Bridlington, E Yorkshire - Priory Church - Frith postcard, 1905 pmk

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• Picture / Image:  Bridlington [East Riding of Yorkshire] - Priory Church
• Publisher: F. Frith (50031)
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  Edward VII half d light green
• Postmark(s): Bridlington Aug 30 1905 cds
• Sent to:  Miss H. Maltby, 5 Fern Grove, Division Road, Hull
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^{Priory Church of St. Mary, Bridlington, grid reference TA177680, commonly known as Bridlington Priory Church is a parish church in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the Diocese of York. It is on the site of an Augustinian priory founded in 1113 which was dissolved during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. In 1951 it was designated a Grade I Listed Building.[}

^{Bridlington Priory was founded around 1113 by Walter de Gant, for Augustinian Canons Regular, one of the earliest Augustinian houses in England, with an adjoining convent. Its foundation was confirmed in charters by King Henry I of England[2][3] The site had formerly been a Saxon church and nunnery.[3] When complete, the building was over 400 ft long (120 m) and 75 ft wide (23 m), with a transept which was 150 ft long (46 m). The first prior is thought to have been called Guicheman or Wickeman.[3]}

^{The priory was favoured by kings and their nobles and soon owned land across Yorkshire.[2] The Canons from the priory established Newburgh Prioryin 1145. King Stephen granted that the priory should have the right to have the property of felons and fugitives within the town and proceeds from the harbour, and later King John gave the priory the right to hold a yearly fair in the town in 1200.[2] During the conflict between Stephen and Matilda, William le Gros, Earl of Albemarle (a Manor in Holderness which is now ‘lost’) advanced on the priory and expelled the canons in his campaign against Gilbert de Gant of Hunmanby. He fortified the priory and later gave the priory six parcels of land, one at Boynton and the rest in Holderness.[4]Henry IV appropriated the rectory of Scarborough to the priory which was later confirmed by Henry V, Henry VI and Edward IV.[3] A royal licence was also granted by Richard II in 1388 to crenellate the priory with fortifications but although history tells there were four gates, 3 of those gates were in the main priory land, Kirk Gate, West Gate, Nun Gate and these were used as daily entrances in and out of the building enclosure itself. Only the Baylegate was a fortified entrance standing at the borders and the Priory itself was in fact never walled.[3] The priory also had a large library, which was listed by John Leland shortly before the dissolution.[3]}