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A History of the County of Stafford
… to all who visited the friars' church on certain days and said there the Lord's Prayer and the Hail Mary for the … Edmund, Baron of Stafford (d. 1308): a Franciscan became his confessor, and he chose the Stafford friary as his place … in the friars' church in 1280, being unable to do so in St. Mary's which was under an episcopal interdict. 4 At first …
A History of the County of Somerset
… that William who had founded in the town the hospital of St. John the Baptist. Leland in his Itinerary 1540 12 gives the tradition concerning the … the first, buildid this house. One of the Lordes Botreaux and his wife were especial benefactors to this house. …
A History of the County of Bedford
… 1; the Valor Ecclesiasticus however gives the name of John St. John as the first founder. 2 It is uncertain at what date … Friars came to Bedford, but their church was completed and dedicated on 3 November 1295, 3 when indulgences were … Vyall, S.T.P., 7 being at that time warden of the house; his name appears again in the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535. …
A History of the County of Chester
… their settlement met with considerable opposition and it seems that Alexander Stavensby, bishop of Coventry and … patron of the English Franciscans, rebuked Stavensby for his insulting behaviour towards the friars in front of the … of land 103 feet by 32 feet from the prioress and nuns of St. Mary's for the enlargement of their house and there was a …
A History of the County of Dorset
… of the river, a little east of the castle. 23 The date and circumstances of its foundation are unknown. It was … and Robert Grenelefe alias Baker of Dorchester left them his 'best bason with ewer and best brass pot' in 1420. 36 … power to have the rule and governance of the hospital of St. John the Baptist in Dorchester, lately occupied by Sir …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Franciscans who landed in England numbered four priests and five laymen; one of the priests was Richard of … first established themselves in a house in the parish of St. Giles, which was outside the eastern walls of the town. … 4 In 1235 John de Reading, abbot of Oseney, resigned his charge, and putting on the Franciscan habit became a …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… until 1224. Their house was in the midst of the poor, and closely adjoined God's House. The Franciscans were … on the destruction of so strong a building and carried his point. 2 In the middle of the eighteenth century, there … being now relaxed; it was first used on the feast of St. Francis, 16 July, 1287. This chapel or church must have …
A History of the County of London
… Sack first appeared in London, where they were received and recommended by Peter of Tewkesbury in the chapter of the … certain tenements in Colechurch Street, in the parish of St. Olave Jewry, and of St. Margaret Lothbury. They also possessed houses in …
A History of the County of Kent
… Edward I gave them 3 s. for three days' food in 1289, 25 and a similar sum in 1297; there were thus probably only … Hurice or Hurel. 26 The king recovered it as an escheat, and the city paid the crown a yearly rent of 10 s. for it … soon sold it to a Mr. Bingham. The house was situated in St. Peter's Street to the west of the Grey Friars. 29 P.R.O. …
A History of the County of London
… Dover, September, 1224, 1 four—Richard Ingworth, a priest, and Richard of Devon, an acolyte, both Englishmen, Henry … some land and houses close to Newgate, 5 in the parish of St. Nicholas in the Shambles. The spot accorded well with … of London demanded canonical obedience, but owing to his admiration for the order consented to an indefinite …