1066—1087 William the Conqueror 1086 The Domesday Book. Commissioned by

William the Conqueror. The first national census 1135—1154 King Stephen

 

1132 Archbishop Thurston helps 13 monks from York to start a new abbey

1170 The abbey is well established with around 60 monks and 200 laybrothers

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istory Fountains A

bbey Studley R

oyal Studley (Roger) appears in the Domesday Book Households : 5 villagers, 3 smallholders 1200 Small farming communities begin to grow

1350 The Black Death claims many lives 1314 Battle of Bannockburn 1483—1485 King Richard III

1455—1487 Wars of the Roses

1485 Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth

1230 Wool sales increase the abbey’s

1300 Sheep disease and poor harvests lead the abbey into debt

1314 Hungry Scots raid the abbey and its farms

1381 Only 34 monks remain at Fountains Abbey

1480s Abbot Darnton repairs and rebuilds the Abbey Church

1500 Abbot Huby builds the great tower

C. 1400 Studley village disappears. The manor house, Studley Hall, remains

1452 William Mallorie is owner of Studley Hall.

The Mallories live at Studley for the next 200 years

Fallow deer were well-established at Studley 1356 Sir Richard Tempest is Lord of Studley

1509—1547 King Henry VIII 1558—1603 Queen Elizabeth I

1642—1651 English Civil War

1653 –1658 Oliver Cromwell became Lord

Protector of England

1539 Fountains Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII. All the monks leave

1604 Sir Stephen Proctor builds Fountains Hall and lives there

 

1600 Studley is shown on a map of the time

1667 George Aislabie of York marries Mary Mallorie of Studley

1693 John Aislabie inherits Studley from his Father. He begins to plan his water garden

1627 The Messenger family owns the Foun-tains Abbey estate for six generations

The Aislabies of Studley make approaches to buy but the Messengers refuse

1716 Work starts on the Lake, Canal and Moon Pond

From 1760 The Industrial Revolution 1665—1666 Great Plague of London

1742 William Aislabie inherits the estate from his father

He develops the Water Garden, a Chinese garden and rebuilds

Studley Hall

1666 The Great Fire of London

‘If any person shall be eavesdroppers, common scold, tale callers, drawlarks or

common hedgebreakers — fine 6/8

For hunting in ripe corn, a fine of 40/-

If waifs or strays are concealed from the bailiff for over 3 days — fine 40/-

If bread weighers or ale tasters fail in their duty—fine 10/-’

An extract from the Rules of the Court

Leet at Fountains Hall in 1667

William Sexton’s Map of the area during the 17th

century

1767 The Messengers fall on hard times and agree to sell the estate

to William Aislabie

Fountains Abbey and Studley

Royal estates merge in 1767

1767 William buys the Fountains Abbey estate and the two estates

become one 1790s Mrs Allanson, William’s

daughter creates a ‘garden fea-ture’at the Surprise View to reveal

the abbey ruins

1781 William dies, with the Water Garden much as it is today

1833 Abolition of Slavery Act

1849 –58 JR Walbran excavates the abbey

1845 The Earl de Grey owns the estate

1805 Battle of Trafalgar

1837—1901 Queen Victoria

1859 The future Marquess of

Ripon inherits the estate

1870s William Burges designs St Mary’s Church for the 1st Marquess of Ripon

1897—1926 Studley Royal Golf Club is set out in the park

1909 2nd Marquess of Ripon

inherits

1923 Clare and Doris Vyner own the

estate

1914—1918 World War 1

1918—1920 Spanish Flu killed more people across the world than

during World War 1

1928 Women get the vote

1930s The Great Depression 1936 The year of 3 Kings George

V, Edward VIII, George VI 1939—1945 World War II

Up until the 1930s the Mill saws timber as well as grinding flour

1939 Queen Ethelburga’s School is billeted at Studley Hall 1946 A great fire destroys Studley Hall.

Only the stable block survives

1966 Henry Vyner sells the estate, to be bought by West Riding County Council

The second World War memorial to Charles and Elizabeth Vyner who both died in the war aged just 18 and 19

 1952—Queen Elizabeth II

1970s Sika deer were introduced in the deer park

1983 The National Trust buys the estate

1986 Studley Royal with Fountains Ab-

bey becomes a World Heritage Site