he medieval monastery, or to be more exact, its northern and eastern parts were used as the mansion of the Padise manor until 1766. Then, on the 4th May, the mansion was devastated by a big fire, about which Thomas von Ramm, the lord of the manor at the time, wrote in the family chronicle as follows: “ A strong wind was blowing and, in a few minutes, it had fanned the flames all over the large mansion; I had it constructed just ten years earlier, adorned with the most beautiful stucco ceilings and added a new wing on the south side. Both stables, the granary with approximately 400 barrels of grain, a small house at the bottom of the moat, a sauna, a brewery and four barns – we lost them all in a moment, /…/ I escaped by jumping out of the window, when everything was already engulfed in flames. My wife had a narrow escape, she had minor wounds. This was the most terrible fire one can imagine. My faithful dog Favorite, he died in the fire.“
