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Title: The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Lefroy, William, 1836-1900
Subjects: Abbeys
Publisher: London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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rch, or journey,in the service ofthe • Conquerorhe turned asideto visit Streone-shalch as we nowvisit the ruins ofthe later Whitby,but with thisdifference, he was pricked to theheart by thetokens of ruinand desolation,and afterwardsbecame a monkat Evesham.Thence, after tenyears of discip-line, he emergedbetween 1076and 1080, withthe vision of the roofless cells and desecrated altars of Whitby stillbefore his eyes. He was accompanied by Ealdwine, Prior ofWinchcumbe, and Oswin, a monk, and the three,with their scanty possessions carried on an ass, setmanfully forth to restore monasticism in Northumbria.Their first halt was at Monkchester, their second atJarrow. Here Oswin was left while Ealdwine andRegenfrith continued their journey. At last they,too, separated, and Regenfrith came alone to Streone-shalch, which is also named Hwiteby. Beforelong he had gathered round him, by the unfailingmagic of a genuine enthusiasm, a little companyeager for the religious life. Then the great family
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WHITBY CHURCH, FROM A WINDOW OF THE ABBEY. of the Percics come upon the scene. It is Williamde Percy who gives Regenfrith and his monks leaveand license to occupy the sacred places of Hilda andEanfleda, of Caedmon, Rosa and John of Beverley.Put for this patronage they expect their reward.Scrlo dc Percy, brother of William, must succeedRegenfrith as Prior, to the exclusion and bitter dis-appointment of Stephen, a monk with capacity, am-bition, and a party. This led to the secession ofStephen and his friends to York, where he becameabbot, and wrote the record to which we have more than oncereferred. Mean-while the devo-tion of Williamde Perci. couldnot rest till he-had raised hisPrior\- into arich and powerfulAbbey; and then,for some reason,Scrlo was dis-placed, and ayounger William,nephew of thefounder, wasmade abbot. The conductof the elderWilliam, the bro-ther of Scrlo,towards the mo-nastery has beenmuch discussed,and he has beenaccused of vio-lence and injus-tice by somehistorians,

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