From the historic work
of the by the brothers, Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins
of Castles & Abbeys in England, 1726-1739. Samuel and Nathaniel
Buck were the most important topographical artists of the 18th
century, creating a record of over 500 ancient monuments &
towns in England and Wales. Many of these monuments had been
devastated during the course of the Reformation, particularly
during the period when Oliver Cromwell ruled England as "Lord
Protector." The Bucks Views, as they have become known, provide an
invaluable record of these magnificent buildings, some of which
have seen further deterioration during the 275 years that have
since passed.
Samuel
& Nathaniel
Buck"Buck's Views" as they were called are 428 views of the ruins
of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four views of seats and
eighty-three large general views of the chief cities and towns of
England and Wales. Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid
Watermarked Paper. . . . . where possible other names have been
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8. The East View on Nun- eaton Nunnery in
the County of Warwick
ie Nuneaton
Antique engraving 'Buck's Views
from the boook began in
1726, by the brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel Buck began their task
of creating a visual record of ancient monuments in England and
Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were called are 428 views of the
ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four views of
seats and eighty-three large general views of the chief cities and
towns of England and Wales. Printed and sold individually and
collected into volumes for book purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in
Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696, Nathaniel being a younger brother.
~Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, 11
1/4" x 18 1/2" £50 full page perfect post inclusive
Nuneaton's name came from a 12th century Benedictine nunnery (parts
of which still survive) from which much of the town grew around.
Prior to this it was a settlement known as 'Etone', which
translates literally as 'water-town'. Nuneaton was listed in the
Domesday Book as a small hamlet.A market was established in 1233
(and is still held today). The first recorded use of the modern
name was in 1247 when a document recorded it as 'Nonne Eton'. The
Nunnery fell into disrepair after 1539 (with Henry VIII's
dissolution of the monasteries).
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''The South West View of Battel
Abby in the County of
Sussex'
Antique engraving 'Buck's Views
from the boook began in
1726, by the brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel Buck began their task
of creating a visual record of ancient monuments in England and
Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were called are 428 views of the
ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four views of
seats and eighty-three large general views of the chief cities and
towns of England and Wales. Printed and sold individually and
collected into volumes for book purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in
Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696, Nathaniel being a younger brother.
~Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, 11
1/4" x 18 1/2" £50 full page
Battle Abbey (actually named St. Martin's Abbey see Grose etc ) is
a partially ruined abbey complex in the small town of Battle in
East Sussex, England. In 1070 Pope Alexander II ordered the Normans
to do penance for killing so many people during their conquest of
England. So William the Conqueror vowed to build an abbey where the
Battle of Hastings had taken place, with the high altar of its
church on the very spot where King Harold fell in that battle on
Saturday, 14 October 1066. He did start building it and named it
Battle Abbey, though he died before it was completed. Its church
was finished in about 1094 and consecrated during the reign of his
son William Rufus. It was remodelled in the late 13th century but
virtually destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under
King Henry VIII.
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The North West View of Sudbury priory in
the County of
Suffolk
Antique engraving 'Buck's Views
from the boook began in
1726, by the brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel Buck began their task
of creating a visual record of ancient monuments in England and
Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were called are 428 views of the
ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four views of
seats and eighty-three large general views of the chief cities and
towns of England and Wales. Printed and sold individually and
collected into volumes for book purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in
Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696, Nathaniel being a younger brother.
~Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, 11
1/4" x 18 1/2" £20 trimmed to just outside plate mark
. . .
.. slightly sunned repaired tear right edge
Sudbury Priory built in 1272 by Baldwin de Shimperling (this priory
was supplied with water through lead tubes as early as 1381!), and
the Dominican Priory, but these have all been lost.
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The East View of Betchworth Castle in the County of
Surry
Antique
engraving 'Buck's Views from the
boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel Buck
began their task of creating a visual record of ancient monuments
in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were called are 428
views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four
views of seats and eighty-three large general views of the chief
cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed and sold
individually and collected into volumes for book purchasers. Samuel
Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696, Nathaniel being a
younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid
Watermarked Paper, 11 1/4" x 18 1/2"£40 trimmed to 1cm out
of plate mark ie smaller margins
Betchworth Castle is the ruins of a fortified medieval house,
built on a sandstone spur overlooking the western bank of the River
Mole, Surrey, UK. The ruins are in Betchworth Park Golf Course, off
Castle Gardens, about 5 miles west of Reigate. The site is
accessible in daylight hours, with roadside car parking. Public
access to the site was granted through a land deal in 2005 with
Betchworth Park Golf Club The entire ruin is surrounded by
sturdy railings, to exclude a close approach for safety. Much of
the masonry is poised to fall; there are subterranean cellars that
could collapse at any moment. Some of them already
have.
