower Lodge">Round Tower Lodge</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vale Royal's chronicle was written during the early 14th century, and while its precise authorship is unknown, its beginning at least is often ascribed to <a href="/wiki/Peter,_Abbot_of_Vale_Royal" title="Peter, Abbot of Vale Royal">Peter, Abbot of Vale Royal</a>, around 1338. This is based on some textual indications but also, said <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Brownbill&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Brownbill (page does not exist)">John Brownbill</a>, who edited it for publication in 1914, the fact that it was clearly written by someone who on the one hand had access to oral histories on the earliest days of the abbey but without personal knowledge, combined with mentions of buildings which had been built by then (and, perhaps even more significantly, the omission of mention of structures built after 1340). Known as the Ledger book, it records not only the Abbey's history and its abbots up to 1338, but also the abbey's litigation records and papal bulla granted to the Cistercians.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914v–x_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914v–x-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The chronicler describes the train of events in some detail: "while [Edward] was on his way to England, accompanied by a great concourse of people, storms suddenly arose at sea, the ship's rigging was all torn to pieces in a moment, and the crew were helpless and unable to do anything. Utterly despairing of their safety, the sailors called loudly upon the Lord ...[Edward] most humbly vowed to God and the Blessed Virgin Mary that, if God would save him and his people and goods, and bring them safe to land, he would forthwith found a monastery of white monks of the Cistercian order in honour of Mary the Mother of God ... for the maintenance of one hundred monks for ever. And behold, the power of God to save His people was forthwith made manifest; for scarce had the most Christian prince finished speaking when the tempest was utterly dispersed and succeeded by a calm, so that all marvelled at so sudden a change. Thus the ship ... was miraculously borne to land by the Virgin Mary, in whose honour the prince had made his vow, without any human aid whatsoever ... until they had all carried their goods safe out of the ship, the prince remained behind them in the ship, but as soon as the ship was empty, he left it and went on shore; and as he left, in the twinkling of an eye, the ship broke into two pieces".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914v–x_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914v–x-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sir James Ramsay was more specific, dating the crossing to the period between Christmas and New Year's 1263 (when Edward sailed from <a href="/wiki/Calais" title="Calais">Calais</a> to <a href="/wiki/Dover" title="Dover">Dover</a> ahead of his father, who is known to have travelled on 2 January 1264.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamsay1908210_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamsay1908210-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">It has also been suggested that the original site was uncomfortably distant from a freshwater source sufficient for a large community; Darnhall was on <a href="/wiki/Ash_Brook" title="Ash Brook">Ash Brook</a> (a minor waterway), and Vale Royal was near the <a href="/wiki/River_Weaver" title="River Weaver">River Weaver</a> and its two substantial <a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">tributaries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Walter de Hereford worked on the abbey from 1277 to 1290, in an exclusive contract to the crown,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963205_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963205-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> received a wage of two <a href="/wiki/Shilling" title="Shilling">shillings</a> per day—nearly £37 per annum.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones19336_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones19336-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also exempted from the customary rule that wages were reduced during the winter on account of the shorter days; masons paid about 12d a week during the summer, received 9d a week in the winter months.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193318–19_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193318–19-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received almost five times the wage of the next-highest-paid carving masons.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also had his robes provided for him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963205_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963205-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> De Hereford was likely responsible for the use of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Decorated_mouldings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decorated mouldings (page does not exist)">decorated mouldings</a> in the church,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaddison20151_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaddison20151-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he later brought to his work during the construction of <a href="/wiki/Caernarfon_Castle" title="Caernarfon Castle">Caernarfon Castle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaddison20121_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaddison20121-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Although seemingly a contradiction, Knoop and Jones suggest that the explanation is that a large number of the masons Walter originally recruited were of low grade, and, therefore, there was a high turnover. With the subsequent recruitment of better masons, however, fewer were needed, as they were more skilled.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193328_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193328-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Although this may not be a genuine decrease in the amount of work taking place as the original figure probably includes men who were initially employed and either whose skill was found wanting or who chose not to stay.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On average, in any one month, construction required 135 men: 40 masons, 4 carpenters, 15 quarrymen, 36 diggers, 7 blacksmiths and 33 carters.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193315_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193315-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average length a mason's employment was 11.1 months; this compares to much-decreased tenures from lower grades, for example, quarrymen, carters and carpenters, who were employed for an average of 6.5, 4.3 and 3.4 months respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193327_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193327-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some cases men appear to have worked for only a few days before moving on; the architectural historians <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Knoop" title="Douglas Knoop">Douglas Knoop</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=G._P._Jones&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="G. P. Jones (page does not exist)">G. P. Jones</a> have suggested that <a href="/wiki/Migrant_worker" title="Migrant worker">itinerant</a> masons were probably being given a few days work in order to fund their onward travels.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193330_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193330-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Three grades of workmen—Masters, Cutters and Trimmers—worked in a gang at the quarry to trim the stone down before it was transported to site to be finally shaped.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was also a separate blacksmith's <a href="/wiki/Forge" title="Forge">forge</a> for the repair and maintenance of the quarrymen's tools.