St Augustines Friary |
| Hob Uid: 230985 | |
Location :
Hampshire
Winchester
Non Civil Parish
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| Grid Ref : SU4788029070 |
| Summary : The Augustinian Friary, founded before 1300 and dissolved in 1538, stood on a site the exact area of which cannot be precisely determined, but is described in 1543 as being "next to the said city" of Winchester. This evidence coupled with the fact that Edington's Register contains a renunication by the Austin Friars of the house in Winchester given them by Sir Oliver de Bohun seems to imply that the VCH (a) is wrong in suggesting that these Friars moved from without Southgate to within the city. However, in 1342, Pope Clement VI instructed the Bishop of Winchester to allow the friars to move from their premises to a site they had procured within the city wall in 1341. The Pope sanctioned the move in 1346 because his instructions had not been carried out. The site was enlarged in 1328 by taking in Seventwychen Lane, an approach off Kingsgate, and includes a house now known as The Friary. |
More information : (SU 47882907) St. Augustine's Friary (G.T.) (Site of). (1)
Austin Friars. Founded c. 1280 Moved to a new site c. 1346. Dissolved 1538. The old site was enlarged a number of times prior to the removal. (2)
The Friary stood on a site the exact area of which cannot be precisely determined, but is described in 1543 as being "next to the said city" of Winchester. This evidence coupled with the fact that Edington's Register contains a renunication by the Austin Friars of the house in Winchester given them by Sir Oliver de Bohun seems to simply that the VCH (a) is wrong in suggesting that these Friars moved from without Southgate to within the city. The site was enlarged in 1328 by taking in Seventwychen Lane, an approach off Kingsgate, and includes a house now known as The Friary, where a stone coffin, etc. has been found in the rose garden. The friary church was dedicated to St. Mary. (3)
There are no remains of this friary. (4) |