£50
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The North
West Prospect of Barlings Abbey
nr Lincoln
Antique
engraving 'Buck's Views from
the boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel
Buck began their task of creating a visual record of ancient
monuments in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were called
are 428 views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together
with four views of seats and eighty-three large general views of
the chief cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed and sold
individually and collected into volumes for book purchasers. Samuel
Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696, Nathaniel being a
younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid
Watermarked Paper, 11 1/4" x 18 1/2"£50 whole page full
margins
Barlings Abbey, Lincolnshire, was a Premonstratensian monastery in
England, founded in 1154.Its founder was Ralph de Haye, son of the
constable of Lincoln Castle, and lord of Burwell and Carlton. It
was first established at Barlings Grange but was soon moved to its
present site.
By the mid-14th century the canons are known to have been in
considerable financial trouble and even by 1412 when there were
twenty-seven in residence, they were maintained with difficulty due
to continued poverty and debt. By 1497 the situation had improved
with the abbot praised for his administration and the monastery
remarked to be in a good state. In 1537, during the Dissolution of
the Monasteries, the abbey became involved in the uprisings against
this act and the abbot, Matthew Mackarel, and six of the canons
were subsequently executed. The abbey was closed and the remainder
of the canons expelled with little compensation due to the
activities of their condemned brethren, with the property then
passing to the Duke of Suffolk.
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The South
`East View of Newark
Priory in the County of
Antique
engraving 'Buck's Views from
the boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel
Buck began their task of creating a visual record of ancient
monuments in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were called
are 428 views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together
with four views of seats and eighty-three large general views of
the chief cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed and sold
individually and collected into volumes for book purchasers. Samuel
Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696, Nathaniel being a
younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid
Watermarked Paper, 11 1/4" x 18 1/2" £50 whole page full
margins
Newark Priory was estalished in the late 12th Century by Rauld de
Calva and his wife Beatrice de Saudes for Augustian canons. It was
dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Thomas Beckett and was a "novo
loco" - a new place for monks from nearby.The Priory's name changed
over the years to Newstead and then finally Newark. During King
Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries Newark Priory was
Dissolved.The prior itself was pensioned off, valuables sent to the
Tower of London and the land given to the Master of the Kings
Horse. It has been said that a cannon was employed from the top of
Church Hill to bombard or demolish, what were, the then extensive
buildings. This incident is portrayed in one of a series of
paintings made by artist Tessa Kewen. The last known prior of
Newark Priory was Richard Lipscombe, appointed just before the
surrender of the house in 1538. The building falling into ruin, was
said to have been further destroyed by locals using the stones for
road mending; until Lord Onslow, the owner in the 1730s, decided to
preserve what remained.
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The
East View of The
Inside of Eynsham Abby near Oxford
Antique engraving 'Buck's
Views from the boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel &
Nathaniel Buck began their task of creating a visual record of
ancient monuments in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were
called are 428 views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles,
together with four views of seats and eighty-three large general
views of the chief cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed
and sold individually and collected into volumes for book
purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696,
Nathaniel being a younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on
Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, "£50 whole page full
margins
Eynsham Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Eynsham, Oxfordshire
in England. King Aethelred allowed Aethelmar to found the abbey in
1005 . After the Norman Conquest the abbey was reopened in 1086.
The abbey flourished until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in
1538. Anthony Kitchin was the last abbot. Some of the buildings
were wrecked to hinder the return of the monks. The Earl of Derby
acquired the abbey buildings, the stones of which were subsequently
used to build houses in the
village
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The South East View of Ewelm
Palace in the County of
Oxford
Antique engraving 'Buck's Views
from the boook began in
1726, by the brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel Buck began their task
of creating a visual record of ancient monuments in England and
Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were called are 428 views of the
ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four views of
seats and eighty-three large general views of the chief cities and
towns of England and Wales. Printed and sold individually and
collected into volumes for book purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in
Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696, Nathaniel being a younger brother.
~Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, 11
1/4" x 18 1/2" "£50 whole page full
margins
Ewelme is a village and civil parish in the South Oxfordshire
district of the county of Oxfordshire in England.The village lies
in a little picturesque valley, four miles east of the town of
Wallingford. Its name derives from the remarkably fine spring just
to the north which forms the 'King's Pool', which empties into a
rapid stream known as the Ewelme Brook. This flows past Fifield
Manor and then through nearby Benson before emptying itself into
the Thames: Ae-whylme is Anglo-Saxon for 'waters
whelming'.
