Austin Friary
Austin Friary
HER Number
1436
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Austin Friary
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Religious House
Site Type: Specific
Augustinian Friary
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The first reference to the friary is from 1291. The precinct grew piecemeal in the early 14th century, and lay between the town wall, Carliol Croft (Square) and Manor Chare. The friary housed 25 in 1299, 24 in 1322, and when surrendered in 1539, it accommodated the prior, 8 friars and 3 novices. The church lay under and on the same alignment as the Holy Jesus Hospital. All the buildings were probably 14th century. Burials were found both in the church (i.e. under the Holy Jesus Hospital) and in the cloister.
Easting
425210
Northing
564190
Grid Reference
NZ425210564190
Sources
<< HER 1436 >> Cal Pat R, 1281-92, 441
Letters & Papers Foreign & Domestic Henry VIII, XIII, pt. 2, no. 768, p. 297
Letters & Papers Foreign & Domestic Henry VIII, XIV, pt. 1, nos. 39, 394, pp. 20, 150
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 344-48
D. Knowles & R.N. Hadcock, 1953, Medieval Religious Houses England and Wales, p. 201
B. Harbottle, 1971, The Austin Friary, Archaeological Newsbulletin Northumberland, Cumberland & Westmorland, No. 10, Jan. 1971, pp. 8-9
B. Harbottle, 1972, Austin Friary, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Newsbulletin for Council British Archaeology, Regional Group 3, No. 1, May 1972, pp. 8-9; Barbara Harbottle, 2009, The Medieval Archaeology of Newcastle in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 32, 38; Medieval Archaeology 15 (1971) p 140 and 16 (1972), p 175
Letters & Papers Foreign & Domestic Henry VIII, XIII, pt. 2, no. 768, p. 297
Letters & Papers Foreign & Domestic Henry VIII, XIV, pt. 1, nos. 39, 394, pp. 20, 150
J. Brand, 1789, History of Newcastle, I, 344-48
D. Knowles & R.N. Hadcock, 1953, Medieval Religious Houses England and Wales, p. 201
B. Harbottle, 1971, The Austin Friary, Archaeological Newsbulletin Northumberland, Cumberland & Westmorland, No. 10, Jan. 1971, pp. 8-9
B. Harbottle, 1972, Austin Friary, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Newsbulletin for Council British Archaeology, Regional Group 3, No. 1, May 1972, pp. 8-9; Barbara Harbottle, 2009, The Medieval Archaeology of Newcastle in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 32, 38; Medieval Archaeology 15 (1971) p 140 and 16 (1972), p 175