Robert  Abbot KIRTON Peterborough

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  • Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
    about Kyrton
    Name:     Kyrton
    More Information:     B.A. 1473-4; M.A. 1476. Perhaps Robert (above), the Benedictine. (Cooper, III. 99.)
    
    A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle ... - Google Books Result
    by John Britton, John Le Keux, George Godwin - 1838 - Architecture - 498 pages
    
    KIRTON, or KIRKTON, (Robert), abbot of Peterborough
    from 1496 till 1528, is supposed to have
    erected the ornamented gateway, forming the
    entrance to the deanery. This gateway (which
    is represented in the title-page of Britton's Peterborough
    Cathedral) is attributed to Abbot Kirton,
    from a monogram, or device, over the postern,
    with the figures of a church, or kirk, above a
    cask, or tun, — a practice very common in the
    buildings and monuments of that period. (See
    MONOGRAM.) An apartment in the bishop's
    palace, at Peterborough, traditionally called the
    heaven-chamber, is indicated to be the work of
    this architect by a repetition of the same sculptures. —
    Britton's Cath. Antiqs., Peterborough,
    p. 26 ; and Picturesque Antiqs. of English Cities,
    p. 25.
    
    NORTHAMPTON OR ORIGINAL DELINIATIONS,
    Topographical, Historical and Descriptive,OF THAT COUNTY
    THE RESULT OF PERSONAL SURVEY. By J. Britton and E. W. Brayley
    LONDON PRINTED FOR J HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAULS CHURCHYARD
    
    Peterborough Catherdral
    The new building, at the eastern extremity of the choir, was erected by Richard Ashton in the middle of the fifteenth century, and probably completed by Abbot Kirton about 1518. This building formed the last addition made to the church, before the dissolution of the monastery by Henry the Eighth, making a period of 400 years, from the foundation of the present church in 1118, to the final completion of this addition in the year 1518. This chapel is supposed to have been designed by Sir Reginald Bray, who> in the time of Abbot Kirton, was here; and allowed by the monastery " a due proportion of diet, for a number of dishes."
    
    The Close, west of the cathedral, is nearly surrounded by ancient monastic buildings. On the south side is a range of architecture, presenting several fine and interesting parts ; in the centre of which is a large tower-gateway, communicating to the bishop's palace. At the west end is the entrance gateway front the town, already noticed ; and to the north is the deanry, the entrance to which is through a very rich and highly ornamented gateway. This is said to have been built by Abbot Kirton, about the year 1515. South of the cathedral, was a large cloister, 138 by 131 feet, which has been almost wholly demolished.