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193317_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193317-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Since Vale Royal was isolated, the dwellings were for construction workers as well as the monks.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene199271_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreene199271-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1277 and 1280 at least three mason's workshops and two lodges were erected for those workers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193330_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193330-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This, says the <i>King's Works</i>, was made easier for Edward by the abbey's location; he intended that the works should be financed through royal county revenues, and the fact that Cheshire was a <a href="/wiki/County_palatinate" class="mw-redirect" title="County palatinate">county palatinate</a> "made it easy for him to divert its revenues" for this purpose.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Leonius's receipts and records are still extant. They are held in the <a href="/wiki/National_Archives_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Archives (UK)">National Archives</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kew" title="Kew">Kew</a>, classed as <a href="/wiki/Exchequer" title="Exchequer">E</a> 101/485/22.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_n.3_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_n.3-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Much of Ralph's business was connected to Vale Royal, which regularly sold ready-made stone components. Other royal projects included the King's Eleanor Crosses, for which he provided the cross shafts. Although historians have been unable to establish John Doget's identity, <a href="/wiki/A._J._Taylor" title="A. J. Taylor">A. J. Taylor</a> says "it is not unlikely that he is the same as the John of Corfe who was another supplier, with Ralph of Chichester, of marble for Charing Cross". <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor1949295_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor1949295-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For this reason, the justiciar, <a href="/wiki/Reginald_de_Grey,_1st_Baron_Grey_de_Wilton" title="Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton">Reginald de Grey</a>, who was bound to pay the abbot £1,000 yearly towards the building, "was obliged by the Welsh revolt to divert nearly the whole of the first years' <a href="/wiki/Farm" title="Farm">farm</a> to military purposes". From then until 1284 Vale Royal "received less than half the £2,000" intended for it.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963251_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963251-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Justiciar of Chester was enjoined to "cause 100 suitable masons experienced in such work as the King is engaged upon at Kaernaruan to be chosen in the town of Chester and in other parts within his bailiwick, and cause them to come with their tools to Kaernaruan without delay, there to do what Edmund the King's brother shall enjoin upon them, as the King needs masons for his works there at once".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963378_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963378-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There were increasing problems with the abbey's workmen as well at this time; for example, in 1285 "much trouble was caused by the imprisonment of a mason named John of Dore, who, along with other Vale Royal workmen, was accused of taking venison in Delamore Forest".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250_45-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Coldstream notes, for example, that he did the same thing to his creation of <a href="/wiki/St_Stephen%27s_Chapel" title="St Stephen's Chapel">St Stephen's Chapel</a> in 1297.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColdstream20147_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColdstream20147-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The authors make this suggestion based on Edward's granting of some funds in 1290 to cover the abbey's arrears, but with the proviso that the Exchequer took special care to independently establish that the money was spent "on abbey works and not for other purposes".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_n.2_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_n.2-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indeed, funds became so short for this project that in 1332 workmen <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">downed tools</a> to force payment of unpaid wages.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963186_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963186-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The abbey had experienced financial problems since its foundation; although it had been granted a licence in 1275 to <a href="/wiki/Wool_trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Wool trade">sell wool</a> to pay for construction, seven years later the abbey owed £172 to merchants. By 1311, £200 was still owed to a custodian of the works from a 1284 debt.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The extent to which this concerned the monks, particularly in the early years, has been questioned. Cistercians, it has been noted, "were not normally too bothered by that as they had a reputation as de-populators and often uprooted whole communities".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">During the <a href="/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages" title="Early Middle Ages">early Middle Ages</a>, villeins were serfs who were tied to the land they worked and could not leave (or stop working) the land without permission from the lord of the manor. By the late 14th century, villeinage was less burdensome than it had been two centuries earlier; less heavy labour was required. It was still possible for a lord to insist on one-third of a tenant's goods at the latter's death, and Vale Royal did so frequently.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBennett198392_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett198392-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since they were not <a href="/wiki/Franklin_(class)" title="Franklin (class)">freemen</a>, villeins did not have recourse to <a href="/wiki/Trial_by_jury" class="mw-redirect" title="Trial by jury">trial by jury</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199374–76_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199374–76-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFaith1999245–265_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFaith1999245–265-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHatcher1987247–284_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHatcher1987247–284-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that "despite the light labour services associated with villein tenure, there is no doubt that the personal and financial liabilities could weigh heavily".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBooth19814–5_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBooth19814–5-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Villagers in Darnhall and Over were required to pay "redemption" to the abbey when a daughter married.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECCC196789_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECCC196789-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This involved the right to clear forest land for agricultural purposes and to remove timber and branches.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19995_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19995-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The historians Dodd and McHardy have described how, from the point of view of an ecclesiastical landlord, "the impositions made on their tenants were entirely legitimate, lawful and moral; challenges against their authority...represented a 'disinheritance' of their rights and an affront to the natural social order".