Franciscan house founded before 1237. A new church was built in 1309 and was demolished in 1538. Gatehouse is c.1600 (see ). <1> The monastery was sited within the NE corner of the town walls, by the East gate and almost opposite St James' Church. Site is now a vegetable garden of the Girls High School. <2> <3> <4> Only evidence for the house is a short length of drain. <5>

Evaluation trench in the car park revealed only modern and/or postmedieval deposits down to a depth of 1.5m. Natural ground was not reached and it is suspected that medieval and Roman deposits lie at a further depth. <6>

A Watching brief carried out, also in the car park in January-February 2004, did reveal natural ground, but did not disrupt any features of archaeological interest <8>

A Watching brief carried out in January-March 2006 on small scale building works to the rear of the college exposed post medieval an modern remains, but nothing of archaeological significance.<9>