Leicester Austin Friary

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Leicester Austin Friary
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Location within Leicestershire
Monastery information
Other names The Augustinian Hermits of Leicester
Order Austin Friars
Established 1254
Disestablished 1538
Dedicated to St Catherine
Diocese Lincoln
People
Important associated figures Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
Site
Coordinates 52°38′00″N1°08′40″W / 52.633362°N 1.144428°W / 52.633362; -1.144428 Coordinates: 52°38′00″N1°08′40″W / 52.633362°N 1.144428°W / 52.633362; -1.144428
Visible remains None

Leicester Austin Friary is a former Augustinian Friary in Leicester, England.

Austin Friars is a coeducational independent day school located in Carlisle, England. The Senior School provides secondary education for 350 boys and girls aged 11–18. There are 150 children aged 4–11 in the Junior School and the Nursery has places for 16 children aged 3–4. Founded by the Augustinian friars in 1951, it is one of the network of Augustinian schools in other parts of the world and welcomes pupils of all denominations.

Leicester City and unitary authority area in England

Leicester is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest.

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History

Leicester Austin Friary was founded in 1254 and dedicated to St Catherine. It was enlarged in 1304 by Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster. [1] [2]

Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster 13th and 14th-century English nobleman

Thomas, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester was an English nobleman. A member of the House of Plantagenet, he was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition to his first cousin, Edward II of England.

In 1372 the general chapter of the Order of Austin Friars was held at the friary. It was around the same time (the late 14th-century) that the friary was home to a friary named Thomas Ratcliffe, who was regarded as a renowned preacher. [2]

The friary was surrendered from dissolution in November 1538. [1] The friary does not appear to have been very large. At dissolution it was home to the Prior and three friars, and owned only the land it stood upon and a few small properties within the town. The annual income of the priory was listed as only £1. [2]

The friary was unusual in having two cloisters. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 LEICESTER AUSTIN FRIARY, English Heritage: PastScape
  2. 1 2 3 Friaries in Leicester, A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (1954), pp. 33-35.
  3. ↑ New understanding of old Leicester University of Leicester
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