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDoddMcHardy2010xxx1_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDoddMcHardy2010xxx1-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Cistercians specialised in wool production, and, argues the economist Gillian Hutchinson, were mainly responsible for the growth of the <a href="/wiki/Medieval_English_wool_trade" title="Medieval English wool trade">medieval English wool trade</a> and its eventual pre-eminence in Europe by the 15th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHutchinson199489_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHutchinson199489-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wool the abbey gathered from outside its estate, such as local farms. The distinction was important to merchants since abbey wool was the only wool perceived as reliable in quality.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBellBrooksDryburgh200751_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBellBrooksDryburgh200751-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historian <a href="/w/index.php?title=T._H._Lloyd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T. H. Lloyd (page does not exist)">T. H. Lloyd</a> has described the process operating at <a href="/wiki/Darnhall_Abbey" title="Darnhall Abbey">Darnhall Abbey</a> in 1275, when the monks contracted "to supply 12 sacks of Herefordshire <i>collecta</i> as good as the better <i>collecta</i> of Dore Abbey. The wool was to be dressed at Hereford by a man sent and probably paid, by the merchant, but the abbey was to find his board while he engaged in the work. The price of this wool was only 9 marks a sack, including delivery to London".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELloyd1977296_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELloyd1977296-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-107"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-107">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hospitality was a primary duty for those under <a href="/wiki/Benedictine_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedictine rule">Benedictine rule</a>, such as the Cistercians; <a href="/wiki/St_Benedict" class="mw-redirect" title="St Benedict">St Benedict</a> taught, "let all guests be received as Christ himself".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKerr200825_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKerr200825-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, "the cost of entertaining guests on ceremonial occasions hosted by the community was considerable".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKerr2007188_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKerr2007188-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-112"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-112">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This, a common practice beginning in the 14th century, was a convenient device to relieve a religious house of its debts; according to <a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">historian</a> F. R. Lewis, 539 such grants were made during Edward III's reign.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis193824–25_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis193824–25-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-116"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-116">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The contract notes that this is "because it is the custom that their tools, if they bring any, shall be bought".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193330_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193330-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-117"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-117">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Another royal Cistercian foundation, <a href="/wiki/Hailes_Abbey" title="Hailes Abbey">Hailes Abbey</a>, had a similar <a href="/wiki/Radiating" class="mw-redirect" title="Radiating">radiating</a> east end;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The King's Works</i> suggests that "though diplomatic contacts between the Black Prince and Castile could explain how he or his master mason became aware of this unusual plan, it is more likely that the immediate prototype was some church in Gascony or southwest France now destroyed, but familiar to the English rulers of Aquitaine in the 14th century".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254_114-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963254-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another continental influence came from the abbey of <a href="/wiki/Basilique_Saint-Urbain_de_Troyes" title="Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes">St Urbain</a> in Troyes—also dating from the late 13th century—from which came Vale Royal's distinctive <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pier_bases&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pier bases (page does not exist)">pier bases</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-123"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-123">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Stephen,_Abbot_of_Vale_Royal" title="Stephen, Abbot of Vale Royal">Abbot Stephen</a> (in office 1373 – c. 1400) was involved in violent fighting with the Bulkeley family of <a href="/wiki/Cheadle,_Greater_Manchester" title="Cheadle, Greater Manchester">Cheadle</a> in 1375. He provided <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary#Sanctuary_as_a_sacred_place" title="Sanctuary">sanctuary</a> to a convicted murderer in 1394; was regularly accused of preventing the arrest or prosecution of his monks; accepted bribes to allow prisoners to escape, and illegally felled trees for profit. In 1395, a commission discovered that he had impoverished the abbey over the previous decade by selling, <a href="/wiki/Alienation_(property_law)" title="Alienation (property law)">alienating</a>, and destroying its estates. Two of Stephen's monks were accused of theft and rape, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-128"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-128">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Such a strategy often resulted in extremely long alienations of church property. In 1535, for example, Hareware had leased the abbey's Castleton manor out for 70 years. Soon after dissolution, the first Bishop of Chester, <a href="/wiki/John_Bird_(bishop)" title="John Bird (bishop)">John Bird</a>, also leased it, consecutively, for another 99 years, meaning that Castleton was not regained by the Church of England until 1704.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox2013130_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox2013130-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-130"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-130">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Apart from Vale Royal, the rest were another Cistercian foundation at <a href="/wiki/Combermere_Abbey" title="Combermere Abbey">Combermere Abbey</a>, one nunnery in Chester, two <a href="/wiki/Benedictine" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedictine">Benedictine</a> establishments in Chester and <a href="/wiki/Birkenhead" title="Birkenhead">Birkenhead</a>, and an <a href="/wiki/Augustinians" title="Augustinians">Augustinian</a> house at <a href="/wiki/Norton,_Runcorn" title="Norton, Runcorn">Norton Abbey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox201366_129-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox201366-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-136"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-136">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Abbot himself pointed out, in a letter to Cromwell after the Abbey's surrender, that the signature on the instrument of surrender was different to that on an earlier charter Hareware had signed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox2013126_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox2013126-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-139"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-139">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The abbot was accused of condoning the murder of Brother Hugh Chalner. According to the prosecution, Chalner had told his 12-year-old nephew that he was leaving the abbey to join the boy's father in Chester and feared for his life in Vale Royal. The following day, Chalner was found dead with his throat cut.