Editing Jervaulx Abbey (section)

==Post Reformation==
[[File:Jervaulx Abbey Ground Plan Brakspear 1911 7.png|thumb|left|Ground Plan of the Abbey from the description by Hope & Brakspear (1911)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hope |first1=W.&nbsp;H.&nbsp;S.&nbsp;J. |last2=Brakspear |first2=H. |title=Jervaulx Abbey |journal=Yorkshire Archaeological Journal |date=1911 |volume=21 |pages=303–344 |url=https://archive.org/details/brakspear-1911-yaj-021}}</ref>]]
The pulpitum screen with part of the stalls can now be seen at [[St Andrew's Church, Aysgarth]], and a window was reused at [[Church of St Gregory, Bedale|St Gregory's parish church]] in [[Bedale]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walker|first1=Andy|title=Old church windows smashed by vandals|work=The Northern Echo|date=31 July 2008|page=31|issn=2043-0442}}</ref>

As the monasteries kept people employed and from starving, the regional disturbances were occasioned by desperation, and, as the monastic system was not diocesan or provincial to make a swift transition within the nationalized episcopal system, there was no immediate resolution to tenant sufferings. Jervaulx, Byland and other Cistercian houses were as much attached to Savigny and [[Citeaux Abbey]] in the [[Duchy of Burgundy]] as [[Richmondshire]] and the [[Honour of Richmond]] generally were to the [[Duchy of Brittany]], both establishments based in France but cut off owing to the [[Hundred Years' War]] and especially after the loss of the [[Pale of Calais]].

The standing remains of the abbey include part of the church and claustral buildings and a watermill.{{sfn|Jecock|1999|p=38}} The lordship of East Witton, including the site of the abbey, was granted by [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] to [[Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox]], and [[Margaret Douglas|Margaret]], his wife, the king's niece, and after passing through various hands the property came into the possession of the Bruce family, one of whom was created [[Earl of Ailesbury]] in 1805. The estate was purchased from the trustees of [[Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury]], in 1887 by [[Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham|S. Cunliffe Lister Esq.]] of Swinton Park for £310,000.<ref>
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It was purchased by Major and Mrs W. V. Burdon in 1971. Their youngest son, Ian, now runs the abbey, the ruins of which are open to the public.