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FOUNTAINS See also:ABBEY , one of the most celebrated ecclesiastical ruins in See also:England. It lies in the sequestered valley of the See also:river Skell, 3 m. S.W. of the See also:city of See also:Ripon in See also:Yorkshire. The situation is most beautiful. The little Skell descends from the uplands of Pateley See also:Moor to the See also:west a clear See also:swift stream, traversing a valley clothed with See also:woods, conspicuous among which are someancient See also:yew trees which may have sheltered the monks who first sought See also:retreat here. Steep rocky hills enclose the vale. Mainly on the See also:north See also:side of the stream, in an open glade, rise the picturesque and extensive ruins, the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church with its stately See also:tower, and the numerous remnants of domestic buildings which enable the See also:great abbey to be almost completely reconstructed in the mind. The arrangements are typical of a Cistercian See also:house (see ABBEY). See also:Building began in See also:earnest about 1135, and was continued steadily until the See also:middle of the 13th See also:century, after which the only important erection was See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
Abbot Huby's tower (c. 15oo). The See also:demesne of Studley Royal (See also:marquess of Ripon) contains the ruins. It is in See also:part laid out in the formal Dutch See also:style; the See also:work of See also:John See also:Aislabie, See also:lord of the See also:manor in the See also:early part of the 18th century. Near the abbey is the picturesque Jacobean See also:mansion of Fountains See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall.
In 1132 the See also:prior and twelve monks of St See also:Mary's abbey, See also:York, being dissatisfied with the easy See also:life they were living, See also:left the monastery and with the assistance of See also:Thurstan, See also:archbishop of York, founded a house in the valley of the Skell, where they adopted the Cistercian See also:rule. While building their monastery the monks are said to have lived at first under an See also:elm and then under seven yew trees called the Seven Sisters. Two years later they were joined by See also:Hugh, See also:dean of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's, York, who brought with him a large sum bf See also:money and a valuable collection of books. His example was followed by Serlo, a See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
monk of St Mary's abbey, York, and by Tosti, a See also:canon of York, and others. See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I. and succeeding sovereigns granted them many privileges. During the reign of See also:Edward I. the monks appear to have again suffered from poverty, partly no doubt owing to the invasion of the Scots, but partly also through their own " misconduct and extravagance." On See also:account of this Edward I. in 1291 appointed John 'de See also:Berwick custodian of the abbey so that he might pay their debts from the issues of their estates, allowing them enough for their See also:maintenance, and Edward II. in 1319 granted them exemption from taxes. After the See also:Dissolution Henry VIII. sold the manor and site of the monastery to See also:Sir See also:Richard See also:Gresham, and from him after passing through several families it came to the marquess of Ripon.
See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History, Yorkshire; See also:Dugdale, Monasticon; See also:Surtees Society, Memorials of the Abbey of St Mary of Fountains, collected and edited by J. R. Walbran (1863-78).
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