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Easby Abbey

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name	Easby Abbey
other name	Abbey of St Agatha
image	EasbyAbbey_Refectory.jpg
caption	Easby Abbey refectory
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location	Richmond, North Yorkshire
country	England
denomination	Premonstratensian
website
founded date
founder	Roald, Constable of Richmond Castle
dedication	St Agatha
status	Ruin
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width
width nave
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materials	Stone

Easby Abbey, or the Abbey of St Agatha, is a ruined Premonstratensian abbey on the eastern bank of the River Swale on the outskirts of Richmond in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The site is privately owned but maintained by English Heritage and can be reached by a riverside walk from Richmond Castle. Within the precinct is the still-active parish church, displaying 13th-century wall paintings.

History

The Abbey of St Agatha, Easby, was founded in 1152 by Roald, Constable of Richmond Castle. The inhabitants were canons rather than monks. The Premonstratensians wore a white habit and became known as the White Canons. Easby was a daughter house of the Abbey of St Mary and St Martial (Newsham Abbey) in Lincolnshire; it was the third Premonstratensian house funded in England.

The White Canons followed a code of austerity similar to that of Cistercian monks. Unlike monks of other orders, they were exempt from episcopal discipline. They undertook preaching and pastoral work in the region (such as distributing meat and drink). The canons also raised sheep.

Other former Premonstraterian houses in the north of England include Egglestone Abbey in County Durham and Shap Abbey in Cumbria. Like most northern monasteries, Easby suffered from frequent Scottish raids during the Middle Ages. Great damage was caused to Easby and Egglestone Abbey in 1346 when the English army was billeted there on its way to the Battle of Neville's Cross.

In the late 1530s Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries. The abbey was abandoned and left to fall into ruins, though some of the best features were salvaged: the fine canopied choir stalls are now found in Richmond parish church.

The ruins are now Grade I listed.

Picture gallery of Easby Abbey

File:EasbyAbbey.jpg|Easby Abbey claustral west range File:Easby abbey 2.JPG|Easby Abbey, May 2007 File:Easby abbey wideview.JPG|View of Easby Abbey from the north-east, May 2007 File:EasbyAbbeyGatehouse.jpg|Abbey gatehouse

Burials

Henry le Scrope was buried at the Abbey
William le Scrope (son of Henry), who was a soldier who distinguished himself in the French and Scottish wars (also buried at the Abbey)
Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton was buried at the Abbey in 1403.
Roger Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton, also buried at the Abbey
Richard Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton
Henry Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton
John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton

References

"Easby Abbey". English Heritage.
(2008). "Online Guide to Richmond - St Agatha's Abbey, Easby". Richmond Online.
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