Ewelme is chiefly known for its beautiful 15th century cloistered
almshouses, officially called 'The Two Chaplains and Thirteen Poor
Men of Ewelme in the County of Oxford'. The thirteen almsmen have
now been reduced to eight, but the building is still run as a
charity by the Ewelme
Trust
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The East View of St Briavels
castle in the County of
Gloucester
Antique engraving 'Buck's Views
from the boook began in
1726, by the brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel Buck began their task
of creating a visual record of ancient monuments in England and
Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were called are 428 views of the
ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four views of
seats and eighty-three large general views of the chief cities and
towns of England and Wales. Printed and sold individually and
collected into volumes for book purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in
Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696, Nathaniel being a younger brother.
~Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, 11
1/4" x 18 1/2" £50 whole page full
margins
St Briavels Castle is a a moated Norman castle at St Briavels in
the English county of Gloucestershire. St Briavels Castle seems to
have been built before 1128, probably by William Fitz Baderon, the
lord of nearby Monmouth. On William's death King Henry I seized the
castle and garrisoned it for the crown. In 1141 his daughter, the
Empress Matilda gave the castle with the Forest of Dean to Miles de
Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford. Miles' son, Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd
Earl of Hereford lost the castle to King Henry II in 1155. By this
stage the castle appears to have consisted of a square keep and
curtain walls. Certainly the following kings only spent minimal
money on the castle's upkeep.
Between 1209 and 1211 King John had the much of the internal
buildings of the castle constructed. Some of these are still in use
as a Youth Hostel. In 1292-93 the new gatehouse was built with twin
round towers by order of King Edward I. During the disturbances of
the reign of King Edward II an extension was made to the castle
called 'the Peel'. The castle remained in occupation quite late as
it proved important to the running of the Forest of Dean, acting as
the headquarters for the Forest's Constable, and the centre of the
royal industry of supplying arrow-heads to the Tower of London. The
keep only collapsed in 1752. The name of the castle and the village
stems from that of Saint
Briavel.
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The North View of Begeham Abby in the
County of
Sussex
Antique engraving 'Buck's Views
from the boook began in
1726, by the brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel Buck began their task
of creating a visual record of ancient monuments in England and
Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were called are 428 views of the
ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four views of
seats and eighty-three large general views of the chief cities and
towns of England and Wales. Printed and sold individually and
collected into volumes for book purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in
Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696, Nathaniel being a younger brother.
~Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, 11
1/4" x 18 1/2" £50 whole page full margins
mounted
Begeham, usually called Bayham abbey, situated about three quarters
of a mile distant south-westward from Hodleigh, and close on the
opposite side of the stream which separates the two counties. It
was founded at a place here called Beaulieu, about the year 1200,
by Robert, nephew of Michael de Turnham, for monks of the
Præmonstratensian order; some of whom he removed from
Brockley, in
Deptford, hither for that purpose. . . . . . ..
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The
North View of
Ulvescroft Priory In the County of
Leicester
Antique engraving 'Buck's
Views from the boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel &
Nathaniel Buck began their task of creating a visual record of
ancient monuments in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were
called are 428 views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles,
together with four views of seats and eighty-three large general
views of the chief cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed
and sold individually and collected into volumes for book
purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696,
Nathaniel being a younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on
Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, perefect in a simple mount to
preserve size 11/4" x 18 1/2"£50 whole page full
margins mounted
THE PRIORY OF ULVERSCROFTThe priory of St. Mary at
Ulverscroft was founded by Robert, Earl of Leicester,who gave the
site on which the house was built. A papal document of 1174,
in which the first mention of the monastery occurs, states that
Ranulph, Earl of Chester, gave 30 acres in Charnwood Forest to the
priory, and it must therefore have been founded before the death of
Earl Ranulph de Gernon in 1153. The house was described as a
hermitage about 1220, but as early as 1174 the Pope ordered the
Augustinian rule to be observed there. Before 1174 the priory
obtained the church of Stanford on Soar (Notts.). The
advowson of Stanford was a source of dispute in the 13th
century, and the priory had lost it by 1280. In 1323 William
de Ferrers had licence to alienate in mortmain to Ulverscroft 70
acres of waste land at Groby, and the advowson of the church of
Syston (Leics.). Licence was granted in 1361 for the
appropriation of Syston. The advowson of Bunny (Notts.) was granted
to the priory in 1345 by Thomas de Ferrers.
