More information : A Carmelite friary is said to have been founded at Bridport (SY 4692) in 1261. Carmelite friars were mentioned there circa 1266 when Cardinal Ottoboni asked the Bishop of Salisbury to allow them to use their oratory (probably Saint Andrew's chapel, SY 49 SE 23) without hindrances. They were given a gift of three oaks from the royal forest in 1268, and in 1268 or 1269 received a legacy from Christina de Strikelane. The religious house, if such there was, must have ceased to exist by 1365 when Sir John Chideock was refused a licence to confer upon the Carmelite order a mill and land at Bridport for the establishment (or re-establishment) of a friary. (1-3)
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