Editing Cartmel Priory (section)

==Dissolution==
{{see also|List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England}}

The priory was surrendered by its then community of ten canons at the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] in 1536. An effect of the [[Pilgrimage of Grace]] was that the community was reinstated, one of perhaps 16 such cases.<ref>Martin Heale, ''The Abbots and Priors of Late Medieval and Reformation England'', Oxford University Press, Oxford,  2016, p. 316</ref>   The prior, Richard Preston, had not thrown in his lot with resistance, but had fled to the Crown forces under [[Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby]]. He was to secure a parochial living to supplement his Crown pension.<ref>David Knowles and R. Neville Hadcock, ''Medieval Religious Houses, England and Wales'', Longmans Green, London, 1953, p. 133; Martin Heale, ''The Abbots and Priors of Late Medieval and Reformation England'', Oxford University Press, Oxford,  2016, pp. 316, 358</ref>  Others had a different fate. With the failure of the rising, as in other similar cases there came  a brutal end for some, the subprior and several of the canons being hanged, along with ten villagers who had supported them.<ref name=BHOL/>

The priory's ancient responsibility for providing a Guide over Cartmel Sands was transferred to the [[Duchy of Lancaster]]. Thomas Hogeson was appointed by the Duchy as the first [[Queen's Guide to the Sands|official guide to the sands]] on 29 January 1548.<ref>{{cite book|last=Peter|first=David|title='Cross Kent Sands|year=1985|publisher=Lunesdale Publishing Group Limited|isbn=094609103X}}</ref>