Lanercost Priory was founded in 1169 by Robert de Vaux, son of the Lord of Gilsland, for Augustinian Canons. As it turned out the priory wasn’t in the best location for quiet contemplation and production of religious texts sitting as it did in the shadow of Hadrian’s Wall on the border between England and Scotland.
The chronicle cover the years 1201 to 1346 and gives graphic accounts of some of the difficulties faced by a population living on the frontline of the first war of Scottish Independence. Unsurprisingly it presents information from an English viewpoint. The monks of Lanercost do not seem to have had a soft spot for any marauding Scots who passed their way.
The chronicle reference local events including a siege at Berwick and an eyewitness account of one of Carlisle’s sieges certainly give it a local flavour as does an account of the visitation by the…
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