Editing Selby Abbey (section)

==Monastic history==
[[File:Selby_Abbey_Nave.jpg|thumb|275x275px|The Nave]]
The church is one of the relatively few surviving [[abbey]] churches of the medieval period and although not a [[cathedral]], it is one of the largest. It was founded by Benedict of Auxerre<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> in 1069 and subsequently built by the [[de Lacy]] family.

On 31 May 1256, the abbey was bestowed with the grant of a [[mitre]] by [[Pope Alexander IV]] and from this date was a "[[Norton_Priory#Abbey|Mitred Abbey]]". This privilege fell into abeyance a number of times, but on 11 April 1308, Archbishop [[William Greenfield]] confirmed the grant, and Selby remained a "Mitred Abbey" until the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]].<ref name=HOY3>{{cite book |section= Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Selby |title= A History of the County of York |volume= 3 |editor-first= William |editor-last= Page |location= London |year= 1974 |pages= 95–100 |via= British History Online |url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/vol3/pp95-100 |publisher= Victoria County History |access-date= 20 October 2023}}</ref>

Archbishop [[Walter Giffard]] visited the monastery in 1275 by commission, and several monks and the abbot were charged with a list of faults including loose living: many complaints referred to misconduct with married women. In 1279 Archbishop [[William de Wickwane]] made a visitation, and found fault with the abbot as he did not observe the [[Rule of Saint Benedict]], was not singing mass, preaching or teaching, and was seldom attending chapter. Things had not improved much in 1306 when Archbishop [[William Greenfield]] visited, and similar visitations in later years resulted in similar findings.<ref name=HOY3/>

The community rebuilt the choir in the early 14th century, but in 1340 a fire destroyed the chapter house, dormitory, treasury and part of the church. The damage was repaired and the decorated windows in the south aisle of the nave were installed.

In 1380–1 there were the abbot and twenty-five monks.<ref name=HOY3/> In 1393 [[Pope Boniface IX]] granted an [[papal indulgence|indulgence]] to pilgrims who contributed to the conservation of the chapel of the Holy Cross in the abbey.<ref name=HOY3/>

The 15th century saw more alterations to the abbey. The perpendicular windows in the north transept and at the west end of the nave were added, and the [[sedilia]] in the sanctuary were added. One of the final additions was the Latham Chapel, dedicated to St Catherine, east of the north transept, in 1465.

In the ''[[Valor Ecclesiasticus]]'' of 1535 the abbey was valued at £719&nbsp;2s.&nbsp;6¼d (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|719|1535|{{Inflation-year|UK}}|r=-2}}}} in {{Inflation-year|UK}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}} The abbey surrendered on 6 December 1539. The community comprised the abbot and 23 monks. The abbot was pensioned off on £100 a year (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|100|1539|{{Inflation-year|UK}}|r=-3}}}} in {{Inflation-year|UK}}) {{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}; the prior got £8 and the others between £6&nbsp;6s.&nbsp;8d. (ten [[mark (currency)|marks]]) and £5 each.<ref name=HOY3/>
===Abbots of Selby===
Source:<ref name=HOY3/>
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*Benedict 1069–1097
*Hugh de Lacy 1097–1123
*Herbert, 1123–1127
*Durand, 1127–1137
*Interregnum 1137–1139
*Walter 1139–1143
*Helias Paynel, 1143–1153
*German, 1153–1160
*Gilbert de Vere, 1160–1184
*Interregnum 1184–1189
*[[Roger of London]], 1189–1195
*Richard I (prior), 1195–1214
*Alexander, 1214–1221 
*Richard, 1221–1223
*Richard (sub-prior of Selby), 1223 
*Hugh de Drayton, 1245–1254
*Thomas de Whalley, 1254–1263
*David de Cawod, 1263–1269
*William de Aslakeby (prior) 1280,-1293
*John de Wystow I (sub-prior), 1294–1300
*William de Aslaghby (sacrist), 1300–1313
*Simon de Scardeburg (prior), 1313–1321
*John de Wystow II, 1322–1335
*John de Heslyngton (a monk), 1335–1342
*Geoffrey de Gaddesby, 1342–1368
*John de Shirburn, 1369–1408
*William Pigot, 1408–1429
*John Cave, 1429–1436
*John Ousthorp, 1436–1466 
*John Sharrow, 1466–1486
*Lawrence Selby, 1487–1504
*Robert Depyng (monk of [[Crowland Abbey]]) 1504–1518
*Thomas Rawlinson, 1518–1522
*John Barwic, 1522–1526
*Robert Selby, 1526–1540
}}