About 1220 the priory contained only three brothers, all
priests, but this number was later exceeded. There were eight
canons in the house in 1438, when a visitation by Bishop Alnwick
revealed an unsatisfactory state of affairs. There were many
complaints about the prior's bad management of the monastery's
concerns, and it was also said that he was lax in the maintenance
of religious discipline. The sub-prior was said to have once been
absent from the house for twenty years, and to have been readmitted
without the knowledge of the convent. The prior accused the canons
of wandering outside the priory, and of possessing private
property. Bishop Alnwick provided that the prior should retain
control of the priory until the next Michaelmas, when it would be
decided whether he should resign, or be assisted by a coadjutor. In
fact the prior resigned in
1439.
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The
South View of Lewis
Priory & Castle In the County of Sussex
Antique engraving 'Buck's
Views from the boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel &
Nathaniel Buck began their task of creating a visual record of
ancient monuments in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were
called are 428 views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles,
together with four views of seats and eighty-three large general
views of the chief cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed
and sold individually and collected into volumes for book
purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696,
Nathaniel being a younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on
Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, perefect in a simple mount to
preserve size 11/4" x 18 1/2" £50 whole page full margins
mounted
Lewes Priory (St. Pancras Priory, Lewes) was a Cluniac priory
established in the valley of the river Ouse in the eleventh
century, between 1078 and 1082. It was founded by William de
Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, lord of the Rape of Lewes, and his
wife Gundrada, who had come to England from Normandy with William
the Conqueror. The first prior was Lanzo, who came with a few other
from Cluny.The priory became wealthy and, at the time of its
demolition under the dissolution of the monasteries in November
1537, it owned about 20,000 acres of land in the surrounding county
of Sussex alone. However, there were only 24 monks at this time,
reduced from approximately 100 during the period from
1100-1300.
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The
South View of
Winchelsea Monastry in the County of
Surry
Antique engraving 'Buck's
Views from the boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel &
Nathaniel Buck began their task of creating a visual record of
ancient monuments in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were
called are 428 views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles,
together with four views of seats and eighty-three large general
views of the chief cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed
and sold individually and collected into volumes for book
purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696,
Nathaniel being a younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on
Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, perefect in a simple mount to
preserve size 11/4" x 18 1/2" £50 whole page full margins
mounted
There were several religious houses in New Winchelsea, most
notably, the monastery of the Grey Friars (Franciscans). The Grey
Friars moved from Old Winchelsea, where they had been since 1252.
Their monastery appears to have been badly damaged by the storms
that hit Old Winchelsea and, in 1284, they were granted a 4-acre
site by John Bone of Wickham to allow them to relocate. The new
monastery therefore predated the Crown’s acquisition of land
for
New Winchelsea and the irregular shape of the plot disrupted the
symmetry of news town's the quarters. The monastery was dissolved
in 1538 and most of the buildings were demolished to provide stone
for Camber Castle. The site was sold off by the Crown in 1545. The
surviving buildings were converted into a private residence but
this was demolished in 1819 to make way for the current house. All
that remains of the monastery, apart from its buried foundations,
is part of the monastery church. This is a spectacular ruin.
Pevsner thought it one of the most impressive Franciscan remains in
England. The walls of the choir stand to almost their original
height and the arch that connected with the nave remains in place.
There is a small tower to one side of the arch, containing stairs
thought to lead to the now missing dormitory. This was used as a
watchtower by customs officers in the early 19th century.
The monastery of the Black Friars (Dominicans) was located in what
is now Pipewell Field on the opposite side of the A259 to the Ferry
or Pipewell Gate. At the foundation of New Winchelsea, the barons
asked that the only religious house in the town should be the Grey
Friars. The Black Friars (a preaching order later associated with
the Inquisition) were not popular and there are records of fights
between monks and townsfolk. The Black Friars did not get into the
town until Edward II granted them a site in 1318, but they had to
be content with Kings Green at the southern end by the New Gate.
This proved unsatisfactory as few people came to visit the
monastery or give alms. In 1339, the Black Friars moved to a new
site on reclaimed marshland on the north side of the settlement of
Iham, outside the town walls. In 1342, the monks complained to the
Pope that the site was at risk of flooding. He ordered the Bishop
of Chichester to move them into the town. This was only achieved in
1357, when Edward III needed the support of the Pope for his
invasion of France, and a site by the Ferry Gate was found.
