1. The priory at Wetheral was
founded by Ranulf Meschin, first Norman lord of the Cumberland
(and the father of Ranulf de Gernon), and the priory of St. Bees
was founded by his brother, William Meschin. William Page ed.,
VCH, Cumberland, vol. II (London, 1905), p. 174.
2. D. Knowles & R. Neville Hadcock (eds), Medieval Religious Houses: England and Wales (London, 1953), p. 106.
3. L. Butler & C. Given-Wilson, Medieval Monasteries of Great Britain (London,
1979), p. 169.
4. VCH, Cumberland, vol. II, p. 177.
5. D. Robinson (ed.), The Cistercian Abbeys of Britain, p. 85.