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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pontefract Priory canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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