Tyne and Wear HER(1436): Newcastle, Austin Friary - Details
1436
Newcastle
Newcastle, Austin Friary
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Friary
Augustinian Friary
Medieval
C13
Documentary Evidence
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.
2521
6419
NZ25216419
<< 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