However, by the time of the Dissolution in 1538, the monastery was
in ruins. As with the Grey Friars monastery, its stone was removed
to help build Camber Castle. from
http://www.winchelsea.net/visiting/winchelsea_history_pt11.htm
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The
North West View of Donstable
priory in the County of Bedford
Antique engraving 'Buck's
Views from the boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel &
Nathaniel Buck began their task of creating a visual record of
ancient monuments in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were
called are 428 views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles,
together with four views of seats and eighty-three large general
views of the chief cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed
and sold individually and collected into volumes for book
purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696,
Nathaniel being a younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on
Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, perefect in a simple mount to
preserve size 11/4" x 18 1/2" £50 whole page full margins
mounted
The Priory Church of St Peter with its monastery (Dunstable Priory)
was founded in 1132 by Henry I for Augustinian Canons in Dunstable,
Bedfordshire, England. St Peter’s today is a large and
impressive
building, but this is only the nave of what remains of an
originally much larger Augustinian priory church. The monastic
buildings consisted of a dormitory for the monks, an infirmary,
stables, workshops, bakehouse, brewhouse and buttery. There was
also a hostel for pilgrims and travellers, the remains of which is
known today as Priory House. Opposite the Priory was one of the
royal palaces belonging to Henry I, known as
Kingsbury.
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The
South East View of Wymondham
Abby in the County of Norfolk
Antique
engraving 'Buck's Views
from the boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel &
Nathaniel Buck began their task of creating a visual record of
ancient monuments in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were
called are 428 views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles,
together with four views of seats and eighty-three large general
views of the chief cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed
and sold individually and collected into volumes for book
purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696,
Nathaniel being a younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on
Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, 11 1/4" x 18 1/2" £50
Wymondham Abbey (pronounced Windham) is situated in the town of
Wymondham in Norfolk, England. It is the Anglican parish church of
Wymondham, but it started life as a Benedictine priory.The
monastery was founded in 1107 by William d'Aubigny, Chief Butler to
King Henry I. William was a prominent Norfolk landowner, with
estates in Wymondham and nearby New Buckenham whose grandfather had
fought for William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. The
d'Albini (or d'Aubigny) family originated from St. Martin d'Aubigny
in Normandy. Later, the founder's son, William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl
of Arundel, in 1174 founded Becket's Chapel close by in the town,
to be served by two monks from the Priory.
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the West View
of Gleaston castle in the County
of lancaster
Antique
engraving 'Buck's Views from the
boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel Buck
began their task of creating a visual record of ancient monuments
in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were called are 428
views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four
views of seats and eighty-three large general views of the chief
cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed and sold
individually and collected into volumes for book purchasers. Samuel
Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696, Nathaniel being a
younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid
Watermarked Paper, 11 1/4" x 18 1/2" £50 whole page full margins
mounted
Gleaston Castle is situated in a valley about 0.5 km north-east of
the village of Gleaston, which lies between the towns of Ulverston
and Barrow-in-Furness in the Furness peninsula, Cumbria,
England The castle is first mentioned specifically in 1389,
although Sir John de Harrington, 2nd Baron Harington of Aldingham
is said to have died at Gleaston in 1369. It is generally assumed
that the castle was begun by his grandfather Sir John, 1st Baron
Harington at around the time he was summoned to Parliament in 1326.
It is possible that part of the structure is earlier and was built
as a defence against the Scots who posed a serious threat to the
area following Edward I's campaigns and Robert Bruce's assumption
of the Scottish throne. The majority of the castle must surely have
been built after the devastating 1316 and 1322 Scottish raids on
the area as it was built quickly and poorly, with poor quality
local materials, suggesting a lack of funds. The castle also lacks
the usual fortifications: there was no license to crenellate
granted, no gatehouse or barbican and there are no traces of a
defensive ditch or moat so it could not have withstood a serious
attack.
