Micklegate Priory Explained

53.956°N -1.0886°WMicklegate Priory, York was a Benedictine monastery founded in 1089 by Ralph Paynel, and dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It fronted on Micklegate, in the city of York, England, and the site had previously been used for Christ Church, a house of secular canons.^{[1] [2]}

The site is now that of Holy Trinity Church.

Holbeck Manor, south of Leeds, belonged to the priory, and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries passed to the Darcy and Ingram families.

Notes and References

1. Book: Roy Midmer. English Mediaeval Monasteries 1066–1540. 1979. Book Club Associates/Heinemann. 343.
2. Web site: Ecclesiastical Buildings . Institute of Historical Research . 1972 . An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 3: South West . 19 December 2013.