Shelford Priory
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Shelford Priory, a house of Augustinian Canons, was founded by Ralph Haunselyn around 1160-80 in Nottinghamshire
. Later it became Shelford Manor.
, the girdle and milk of the Virgin Mary, and a candle which she is supposed to have carried at the Purification
.
Shelford was subjected in 1536 to a visitation. They estimated the annual income at £100 (£ as of ),. Part of this income was the tithes from All Saints' Church, Ockbrook
.
Shortly before the Dissolution of the Monasteries
there were twelve canons in residence.
(1518 - 1552) for 60 years at a rental of £20 (£ as of ). Sir Michael Stanhope
was the second son of Sir Edward Stanhope of Rampton. Michael Stanhope built Shelford Manor on the site of the priory.
Michael was executed in 1552 and the estate passed from father to son:
was summoned to Parliament in 1640 and took the side of King Charles I
in the threatening conflict. When the English Civil War
broke out he and his sons took up arms. Shelford Manor was garrisoned under the command of his son Philip Stanhope
.
The house was surrounded on 1 November 1645 by forces led by Colonel John Hutchinson
and Colonel-General Sydnam Poyntz
. The summons to surrender was rejected by Philip Stanhope
.
Lucy Hutchinson
the wife of John Hutchinson (Colonel)
described some of the tactics of the defenders:
The house was stormed on 3 November. Stanhope was killed on 3 November and many defenders were massacred. 140 were taken prisoner. Shelford House was plundered for valuables and burnt to the ground. On the following day, Colonel-General Sydnam Poyntz
moved to Wiverton Hall
in Nottinghamshire
which suffered the same fate.
, Arthur Stanhope
(1627- 1677). This building still exists, although it has now been vacated by the Stanhopes. The site is now used as a farm.
It is located in Shelford, Nottinghamshire.
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
. Later it became Shelford Manor.
The Priory
Haunselyn dedicated it to the Virgin Mary. The Priory owned oil said to be a relic of the True CrossTrue Cross
The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which, by a Christian tradition, are believed to be from the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.According to post-Nicene historians, Socrates Scholasticus and others, the Empress Helena The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which, by a...
, the girdle and milk of the Virgin Mary, and a candle which she is supposed to have carried at the Purification
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, which falls on 2 February, celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and some Eastern Catholic Churches, it is one of the twelve Great Feasts, and is sometimes called Hypapante...
.
Shelford was subjected in 1536 to a visitation. They estimated the annual income at £100 (£ as of ),. Part of this income was the tithes from All Saints' Church, Ockbrook
All Saints' Church, Ockbrook
All Saints' Church, Ockbrook is a parish church in the Church of England located in Ockbrook, Derbyshire.-History:Before the English Reformation, Ockbrook was a chapelry within the parish of Elvaston, cared for by a curate...
.
Shortly before the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
there were twelve canons in residence.
Priors of Shelford
- Alexander, occurs 1204
- William, occurs c. 1225
- John de Nottingham, occurs 1271, resigned 1289
- Robert de Tithby, 1289
- Laurence, died c. 1310
- Thomas de Lexinton, c. 1310
- Robert de Mannesfield, 1315
- William de Breton, 1320
- William de Leicester, 1340
- Stephen de Bassyngborn, 1349
- Thomas de Chilwell, 1349
- (Alexander de Insula, elected 1358)
- Roger de Graystock, appointed 1358
- William de Kynalton, 1365
- Robert Lyndby, 1404
- William de Righton, 1408
- Walter Cutwolfe, died 1459
- John Bottesford, 1459
- Richard Stokes, 1479
- Robert Helmsley, 1491
- Henry Sharp, 1498
- Robert Dickson
The first manor
In June 1536 the Crown granted the priory to Sir Michael StanhopeSir Michael Stanhope
Sir Michael Stanhope was a Nottinghamshire landowner and suspected rebel against the English Crown. He was a descendant of the ancient Stanhope family of Rampton, Nottinghamshire....
(1518 - 1552) for 60 years at a rental of £20 (£ as of ). Sir Michael Stanhope
Sir Michael Stanhope
Sir Michael Stanhope was a Nottinghamshire landowner and suspected rebel against the English Crown. He was a descendant of the ancient Stanhope family of Rampton, Nottinghamshire....
was the second son of Sir Edward Stanhope of Rampton. Michael Stanhope built Shelford Manor on the site of the priory.
