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PLYMOUTH WHITEFRIARS

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The earliest record of a friary at Sutton is 1296-7 when 12 friars were in orders. At the Dissolution in 1538, only 5 friars were in orders. There are no extant remains. Topgraphical studies and historical sources show that the church lay North of the cloister, and that the church had a tower at the West end surmounted by a tall spire. The maximum length of the church was circa 55m. The cloister garth was 24m square. A pond lay along the East side. 8m West of the church was the main gatehouse, set in the precinct wall. It was 12m wide and 15m long. A stretch of the precinct wall on the West side was excavated.

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(SX 48605459) Friary (NR) (remains of) (NAT). (1)

(SX 48605459) Friary (NR) (Site of) (NAT). (2)

The earliest record of the Carmelite Friary at Sutton, Plymouth, is in 1296. In 1297 there were eight friars and the house was surrendered in 1538 by the prior and five friars. (The site is now occupied by Friary Station). (3)

A small section of the early 16th century precinct wall on the west side, and part of the west gatehouse, were excavated in 1991. (4,5)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:500 1856

( 2) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:500 1893

( 3) by David Knowles and R Neville Hadcock 1971 Medieval religious houses in England and Wales

Page(s)236

(4) Medieval archaeology : journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology

38, 1994 Page(s)205-6

(5) Plymouth archaeology occasional publications

2, 1995 Page(s)47-52

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