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Lossenham Whitefriars
Hob Uid: 417499
Location : Kent Ashford Newenden
Grid Ref : TQ8414027790
Summary : Carmelite friary founded circa 1242-7 dissolved 1538. It was burnt down in 1275 and rebuilt. No surface remains. Stone coffin found circa 1798.
More information : [TQ 8414 2779] St. Mary's Priory (NR) (Carmelite A.D. 1240) (NAT) (site of) (NAT) (1) At Lossenham was a Carmelite Priory dedicated to St. Mary founded circa 1240, and Dissolved 1538. (2) There are no remains, but Hasted refers to foundations dug up to the south of Lossenham Manor House [TQ 82 NW 2] and Igglesden noted Chapel Orchard, Kitchen Orchard and Friar's Field as indicating the site. A stone coffin was found here a few years prior to 1798. (3-4) There are no visible remains of this Priory. (5) A house of Carmelite Friars, the third established in England, was founded in Lossenham, in Newenden, in 1242, or soon afterwards by Sir Thomas Alcher, or Aucher. The priory was burnt down in 1275. When dissolved in 1538 the house was in condition, had no lead but only tile, and much of it was ready to fall. The lands were let on lease. No trace of medieval buildings has been found. (6-8) There are no visible remains of the friary at the NGR identified by the NMR/SMR as its location. This falls within a field just to the east of the moated manor house. Aerial photos of the site have failed to reveal any crop marks in or round the field, which has been under cultivation since at least the 1940s. If any traces of the friary survive it will be in the form of buried foundations. Scheduling is not recommended. (9)

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Source details : OS 6" 1961
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Founded 1242-1247
Monument End Date : 1247
Monument Start Date : 1242
Monument Type : Carmelite Friary
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Rebuilt 1275
Monument End Date : 1275
Monument Start Date : 1275
Monument Type : Carmelite Friary
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Dissolved 1538
Monument End Date : 1538
Monument Start Date : 1538
Monument Type : Carmelite Friary
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Discovered 1798
Monument End Date : 1798
Monument Start Date : 1798
Monument Type : Coffin
Evidence : Find

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 82 NW 3
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1963-02-05
End Date : 1963-02-05

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Lossenham Whitefriars