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Croxton Park the 18th Century hunting lodge built by the third Duke of Rutland using materials from the 12th century Premonstratensian Priory to the south-west of the village was formerly a hunting seat of the Duke of Rutland built by John, the third Duke of Rutland about 1730. On the same site is the ruin of Croxton Abbey, founded about 1150, by William, Earl of Montaigne, Parcarius de Linus, and Sir Andrew Lutterel, for White Canons, or Premonstratensians, and dedicated to St. John the Evangelist. It is said that the bowels of King John, who died at Newark, were buried here.
after the abbot, who had been the King's physician, had embalmed his body, prior to its being sent Worcester. The clear annual revenue of the Priory was £385 0s. l0d. at the Dissolution, in 1534, when it was granted to the Earl of Rutland. When excavating for stone near one of the fish-ponds in the Park, a few years ago, a stone coffin, ornamented with a griffin's head, was found; also vestiges of a large oven some fragments of a tesselated pavement; and nearer to Bescaby are traces of several large buildings. A half a mile east of Croxton village are traces of a long entrenchment, supposed to have been thrown up during the civil wars
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/Ag/maps/cke.htm
Since the google earth pics the roof had caved in totaly
As i went in i was greated by a lovely white owl but didnt manage to get any pics as i was kinda in ore i guess ive never seen an owl before and i didnt have the camera ready... it was sat on the top corner of the building flew to the window flexed it wings and swooped at my head then hid away i think it was camera shy as it didnt want to come out to play again i think it had young as it hid away skwarking at me
right then the pics....
after the abbot, who had been the King's physician, had embalmed his body, prior to its being sent Worcester. The clear annual revenue of the Priory was £385 0s. l0d. at the Dissolution, in 1534, when it was granted to the Earl of Rutland. When excavating for stone near one of the fish-ponds in the Park, a few years ago, a stone coffin, ornamented with a griffin's head, was found; also vestiges of a large oven some fragments of a tesselated pavement; and nearer to Bescaby are traces of several large buildings. A half a mile east of Croxton village are traces of a long entrenchment, supposed to have been thrown up during the civil wars
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/Ag/maps/cke.htm
Since the google earth pics the roof had caved in totaly
As i went in i was greated by a lovely white owl but didnt manage to get any pics as i was kinda in ore i guess ive never seen an owl before and i didnt have the camera ready... it was sat on the top corner of the building flew to the window flexed it wings and swooped at my head then hid away i think it was camera shy as it didnt want to come out to play again i think it had young as it hid away skwarking at me
right then the pics....
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