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201317–18_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuinn-Chipman201317–18-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The accusation that Harewood supported the Pilgrimage of Grace stems from the fact that his brother had told the abbey's tenants, "I can showe to you goode tydynges, for the commyns be up" because King Henry "did ouerpresse the poore commyns". In spite of this, much of the tenantry rallied to the King's banners, which supposedly angered Harewood. The abbot was also supposed to have denied the legality of Henry's marriage to Boleyn.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECox201379_132-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECox201379-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-143"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-143">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to <a href="/wiki/J._Patrick_Greene" title="J. Patrick Greene">J. Patrick Greene</a>, "the Tudor purchasers of dissolved monasteries were often looking for buildings that would form the basis of a country house surrounded by a ready-made estate".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene1992191_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreene1992191-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holcroft was an exception to this rule in Cheshire, however; unlike the rest of the country, most of the ecclesiastical land remained in the hands of the crown or helped form the recently created <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Chester" title="Diocese of Chester">Diocese of Chester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhillipsSmith199421_141-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhillipsSmith199421-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-163"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-163">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The chapter house, "a place second in importance to the church itself", was where the abbey's main business (religious—the monks read chapters of St Benedict's teachings and confessed publicly to each other—<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStalley1999188_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStalley1999188-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>and, especially, administrative)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHamlett2013117_162-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHamlett2013117-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was conducted; the <a href="/wiki/Manorial_court" title="Manorial court">manorial court</a> was held there.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-170"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-170">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This consists of a graffito with the name "Alexander", and, says Nigel Ramsay, is "difficult to date, partly because their letterforms did not necessarily represent those in use in contemporary handwriting". It is, however, "unquestionably medieval...[and] probably earlier". It was also a common name for new monks entering religion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamsay2000167_169-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamsay2000167-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vale_Royal_Abbey&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012647_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012">Pevsner et al. 2012</a>, p. 647.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914v–x-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914v–x_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914v–x_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914v–x_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownbill1914">Brownbill 1914</a>, pp. v–x.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPrestwich2004-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPrestwich2004_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPrestwich2004">Prestwich 2004</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDenton1992124-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDenton1992124_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDenton1992124_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDenton1992">Denton 1992</a>, p. 124.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERamsay1908210-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamsay1908210_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRamsay1908">Ramsay 1908</a>, p. 210.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980156–165_9-20"><sup><i><b>u</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVCH1980">VCH 1980</a>, pp. 156–165.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurnerMcNeil-Sale198853_10-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTurnerMcNeil-Sale1988">Turner & McNeil-Sale 1988</a>, p. 53.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963248_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownColvinTaylor1963">Brown, Colvin & Taylor 1963</a>, p. 248.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192_12-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998192_12-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998">Robinson et al. 1998</a>, p. 192.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams197614-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams197614_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1976">Williams 1976</a>, p. 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914vi-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914vi_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownbill1914vi_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownbill1914">Brownbill 1914</a>, p. vi.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991_15-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991_15-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19991_15-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBostockHogg1999">Bostock & Hogg 1999</a>, p. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPowicke1991412-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPowicke1991412_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPowicke1991">Powicke 1991</a>, p. 412.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012646-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012646_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPevsnerHartwellHydeHubbard2012">Pevsner et al. 2012</a>, p. 646.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19992_19-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBostockHogg1999">Bostock & Hogg 1999</a>, p. 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson1962183-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson1962183_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson1962183_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThompson1962">Thompson 1962</a>, p. 183.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESteane1993164-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteane1993164_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteane1993164_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteane1993164_21-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteane1993164_21-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSteane1993">Steane 1993</a>, p. 164.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPalliser20045-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPalliser20045_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPalliser2004">Palliser 2004</a>, p. 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDenton1992123–124-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDenton1992123–124_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDenton1992123–124_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDenton1992">Denton 1992</a>, pp. 123–124.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreene199271-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene199271_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene199271_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene199271_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGreene1992">Greene 1992</a>, p. 71.