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31: 159:, it was founded in 1145 and became a family home following the dissolution of the priory in 1538. The present house was built in the late 16th century, substantially remodelled by 4th Viscount Fauconberg 1725-45 and further restored in the 1960s. The 40 acres (16 ha) of grounds contain a water garden, walled garden, topiary yews and woodland walks. It is one of the rumoured burial sites of 235:, a royal chaplain, purchased the priory in 1539 from Henry VIII for £1,062. Anthony, with his brother Richard, had been responsible for the dissolution of not only Newburgh, but also eight other monasteries in the north of England. His nephew Sir William Bellasis (1524–1604) converted Newburgh into a private residence in 1546. He was appointed 278:
The property then descended through several generations to Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg. On his death in 1802 the earldom became extinct and Newburgh was left to Lady Charlotte, his eldest daughter, who had married Thomas Wynn. He took the surname Belasyse and was High Sheriff in 1810–11. On
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Coal mining was prevalent in the area (as it was in other locations on the North York Moors) and collieries were in existence at Gilling East and Newburgh Priory. These workings finished in the 20th century.
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Lady Charlotte's death in 1825 without male heir, the estate passed to George Wombwell, 3rd Baronet, the son of her sister Lady Anne, who had married
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stayed a night there on 17 July 1503 as a guest of the prior during her progress to meet her husband
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and High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1861. The house remains in the Wombwell family today.
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and High Sheriff for 1603–04. In 1611, he became one of the first baronets. His son
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until the death of Lady Charlotte Bellayse in 1825, when the property passed to the
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before the community could move in 1145 to Newburgh on lands originally granted by
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The house was once the home of the Bellasis family and the seat of the
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via the eldest son of her sister, Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Baronet.
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continued to support the priory, as Roger's grandson,
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Grade I listed building in North Yorkshire, England
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English country house
Coordinates
54°10′52″N 1°10′23″W / 54.18111°N 1.17306°W / 54.18111; -1.17306
www.newburghpriory.co.uk
Coxwold
North Yorkshire
Augustinian canons
Oliver Cromwell
Earls of Fauconberg
Wombwell family
Roger de Mowbray
Augustinian canons
Bridlington
Hook
William the Conqueror
Robert de Mowbray
Mowbrays
William de Mowbray
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Henry VIII
Margaret Tudor
James IV of Scotland
Anthony de Bellasis
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
Henry
Thirsk
Aldborough
Thomas Belasyse, 1st Viscount Fauconberg
baron

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