Robert Tredwye (or Robert de Tredewy) was the first prior of
Mount Grace Priory
Mount Grace Priory is a monastery in the parish of East Harlsey, North Yorkshire, England. Set in woodlands within the North York Moors National Park, it is represented today by the best preserved and most accessible ruins among the nine houses ...
on its founding in (about) 1398.
He is attested in a
medieval charter
A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the rec ...
, created between 18 February and 20 April 1398, now held in the collection at
Ripley Castle
Ripley Castle is a Grade I listed 14th-century country house in Ripley, North Yorkshire, England, north of Harrogate.
The house is built of coursed squared gritstone and ashlar with grey slate and stone slate roofs. A central two-storey block ...
in
Yorkshire.
The charter brings the Priory into existence and calls for prayers to be said for
King Richard II, members of the
Duke of Surrey
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ran ...
's family, and John and Ellen de Ingelby, and for masses to be said for various people including Thomas de Ingelby and Katherine his wife.
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References
14th-century English Roman Catholic priests
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