The Carmelites, formally known as the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel or sometimes simply as Carmel by synecdoche, is a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order for men and women. Historical records about its origin remain very uncertain, but it was probably founded in the 12th century on Mount Carmel in the Crusader States. Berthold of Calabria has traditionally been associated with the founding of the order, but few clear records of early Carmelite history have survived. The order of Carmelite nuns was formalised in 1452.
John of the Cross, venerated as Saint John of the Cross, was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and he is one of the thirty-six Doctors of the Church.
Philip James Bailey was an English Spasmodic poet, best known as the author of Festus.
John Baconthorpe was a learned English Carmelite friar and scholastic philosopher.
Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester was an English art collector, diplomat and Secretary of State.
Stephen Patrington was a medieval Bishop of St. David's and Bishop of Chichester.
Robert Mascall was a medieval Carmelite friar who served as the Bishop of Hereford from 1404 to 1416.
Ipswich Whitefriars was the medieval religious house of Carmelite friars which formerly stood near the centre of the town of Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk, UK. It was the last of the three principal friaries to be founded in Ipswich, the first being the Ipswich Greyfriars (Franciscans), under Tibetot family patronage before 1236, and the second the Ipswich Blackfriars (Dominicans) founded by King Henry III in 1263. The house of the Carmelite Order of White Friars was established in c. 1278–79. In its heyday it was the home of many eminent scholars, supplied several Provincial superiors of the Order in England, and was repeatedly host to the provincial chapters of the Order.
John Bird was an English Carmelite friar and subsequently a bishop.
William Badby was a Carmelite and theological writer. He was a native of East Anglia.
Robert Bale, O.Carm.,, was an English Carmelite friar and scholar.
Thomas Brome was an English Carmelite friar, provincial of his order from 1362.
Joseph Ferrers (1725–1797), was an English Carmelite friar.
Peter Stokes was an English Carmelite friar, known as an opponent of the teachings of John Wyclif.
Robert Baston, was an English Carmelite friar and prior of the abbey of Scarborough.
Baston is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Joseph Gilbert (1779–1852) was an English Congregational minister.
Nottingham Whitefriars is a former Carmelite monastery located in Nottingham, England.
William of St Paul, also William de Paul was an English Carmelite, bishop of Meath in Ireland from 1327.
William of Nottingham, OFM, was an English Franciscan friar who served as the fourth Minister Provincial of England (1240–1254).