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the North West
View of Pendragon Castle in the
County of Westmorland
Antique
engraving 'Buck's Views from the
boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel Buck
began their task of creating a visual record of ancient monuments
in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were called are 428
views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four
views of seats and eighty-three large general views of the chief
cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed and sold
individually and collected into volumes for book purchasers. Samuel
Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696, Nathaniel being a
younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid
Watermarked Paper, 11 1/4" x 18 1/2" £50 whole page full margins
mounted
Pendragon Castle is a ruin located in Mallerstang dale, Cumbria,
close to the hamlet of Outhgill, at grid reference NY781025 It
stands in an atmospheric spot, above a bend in the river Eden,
overlooked by Wild Boar Fell to the south-west and Mallerstang Edge
to the east. According to legend, the castle was built by Uther
Pendragon, father of King Arthur, who is said to have
unsuccessfully tried to divert the river to provide its
moat,
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the West View
of Daventry Priory in the County
of Northampton
Antique
engraving 'Buck's Views from the
boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel Buck
began their task of creating a visual record of ancient monuments
in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were called are 428
views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles, together with four
views of seats and eighty-three large general views of the chief
cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed and sold
individually and collected into volumes for book purchasers. Samuel
Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696, Nathaniel being a
younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on Hand-Made Laid
Watermarked Paper, 11 1/4" x 18 1/2" £50 whole page full margins
mounted
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The
North West View of Maxstoke
priory In the County of Warwick
Antique engraving 'Buck's
Views from the boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel &
Nathaniel Buck began their task of creating a visual record of
ancient monuments in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were
called are 428 views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles,
together with four views of seats and eighty-three large general
views of the chief cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed
and sold individually and collected into volumes for book
purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696,
Nathaniel being a younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on
Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, perefect in a simple mount to
preserve size 11/4" x 18 1/2"£50 whole page full
margins mounted
The Priory was established by Sir William de Clinton, 1st Earl of
Huntingdon in 1331 when he endowed a College of Priests consisting
of five chaplains and a warden. It was built adjacent to an earlier
moated farmstead, south of his castle towards Packington village.
In 1336 it was expanded to a full Priory for Augustinian Canons and
was completed in 1343. It was dissolved in 1536, when the buildings
and lands were granted to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
Today only ruins remain with the exception of the Inner Gatehouse.
This was a farmhouse in the Elizabethan period and is now a bed and
breakfast establishment. Inside is a room with painted armorial
shields. The entrance to the farm is by the Outer Gatehouse. The
two niches are now empty of statues. On the ends of the drip
mouldings over the central window are two busts, one of a knight
with his visor down and another of a monk. Lord Prem Kumar Sachdev
was the last known Lord of the Manor of Maxstoke
Priory.
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The
North West View of Rochester
Castle
Antique engraving 'Buck's
Views from the boook began in 1726, by the brothers, Samuel &
Nathaniel Buck began their task of creating a visual record of
ancient monuments in England and Wales. "Buck's Views" as they were
called are 428 views of the ruins of all noted abbeys, castles,
together with four views of seats and eighty-three large general
views of the chief cities and towns of England and Wales. Printed
and sold individually and collected into volumes for book
purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1696,
Nathaniel being a younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38 on
Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, perefect in a simple mount to
preserve size 11/4" x 18 1/2"£50 whole page full
margins mounted
Stands on the east bank of the River Medway, in Rochester, Kent. It
is one of the best-preserved castles of its kind in the UK. There
has been a castle on this site since Roman times (c AD43), though
it is the keep of 1127 and the Norman castle which can be seen
today. With the invention of gunpowder other types of defence
became more appropriate, and the military centre of the Medway
Towns moved to
Chatham.
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The
South West View of
Binham Priory, near Norfolk
Antique
engraving 'Buck's Views from the boook began in 1726, by the
brothers, Samuel & Nathaniel Buck began their task of creating
a visual record of ancient monuments in England and Wales. "Buck's
Views" as they were called are 428 views of the ruins of all noted
abbeys, castles, together with four views of seats and eighty-three
large general views of the chief cities and towns of England and
Wales. Printed and sold individually and collected into volumes for
book purchasers. Samuel Buck was born in Richmond, Yorkshire, in
1696, Nathaniel being a younger brother. ~Published between 1724-38
on Hand-Made Laid Watermarked Paper, 11 1/4" x 18
1/2" £50 whole page full margins
mounted
St Mary's Priory, Binham, or Binham
Priory, is a ruined Benedictine priory located in the village
of Binham in the English county of Norfolk. Today the nave of
the much larger priory church has become the Church of St.
Mary and the Holy Cross and is still used as a place of
worship. The remains of the priory are in the care of English
Heritage. The priory was founded in the late 11th century, as
a dependent house of St Albans Abbey, by Pierre de Valognes
and his wife Albreda. Pierre was a nephew of William the
Conqueror, and after the Norman Conquest was assigned lands
in west and north Norfolk, among them the entire village of
Binham.
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