Maltby Hospitallers Preceptory |
| Hob Uid: 354643 | |
Location :
Lincolnshire
East Lindsey
Raithby cum Maltby
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| Grid Ref : TF3080084430 |
| Summary : Supposed House of Knights Templars, founded circa 1135-54, passed to the Knights Hospitallers in 1312, dissolved 1540, according to the Monastica Anglicanum. However, Knowles and Hadcock, (1971) state that the Monastica Anglicanum was incorrect, that the house was founded for the Hospitallers by Ranulf, Earl of Chester (died 1153), and was never a Templar property. It was united with Skirbeck in 1386, and annexed to the estate of the prior of England in 1445. Medieval moats possibly associated with the monastic use of the site are visible as earthworks. |
More information : [TF 30808443; TF 30808488; TF 31058420; TF 31468401:
Moat [G.T.] (four times). (1)
The house of the Knights Hospitallers of Maltby by Louth was
founded temp. Stephen and dissolved in 1540. This was apparently
a house of Templars according to Mon.(a) V.C.H. refers to the
property of the Templars passing to the Hospitallers in 1312,
when the order was suppressed. (4)The four moats and earthworks
[B.C.D. and E.] represent the remains of the religious house,
and there are traces of mediaeval work in the cottage "A"
[TF 31068402] [See also TF 38 NW 7 for D.M.V.] (2-4)
The restored cottage at 'A' shows some work of an 18th C. date
but nothing definitely earlier.
Of the 4 earthworks - 'B' is contraction of Raithby village;
'C' a relatively recent drainage moat, now filled in; 'D' a
small moat - fishpond complex, part ploughed out; and 'E' is
apparently only ornamental. Published surveys (25" 1906) revised.
The associated of any of the remains with the house of the
Templars/Hospitallers is problematical. (5)
The four Medieval or Post Medieval moats refered to by the previous
authority were visible as earthworks and have been mapped from good
quality air photographs. The moats are centred at TF 3080 8443,
TF 3146 8401, TF 3080 8443 and TF 3105 8420 (referred to by the
previous authority as B, C, D and E respectively ). Moat B is just
an arrangement of substantial croft boundaries and has been mapped as
part of Raithby Medieval settlement (TF 38 SW 47). Moat C is linked
to drainage features associated with Maltby Medieval settlement
(TF 38 SW 7) and could be a Medieval or Post Medieval drainage moat
as suggested by the previous authority. It could also serve as a
Post Medieval ornamental feature, perhaps related to an ornamental
garden. Moat D appears isolated from Raithby and Maltby Medieval
settlements by a large block of ridge and furrow but could the
remains of a manorial complex associated with the settlement but it
could equally be an ornamental moat. If any of the moats are
associated with the Knights Hospitallers this moat seems most likely
but only because it is isolated from the Medieval settlement. Moat E
and associated fish ponds sits on the north western fringes of the
Medieval settlement of Maltby (TF 38 SW 7) but is probably a Post
Medieval ornamental moat, perhaps part of an ornamental garden, and
therefore not connected with the Medieval settlement.
(Morph No. LI.198.2.16, 24, LI.198.3.1,5)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
(6) |