Pontefract Priory

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Pontefract Priory was a medieval Cluniac monastery in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, notable as the burial place of several prominent nobles.

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Pontefract Priory canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monastery
Cluniac monastery
medieval monastery
affiliation Cluny Abbey
architecturalStyle medieval monastic architecture
associatedWith de Lacy barony of Pontefract
burialPlaceOf Ilbert de Lacy
Robert de Lacy
Thomas de Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
members of the de Lacy family
nobles of medieval England
category Christian monasteries established in the Middle Ages
Cluniac monasteries in England
Monasteries in West Yorkshire
country England
dedicatedTo St John the Evangelist
St Mary
diocese Diocese of York
dissolutionEvent Dissolution of the Monasteries
dissolvedBy Henry VIII of England
era Middle Ages
foundedAs Cluniac house
foundedBy Robert de Lacy
founderFamily de Lacy family
function burial site
place of worship
religious house
governedBy prior
hasSiteType monastic ruins
heritage part of the Cluniac reform movement
historicalCounty West Riding of Yorkshire
languageOfLiturgy Latin
locatedIn England
Pontefract
United Kingdom
West Yorkshire
Yorkshire
locatedNear Pontefract Castle
monasticRule Rule of St Benedict
region Northern England
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Cluniac
status dissolved
usedFor burials of local nobility
monastic prayer
religious observance

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Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster placeOfBurial Pontefract Priory
Anthony Wydeville placeOfBurial Pontefract Priory