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A History of the County of Norfolk
… no great house of the black monks that could vie with Bury St. Edmunds. Cnut, in the very year that he became king of England, founded the abbey of St. Benet at Holme, amid the desolate swamps by the Norfolk … the place of the canons ejected from the restored abbey of St. Edmund in Suffolk. With the advent of the Normans and the …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… of the hospital. This institution was dedicated to St. Katherine, and called Thornton's Hospital in Newcastle … five poor women resided in the Maison Dieu; and in 1586, Martin Hallyman occurs as the master. Sir Richard Lumley, a … at this time:"The Hospitalle of Saynt Katheryne, called le Maison-Dieu, in the parishe of All-Saynts, in the towne of …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… Religious houses Nunnery of St Bartholomew NUNNERY OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW. IN Monkchester, as … then not quite thirty years of age. On the feast of St. Martin, 1529, Dame Agnes Lawson, prioress, and the nuns of … thinks that the passage still called Nun Gate was not the grand entrance to it; but Brand objects to this opinion, and …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… Religious houses St Mary's hospital ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL. This house has been … a lodging there whenever she visited Newcastle upon Tyne. Martin Coyman occurs presenting a messuage to this hospital … an election-room for the corporation of Newcastle.* "The grand eastern window," writes Brand, "now entirely built up, …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… 1256. They were clothed in black, and observed the rule of St. Augustine. This order of Mendicants first appeared in … Patun and Catherine his wife, to assign to the friars of St. Austin, of Newcastle, a certain place contiguous to their … a large gate, which had been one of the gates leading to St. Austin Fryers, which having passed the gate is a little …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… four-pence. 2 The church of this convent was dedicated to St. Mary, who, according to Speed, was the patroness of above …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… of Mendicants. They were called Franciscan Friars, from St. Francis, their founder; Grey Friars, from the colour of … the latter embraced the reformation introduced in 1400 by St. Bernard of Sienna. The Observants were patronized by king … the Last Judgment, and the Victory against Antichrist. Martin, a native of Alnwick, in Northumberland, entered this …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… Religious houses The hospital of St Mary Magdalen HOSPITAL OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN. The Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen was founded by king Henry I. for a master, …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… Religious houses The priory of St Michael ST. MICHAEL'S PRIORY. This house was occupied by the … Provence, and Felix de Valois. This order had the rule of St. Austin, with some peculiar constitutions, and wore white …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… Life CHURCHES THE MINSTER. The collegiate church of St. John may have served from its foundation in the 8th … the liberties. By far the most valuable of the prebends, St. Martin's, probably had a coherent parochial territory within …