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466:, because of the range of features that survive, and their rarity value, for Beauvale was one of only nine Carthusian houses to be built in England. The monks were well respected, because they maintained their austere standards until the Dissolution. The site was one of the first to receive scheduled monument protection, on 10 April 1915, and the individual buildings were granted
322:, Lawrence's predecessor as Prior at Beauvale. Prior Lawrence was interrogated on 20 April but declared he could "not take our sovereign lord to be supreme head of the Church, but him that is by God the head of the Church, that is the bishop of Rome, as Ambrose, Jerome, and Augustine teach". The three Carthusians and a Brigittine monk from
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Beauvale Priory was finally surrendered for dissolution on 18 July 1539. The surrender document was signed by the Prior, Thomas
Woodcock, and seven other monks: John Langdale, William Welles, Alexander Lowthe, Edmund Garner, Robert Gowton (proctor), Thomas Leyghton, and Thomas Wallis. Prior Woodcock
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were all tried on 28 April and charged with "verbal treason" for claiming King Henry was not the supreme head of the Church of
England. The jury refused to find the four guilty as they felt "they did not act maliciously"; Cromwell, however, violently threatened the jury until they returned a guilty
474:, while the Gatehouse and parts of the boundary wall are separately listed as Grade II buildings. The site also includes the Abbey Farmhouse, which was built in the 16th century and extended in the 18th and 19th centuries, using material which was largely quarried from the priory.
285:
Although concrete evidence remains scant, several claims have been made for
Beauvale's role in shaping late medieval English spirituality: John P.H. Clark suggests that the author of the seminal mystical text
233:. The priory was originally built to be home to a prior and twelve monks. It was the third of nine houses of the Carthusian order established in England. The two earlier houses were established in
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in person in the hope of stopping the dissolution of his priory. Cromwell never saw
Lawrence and he, along with two other Carthusian Priors who had made similar journeys, were imprisoned in the
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of 1534 lists the priory as having an annual income of £227 8s., of which £196 6s. was left after expenses. At this time the priory was in control of the
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was probably a
Carthusian of Beauvale Priory. and Jonathan Hughes posits that Beauvale may have been an important centre for the study of English mystic
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was awarded an annual pension of £26 13s. 4d. The priory and most of its possessions were granted in 1541 to Sir
William Huse of London. The manor of
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of the churches of
Greasley and Selston in Nottinghamshire; Bonby in Lincolnshire; and Farnham in Yorkshire.
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There are still substantial remains of the buildings, and the whole site has been designated as a
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The priory was founded in 1343 by
Nicholas de Cantelupe (d.1355), in honour of the
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The Penny
Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
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Salzburg, Austria: Institut fur Anglistik und Americanistik, 1995.
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334:. He and his fellow prisoners were sentenced to death (to be
486:'s historical short story, "A Fragment of Stained Glass."
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The Remains of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
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The Remains of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
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Christian monasteries established in the 14th century
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status in 1952. The remains of the Priory Church are
435:, and Bodleian Library MS Douce 114, a collection of
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Some tiles and fragments of stained glass are now in
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525:"Transactions of the Thoroton Society". 1908: 69–94.
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translations of the vitae of Elizabeth of Spalbeek,
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Monasteries dissolved under the English Reformation
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905:
769:The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland
410:Thomas Woodcock, 16 December 1537 – surrender 1539
330:Prior Lawrence became one of a group known as the
580:House of Carthusian monks: The priory of Beauvale
33:The Structural Remains of Beauvale Priory in 2007
16:Carthusian monastery in Beauvale, Nottinghamshire
1149:
586:(1910), pp. 105–109. Date accessed: 28 June 2013
482:The ruin of Beauvale Priory was the setting for
367:, previously held by the priory, was granted to
584:A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2
76:The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Beauvale
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501:Grade II* listed buildings in Nottinghamshire
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1163:Buildings and structures in Nottinghamshire
898:
884:
1203:Religiously motivated violence in England
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597:The Cloud of Unknowing: An Introduction.
1158:Archaeological sites in Nottinghamshire
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638:
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281:Role in late-medieval English mysticism
133:Nicholas de Cantiloup, Lord of Ilkeston
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680:"Beauvale Carthusian Priory (1002920)"
652:. The Beauvale Society. Archived from
646:"St Mary's Church and Greasley Castle"
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879:
357:suppression of the lesser monasteries
310:, travelled to London in 1535 to see
787:Transactions of the Thoroton Society
742:"Beauvale Abbey Farmhouse (1248103)"
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383:Richard de Burton, occurs 1422, 1426
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747:National Heritage List for England
716:National Heritage List for England
711:"Beauvale Priory Church (1278052)"
685:National Heritage List for England
350:Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
308:Robert Lawrence, Prior of Beauvale
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1234:
1223:1539 disestablishments in England
1198:Places in the Borough of Broxtowe
1183:History of Catholicism in England
1168:Carthusian monasteries in England
938:Nottingham, Holy Sepulchre Priory
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871:Website of the Beauvale Society
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59:Location within Nottinghamshire
1218:1343 establishments in England
1193:Monasteries in Nottinghamshire
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318:as traitors. One of these was
306:'s supremacy over the church.
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1208:Ruined abbeys and monasteries
615:. Boydell & Brewer, 1988.
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241:in Somerset. The others were
506:Listed buildings in Greasley
395:Nicholas Wartre, occurs 1486
386:Thomas Metheley, occurs 1468
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336:hanged, drawn and quartered
217:, Nottinghamshire. It is a
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821:History of Nottinghamshire
634:. Oxford University Press.
464:scheduled ancient monument
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1213:Ruins in Nottinghamshire
628:Cranmer, Thomas (1833).
848:Oxford University Press
560:. Charles Knight. 1836.
389:John Swift, occurs 1478
344:was created a saint by
1003:Nottingham Whitefriars
802:Cite journal requires
538:Cite journal requires
447:, a letter concerning
348:in 1970 as one of the
288:The Cloud of Unknowing
177:53.036424°N 1.267206°W
1080:Nottingham Greyfriars
457:Horologium Sapientiae
207:Beauvale Charterhouse
84:Beauvale Charterhouse
68:Monastery information
1116:Ossington Preceptory
650:beauvale-society.org
380:William, occurs 1404
271:Valor Ecclesiasticus
182:53.036424; -1.267206
1120:Winkburn Preceptory
1108:Knights Hospitaller
985:Wallingwells Priory
767:"Beauvale Priory."
243:London Charterhouse
173: /
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611:Hughes, Jonathan.
496:Carthusian Martyrs
449:Catherine of Siena
332:Carthusian Martyrs
255:Kingston upon Hull
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1129:Premonstratensian
1075:Newark Greyfriars
948:Thurgarton Priory
656:on 27 August 2014
595:Clark, John P.H.
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312:Thomas Cromwell
304:King Henry VIII
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259:Mount Grace
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155:Coordinates
101:Established
81:Other names
1152:Categories
1090:Gilbertine
1067:Franciscan
1031:Cistercian
1013:Carthusian
512:References
453:Henry Suso
324:Syon Abbey
247:St. Anne's
211:Carthusian
165:53°02′11″N
130:Founder(s)
95:Carthusian
995:Carmelite
371:in 1540.
327:verdict.
275:advowsons
168:1°16′02″W
73:Full name
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490:See also
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251:Coventry
215:Beauvale
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147:Beauvale
143:Location
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722:21 June
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415:Remains
263:Epworth
225:History
451:, and
443:, and
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