ECC1857 - Documentary record for Greyfriars, High Street, Colchester, 1237

Site Event/Activity record ECC1857 - Documentary record for Greyfriars, High Street, Colchester, 1237

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Location	Greyfriars, High Street, Colchester
Grid reference	TM 00117 25349 (point)
Map sheet	TM02NW
Non Parish Area	COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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1237

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The Friars Minor or Greyfriars had established a house in Colchester by 1237 when Henry III granted them a plot of land to enlarge their site which lay on the north side of High Street between the castle and East gate. <1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SCC331 Monograph: H.M.S.O.. 1902-1975. Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office. 1234-7, 433.
<2> SCC19 Monograph: Cooper, Janet (Ed). 1994. Vol. IX, The Borough of Colchester, A History of the County of Essex. Volume IX. p306-7.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

MCC2424 Medieval House of the Greyfriars, High Street, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2016 1:13PM

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