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Premonstratensian monastery Coverham Abbey, in North Yorkshire, England.
'Published according to Act of Parliament by Alex.r Hogg, No. 16 Paternoster Row.'
'Eastgate sculp-t' engraved by John Eastgate (fl.1786-1819).
Copper engraved print.
Some toning on left side.
16.5 x 22.5 cm
Coverham Abbey, North Yorkshire, England, was a Premonstratensian monastery originally founded at Swainby in 1190 by Helewisia, daughter of the Lord Chief Justice Ranulf de Glanville. It was refounded at Coverham in about 1212 by her son Ranulf fitzRalph, who had the body of his late mother reinterred in the chapter house at Coverham.
The abbey was closed in 1536 - Thomas Wraye, father of Sir Christopher Wray (Chief Justice of the King's Bench 1574-1592) was the last Seneschal of the Abbey. It was sold to Humphrey Orme and quickly became a ruin..
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