MOUNT-GRACE, a ruin, in the parish of EAST-HARSLEY,
wapentake of BIRDFORTH, North riding of the county
of YORK, 5 miles (N. E. by E.) from North Allerton.
A Carthusian priory, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and
St. Nicholas, was founded here, about 1396, by Thomas
de Holland, Duke of Surrey, who endowed it with extensive
possessions; but dying in rebellion against
Henry IV., before the completion of his design, its progress
was interrupted, but again renewed in 1440, by
Henry VI., who confirmed in parliament the former
grants: its revenue at the dissolution was valued a
£382. 5. 11.: there are considerable remains of the
monastic buildings, and of the church, which was cruciform,
with a tower rising from the intersection.