The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire . , there was the difficulty of securingfor themselves a recognised status in the Cisterciansystem, and, secondly, there were serious drawbacksto the site. The situation, says Whitaker, was unpromising,high in the valley, cold and exposed to fogs, and,therefore, though not unfit for pasturage, ill adaptedto the ripening even of barley and oats, for wheatwas then rarely cultivated even in the low districtsnorth of the Trent. This latter evil was ultimatelyremedied by Alan, Count of Richmond, and hisson Conan, who, besides confirming the originalgrants of Fitz-Bard
The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire . , there was the difficulty of securingfor themselves a recognised status in the Cisterciansystem, and, secondly, there were serious drawbacksto the site. The situation, says Whitaker, was unpromising,high in the valley, cold and exposed to fogs, and,therefore, though not unfit for pasturage, ill adaptedto the ripening even of barley and oats, for wheatwas then rarely cultivated even in the low districtsnorth of the Trent. This latter evil was ultimatelyremedied by Alan, Count of Richmond, and hisson Conan, who, besides confirming the originalgrants of Fitz-Bardolph, bestowed on the monks ofJervaulx, first, a great pasture of Wandesleydale,and then a vast uncultivated tract. Both fatherand son, in fact, took a warm interest in theMonastery, and the former expressly commandedbrother Peter to let him know when he was aboutto begin building operations, that he might himselfbe there to see. Accordingly, when all was ready, Peter made hisway to the Count, who, coming to the scene of action,. Jervaulx. 45 called by name upon four or five of the knights whoaccompanied him, and said with a pleasant smile, asone in sport, We have all wide lands and great pos-sessions ; now, therefore, let us with our own handsbe helpers and builders of this house in the name ofour Lord, and let each of us contribute land, or rent,for the permanent endowment* and support of thepart which he has built. To which hint some of them responded wellenough, while others insisted upon terms and con-ditions. So it came to pass that the first woodenmakeshift and apology for a church was run up,to wit, in the year 1145; of which, when Rogerde Mowbray, the devout founder of Byland, heard,he could not be happy without a share in theprayers and spiritual benefactions of these monksof Savigny,but, with great devo- ;~ . tion and ge-nerosity, gavethe said bro-ther Peter,by charter,some landbelonging tohis domainof Masham. Not longafterwards,Count Alanwent to visithis estatesin B
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