Rye Austin Friary

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Rye Austin Friary was an Augustinian friary in Conduit Street, Rye, East Sussex, England.

Rye, East Sussex town in East Sussex, England

Rye is a small town and civil parish in the Rother district, in East Sussex, England, two miles from the sea at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede. In medieval times, as an important member of the Cinque Ports confederation, it was at the head of an embayment of the English Channel, and almost entirely surrounded by the sea.

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Founded at an earlier site on the East cliff in 1364, the community transferred to the new site in town c.1380, but was dissolved in 1538 as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Dissolution of the Monasteries legal event which disbanded religious residences in England, Wales and Ireland

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions. Although the policy was originally envisaged as increasing the regular income of the Crown, much former monastic property was sold off to fund Henry's military campaigns in the 1540s. He was given the authority to do this in England and Wales by the Act of Supremacy, passed by Parliament in 1534, which made him Supreme Head of the Church in England, thus separating England from Papal authority, and by the First Suppression Act (1535) and the Second Suppression Act (1539).

The only building remaining intact is the friary chapel, known as the Monastery, which is a grade II listed two storey building. [1] It is scheduled as an Ancient Monument and, owing to its poor condition, it is also on the Heritage at Risk Register. [2]

The chapel building has served a number of purposes over the years: it has been a Salvation Army barracks, a community hall and most recently a pottery workshop. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "The Monastery (1352789)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Heritage at Risk" (PDF). English Heritage. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "THE historic Austin Friars Monastery building in the heart of Rye goes up for sale". Rye and Battle Observer. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

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