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Discovered S of Chancel September 1830, in the slype before 1888, moved to E side of cloister c1983, hence Peter Ryder's letter of 14/04/1987.
‘Robert de Gisburn was prior at Wetherall in circa 1309 and was excommunicated in 1313’ [N Lever; Wetheral Priory, a house of the Benedictine Order, and dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St Constantine, was founded in 1106 from its mother-house of St Mary's Abbey in York.]
Removed from cloister to slype 29 October 1992. [Churchwardens Record HEXAB9535 p69]
2012: “It is proposed that seven gravestones of the canons of Hexham be mounted on the west wall of the new link cloister building between the Abbey and the Carnaby building. This gives acknowledgment to the lives of the Canons who, over a period of 400 years, built the Priory buildings largely as we know them today. Currently randomly scattered around the floors of the Abbey, these inscribed stones represent the most important group from any mediæval monastery in the north of England. These 10th to 12th-century grave markers are rare and impressive carvings.” [Hexham Abbey collection faculty document.pdf, §16]