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Description: | Lanercost Priory came into the Dacre family following Henry VIII"s
dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. Henry VIII had broken from the
Catholic Church and founded the Church of England. He then took over all the catholic monasteries and convents of England, in a move known as the "dissolution of the monasteries". This has had a huge impact on England"s architectural heritage. Church lands and property were redistributed and given to Henry"s loyal supporters as gifts. Many religious buildings were converted to secular use. One such building was Lanercost Priory. Henry VIII gifted it to Sir Thomas Dacre, the illegitimate son of the 2nd Lord Dacre of nearby Naworth Castle. Sir Dacre created a new Hall in the old Prior"s lodgings, and commissioned this chimneypiece for the Hall. The chimneypiece bears three coats of arms: that of Sir Thomas (left), his son Christopher Dacre who married Alice Knyvett (centre) and his second son Henry Dacre, who married Mary Salkeld (right). Sir Dacre, like many before and after him, used architecture,
ornament and heraldry as a means of giving credence and authenticity to his family lineage and family seat. For the main carved panels the (unknown) carver borrowed directly from engravings for decorative motifs published in Antwerp in the 1560s by the influential designer Hans Vriedeman de Vries (1527-1604)
Purchased with the assistance of the V&A Purchase Grant Fund.
Size: Height: 302 cm (overall); Width: 363 cm | License: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/terms/ | Rights holder: | The Bowes Museum | Subjects: | 1675 | Source: | Bowes-OAI | Identifier: | http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/collect... | Go to resource |
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