|
Kids Home
London
Royalty
Romans
Early
Kingdoms
Berkshire
Teacher's Page
Mail David
|
|
in Medieval & Tudor Times
In medieval & Tudor times,
there were lots of monasteries within and
immediately surrounding the walls of the City of London. Some of these
were friaries for friars who preached amongst the people. They were all shut down by King
Henry VIII during the Dissolution
of the Monasteries in the 1530s.
-
 Greyfriars at Newgate was
popular with the Royal family.
Several of them were buried there. Lots of the friars died during
the Black Death. Dick Whittington
built them a new library. After the friars left, it became the famous school,
Christ's Hospital. The buildings burnt down during the Great
Fire.
- Blackfriars was founded by
Hugh de Burgh, the Chief Justiciar of England. It was often used
for meetings of Parliament and Royal Councils. Queen Eleanor of
Castile had her heart buried there. Most of the buildings were
demolished at the Dissolution, but the refectory became a famous
theatre in Elizabethan times.
- Whitefriars stood between
Blackfriars & the Temple. It was started by hermits brought
back from the Crusades by Henry
III's brother. It was popular with
ordinary people. The Peasants' Revolt left them alone. It was
often used for meetings and as a bank for treasure. John of Gaunt
& the Earl of Salisbury were patrons. At the Dissolution, the
great hall became an Elizabethan Theatre.
- Austin Friars was where
Miles Coverdale translated the Bible into English. The baby son of
the Black
Prince was buried there, as well as many of the barons killed
at the Battle of Barnet. William Paulet, Marquis of Winchester
turned it into a town house at the Dissolution. The nave of the
church survived & was given to Dutch people who settled in the
City. It was burnt down in 1862 & flattened during the Blitz
in World War Two.
- The Crutched Friars lived
near the Tower of London. The church was popular with foreigners
who lived in the area. It had 2 religious guilds. Before the
Dissolution, the prior spoke out against King Henry's Reformation.
- The Minoresses-without-Aldgate
were Franciscan nuns from Spain. They arrived with the wife of
Prince Edmund Crouchback. Prince Thomas of Woodstock later lived next door & was their great
patron. His wife died there & his daughter became the Abbess.
The church survived the Dissolution & the Great Fire as a
parish church but was rebuilt in 1706.
|
|
