Bridgwater Friary

Bridgwater Friary
	A dotted line on the road marks the boundary of the friary
Monastery information
Order	Franciscan
Established	1245
Disestablished	1538
People
Founder(s)	William Briwere
Site
Location	Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Grid reference	ST297368

Last updated November 10, 2019

Bridgwater Friary shown within Somerset
(grid reference ST297368 )

Bridgwater Friary was a Franciscan monastery in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, established in 1245 and dissolved in 1538.

Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its population currently stands at around 35,886 as of 2011. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. The town lies along both sides of the River Parrett, and has been a major in-land port and trading centre since the industrial revolution. Most of its industrial bases still stand today. Its larger neighbour Taunton, is linked to Bridgwater via a canal, the M5 motorway and the GWR railway line.

Somerset is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west. It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel, its coastline facing southeastern Wales. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon. Somerset's county town is Taunton.

It was founded by William Briwere and moved from another location. Further buildings were added in 1278 and 1284.^[1] The church was rebuilt in the 15th century and consecrated in 1445.^[2] After the dissolution of the monasteries it became a mansion house. There have been various attempts to excavated the site with decorated tiles,^[3] and other building fragments now in the Blake Museum. The only visible remains are an old door in Silver Street.^[4]

William Briwere was a medieval Bishop of Exeter.

The Blake Museum is in Bridgwater, Somerset, England at what is believed to be the birthplace of Robert Blake, General at Sea (1598–1657). Since April 2009 it has been run by Bridgwater Town Council with help from the Friends of Blake Museum. It has been an Accredited Museum since 2006. It is next door to the Bridgwater Town Mill, and there are plans to develop this as an extension of the museum.

The site is also crossed by a linear feature thought to date from the English Civil War.^[1]

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") principally over the manner of England's governance. The first (1642–1646) and second (1648–1649) wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third (1649–1651) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament. The war ended with Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651.

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References

1 2 "Bridgwater Friary, Somerset". Wessex Archeology. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
↑ "Friarn Meadow, Bridgwater, Somerset". Wessex Archeology. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
↑ "Medieval decorated tile from Friarn Meadow, Bridgwater". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
↑ "Franciscan Friary and later mansion, Bridgwater". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

Coordinates: 51°07′31″N3°00′26″W / 51.1252°N 3.0071°W / 51.1252; -3.0071

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[wessexarch-1] 1 2 "Bridgwater Friary, Somerset". Wessex Archeology. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[2] "Friarn Meadow, Bridgwater, Somerset". Wessex Archeology. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[3] "Medieval decorated tile from Friarn Meadow, Bridgwater". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

[4] "Franciscan Friary and later mansion, Bridgwater". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 6 January 2010.