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_25-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownColvinTaylor1963">Brown, Colvin & Taylor 1963</a>, p. 249.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963205-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963205_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963205_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963205_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownColvinTaylor1963">Brown, Colvin & Taylor 1963</a>, p. 205.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones19336-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones19336_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones19336_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKnoopJones1933">Knoop & Jones 1933</a>, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193318–19-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193318–19_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKnoopJones1933">Knoop & Jones 1933</a>, pp. 18–19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaddison20151-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaddison20151_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMaddison2015">Maddison 2015</a>, p. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaddison20121-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaddison20121_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMaddison2012">Maddison 2012</a>, p. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998193_32-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRobinsonBurtonColdstreamCoppack1998">Robinson et al. 1998</a>, p. 193.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBostockHogg19993_33-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBostockHogg1999">Bostock & Hogg 1999</a>, p. 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELindley20031-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELindley20031_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLindley2003">Lindley 2003</a>, p. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEColdstream20087-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColdstream20087_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFColdstream2008">Coldstream 2008</a>, p. 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESteane199350-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteane199350_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSteane1993">Steane 1993</a>, p. 50.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193329-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193329_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKnoopJones1933">Knoop & Jones 1933</a>, p. 29.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193328-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193328_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKnoopJones1933">Knoop & Jones 1933</a>, p. 28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193315-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193315_40-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKnoopJones1933">Knoop & Jones 1933</a>, p. 15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193327-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193327_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKnoopJones1933">Knoop & Jones 1933</a>, p. 27.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193330-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193330_42-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193330_42-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193330_42-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKnoopJones1933">Knoop & Jones 1933</a>, p. 30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreene199270-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreene199270_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGreene1992">Greene 1992</a>, p. 70.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250_45-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250_45-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250_45-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250_45-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250_45-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963250_45-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownColvinTaylor1963">Brown, Colvin & Taylor 1963</a>, p. 250.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193317-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193317_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKnoopJones1933">Knoop & Jones 1933</a>, p. 17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVCH1980192-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVCH1980192_49-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVCH1980">VCH 1980</a>, p. 192.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963161_n.6-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963161_n.6_50-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownColvinTaylor1963">Brown, Colvin & Taylor 1963</a>, p. 161 n.6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963187-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963187_51-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownColvinTaylor1963">Brown, Colvin & Taylor 1963</a>, p. 187.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_n.3-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963249_n.3_53-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownColvinTaylor1963">Brown, Colvin & Taylor 1963</a>, p. 249 n.3.</span> </li> <li 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id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193322-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnoopJones193322_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKnoopJones1933">Knoop & Jones 1933</a>, p. 22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPlatt199465-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPlatt199465_60-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPlatt199465_60-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPlatt1994">Platt 1994</a>, p. 65.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963378-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963378_62-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownColvinTaylor1963">Brown, Colvin & Taylor 1963</a>, p. 378.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPalliser20046-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPalliser20046_65-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPalliser20046_65-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPalliser2004">Palliser 2004</a>, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEColdstream20147-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColdstream20147_66-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColdstream20147_66-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFColdstream2014">Coldstream 2014</a>, p. 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_68-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_68-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownColvinTaylor1963">Brown, Colvin & Taylor 1963</a>, p. 252.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_n.2-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_n.2_69-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_n.2_69-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownColvinTaylor1963">Brown, Colvin & Taylor 1963</a>, p. 252 n.2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963186-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963186_70-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownColvinTaylor1963">Brown, Colvin & Taylor 1963</a>, p. 186.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPrestwich200335-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPrestwich200335_72-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPrestwich2003">Prestwich 2003</a>, p. 35.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963253_73-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrownColvinTaylor1963">Brown, Colvin & Taylor 1963</a>, p. 253.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrownColvinTaylor1963252_n.5-74"><span 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