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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of one street, in which was situated the convent of the Friars minor, a religious fraternity that had publicly … the north-east side of the town was anciently a convent of Grey Friars, founded in 1280, by Gilbert, Earl of Clare, who dedicated it to St. Francis, and made it a cell to the monastery of Bristol: at the Dissolution its site was granted …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… B. A., 1541; M.A., 1545; Domestic Chaplain to Henry Grey, Marquis of Dorset, father of Lady Jane Grey, to whom he was also tutor; Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with an embattled tower, to which was formerly annexed a monastery of Cistercian monks, founded by William … fire to his father's house: the priory, the convent of the Grey friars, and the church, were all consumed, the convent of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… than of substrata. Most of the higher grounds have a grey light mould, occasionally intermixed with sand, and … of the mountain soils are found upon the anomalous grey mountain rock and the pale grey shale, except where the elevation is too great or the …
A Dictionary of London
… the old foundation of the Carmelite or Whitefriars (q.v.) monastery here. Carmelites See Whitefriars and Mary (St.) of the Carmelite Friars. Carnebelles Place A messuage or inn so called with a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… their marriage. It is a stylish building 49 of dressed grey sandstone, with a central doorway approached by five … he and his father built a new vicarage: 16 of coursed grey sandstone rubble, the south-west or garden front is of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the early wars between the English and the Welsh, the monastery frequently sustained considerable damage. In the … in connexion with the principality. The revenue of the monastery, at the time of the Dissolution, was estimated at … hn Monachlog," which is thought to have been a cell to the monastery: indeed, according to some writers, the supposed …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… rest of the lands in Carleton, save what belongeth to the monastery of Wallingwelles, the scite whereof and much of the …