"The abbey was founded by St Bernard of Clairvaux, as part of the
missionary effort to reform Christianity in western Europe. Twelve
Clairvaux monks came to Rievaulx in 1132. From these modest
beginnings grew one of the wealthiest monasteries of medieval
England and the first northern Cistercian monastery. Rievaulx also
enjoyed the protection of Walter Espec of nearby Helmsley Castle,
who provided much of the abbey's land. The monks of neighbouring
Byland Abbey initially disputed land ownership with Rievaulx, but
subsequently moved to their present location and relinquished the
disputed land, thus allowing the major expansion of Rievaulx Abbey.
You can still see traces of the channels dug by the Rievaulx monks.
A steady flow of monks came to Rievaulx, attracted by the prestige
of Abbot Aelred, author and preacher, who was regarded then and
later as a wise and saintly man. Following his death in 1167, the
monks of Rievaulx sought canonisation for their former leader, and
in the 1220s they rebuilt the east part of their church in a much
more elaborate style to house his tomb. Most of this 13th-century
'presbytery' still stands to virtually its full impressive height,
a reminder of Rievaulx's original splendour." - narrative taken
from the English Heritage website
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