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 ST. MARY'S CHURCH, NUN-MONKTON, YORKSHHIE. ^^j«(«*Wtfi THE WEST FRONT The nunnery of Monketon, or Nim-Monkton, of the Bene- dictine order, was founded in the reign of King Stephen, by William de Arches and Ivetta his wife, whose daughter Mjitikla appears to have been a nun there. The possessions which formed the endowment were confirmed by Henry IMurdoc, archbishop of York, whose cliarter is printed in the Monas- ticon. The visitation of Thomas de Dalby, archdeacon of Richmond, April 30th, 1397, when Margaret Fairfax was prioress, is also there printed, and does not redound to the credit either of the