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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Mountgrace was founded in 1398 by Thomas de Holand, a nephew of Richard II. Carthusians and their brand of piety was super-fashionable at the time (due to the strictness of their Rule and a general post-Black Death rethink) but having a founder connected to Richard II became a problem. /2

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

In 1415, it was re-founded by Thomas Beaufort. Mountgrace only lasted until 1539, when the Suppression of the monasteries kicked in. I was keen to look at the reconstructed monk's cell. I took lots of photos. Lots. Here's a few. /3

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t.h. dray ♠️ @thdray.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

View of the church with its bell tower and some cells in the background. This is the first thing you see when you enter through the guest house into the priory grounds. (I might call it a charterhouse sometimes. I'm more used to that.) /4

Ruins of Mount Grace Priory, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England. View of the church, chapterhouse and some cells in the background. Sky is overcast.

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