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The abbey's grange at Micklethwaite
The grange at Micklethwaite was given to the monks by Roger de Mowbray,
but when relations between Roger and Henry II soured, the king,
ill-advised by his counsellors seized Rogers estates
at Bardsey and Collingham, and so the monks lost their land at Micklethwaite;
this had dire consequences for the community who were forced out
of poverty and in hope of moving the king to pity - to seek
refuge for a time at other houses; Abbot Ralph even attempted to
win the kings favour, and thereby recover their lands, through
gifts that included a golden chalice and a manuscript of the Gospel.
His efforts were in vain and the monks did not retrieve this land
until Johns reign (and then only as a parcel of a fee, for
which they had to pay an annual rent).(46)
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