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| 1169 |  |
Robert de Vaux founds Lanercost Priory |
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| 1280 | First visit to the Priory by Edward I (with Queen Eleanor) |
| 1296 | The Priory increasingly finds itself in a war zone as Scotland
fights to retain its sovereignty. In April monastery building damaged by Scottish forces
who also devastate Hexham Priory |
| 1306 | Edward I arrives at Lanercost in September in ill-health and spends
almost half a year at the Priory |
| 1311 | The King of the Scots, Robert I (Robert the Bruce) arrives at Lanercost
and causes much devastation |
| 1538 | The Priory is dissolved by Henry VIII. The lead is stripped off all
the roofs other than church (because it was in use as a parish church), a chantry chapel and
the kitchen |
| 1552 | Control of the Priory passes to Sir Thomas Dacre |
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| The church falls into decline. By the end of the seventeenth century the
congregation have retreated into the north aisle which has been reroofed
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| 1718 | Following the demise of the Dacre line at Lanercost, control passes
to the Howards of Naworth, the Earls of Carlisle |
| 1747 | The congregation moves back into the nave of the church after money
has been raised to reroof it |
| 1847 | The Priory has once again falled into a delapidated state and the roof at the
east end collapses |
| 1849 | The Priory re-opens following a major restoration by Antony Salvin |
| 1870s | Further restoration by C J Ferguson |
| 1929 | The Priory ruins handed over as a 'gift to the nation' |