Michael was executed in 1552 and the estate passed from father to son:
- Sir Thomas StanhopeSir Thomas StanhopeSir Thomas Stanhope was a Tudor MP for Nottinghamshire in England.He was the eldest son of Sir Michael Stanhope and Ann Rawson, the eldest of eight surviving children. He was 12 years old when his father was executed in 1552...
(1540-1596) - Sir John StanhopeSir John StanhopeSir John Stanhope was an English knight and landowner and father of the 1st Earl of Chesterfield.He was appointed Postmaster General to Queen Elizabeth on 20 June 1590....
(1559-1611) - Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of ChesterfieldPhilip Stanhope, 1st Earl of ChesterfieldPhilip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield , son of Sir John Stanhope and his wife Cordell Allington, was an English aristocrat. Stanhope was knighted in 1605 by James I...
(1584 – 1656).
Siege and Destruction
Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of ChesterfieldPhilip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield , son of Sir John Stanhope and his wife Cordell Allington, was an English aristocrat. Stanhope was knighted in 1605 by James I...
was summoned to Parliament in 1640 and took the side of King Charles I
Charles I of England
Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...
in the threatening conflict. When the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
broke out he and his sons took up arms. Shelford Manor was garrisoned under the command of his son Philip Stanhope
Philip Stanhope (Cavalier)
Philip Stanhope was Colonel of the Shelford Manor Royalist forces in the English Civil War. He was the 10th son of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield and his wife Catherine, daughter of Francis Hastings, Baron Hastings....
.
The house was surrounded on 1 November 1645 by forces led by Colonel John Hutchinson
John Hutchinson (Colonel)
Colonel John Hutchinson was one of the Puritan leaders, and a prominent Roundhead in the English Civil War to the extent of being the 13th of 39 Commissioners to sign the death-warrant of King Charles I.-Biography:...
and Colonel-General Sydnam Poyntz
Sydnam Poyntz
Sydnam Poyntz , Col.-Gen., an English soldier, served in the Thirty Years' War under Ernst von Mansfeld before commanding Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War....
. The summons to surrender was rejected by Philip Stanhope
Philip Stanhope (Cavalier)
Philip Stanhope was Colonel of the Shelford Manor Royalist forces in the English Civil War. He was the 10th son of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield and his wife Catherine, daughter of Francis Hastings, Baron Hastings....
.
Lucy Hutchinson
Lucy Hutchinson
Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson was an English biographer as well as the first translator into English of the complete text of Lucretius's De Rerum Natura during the years of the interregnum .-Biography:...
the wife of John Hutchinson (Colonel)
John Hutchinson (Colonel)
Colonel John Hutchinson was one of the Puritan leaders, and a prominent Roundhead in the English Civil War to the extent of being the 13th of 39 Commissioners to sign the death-warrant of King Charles I.-Biography:...
described some of the tactics of the defenders:
When he came thither, a few of the Shelford soldiers were gotten into the steeple of the churchSt. Peter and St. Paul's Church, ShelfordSt. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Shelford is a parish church in the Church of England in Shelford, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest.-History:The church is medieval but...
, and from thence so played upon the garrison’s men that they could not quietly take up their quarters. There was a trapdoor that went into the belfry, and they had made it fast, and drew up the ladders and the bell-ropes, and regarded not the Governor’s threatening to have no quarter if they came not down, so that he was forced to send for straw and fire it and smother them out.
The house was stormed on 3 November. Stanhope was killed on 3 November and many defenders were massacred. 140 were taken prisoner. Shelford House was plundered for valuables and burnt to the ground. On the following day, Colonel-General Sydnam Poyntz
Sydnam Poyntz
Sydnam Poyntz , Col.-Gen., an English soldier, served in the Thirty Years' War under Ernst von Mansfeld before commanding Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War....
moved to Wiverton Hall
Wiverton Hall
Wiverton Hall is an English country house near Tithby, Nottinghamshire..Wiverton Hall is considered to have been established by Sir Thomas Chaworth in 1450. All but the gatehouse was destroyed in the English Civil War....
in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
which suffered the same fate.
Rebuilding
It was rebuilt after the civil war by another son of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of ChesterfieldPhilip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield , son of Sir John Stanhope and his wife Cordell Allington, was an English aristocrat. Stanhope was knighted in 1605 by James I...
, Arthur Stanhope
Arthur Stanhope
Arthur Stanhope was born in 1627 at Shelford, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, and died in 1677. He was the son of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield and Catherine Hastings, daughter of Francis Hastings, Lord Hastings.-Life:...
(1627- 1677). This building still exists, although it has now been vacated by the Stanhopes. The site is now used as a farm.
It is located in Shelford, Nottinghamshire.