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Greyfriars, Leicester, the Glossary

Greyfriars, Leicester, was a friary of the Order of Friars Minor, commonly known as the Franciscans, established on the west side of Leicester by 1250, and dissolved in 1535.^[1]

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1228 establishments in England
Archaeological sites in Leicestershire
Franciscan monasteries in England
History of Leicester
Monasteries in Leicestershire
Richard III of England

Alderman Newton's School

Alderman Newton's Boys School was a school in Leicester, England.

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Anne, Duchess of Exeter

Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, aka Anne Plantagenet (10 August 1439 – 14 January 1476), was the first child of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville.

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The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England in the latter half of the 15th century.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Beaumanor Hall

Beaumanor Hall is a stately home with a park in the small village of Woodhouse on the edge of the Charnwood Forest, near the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England.

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Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester

Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester (born Birgitte Eva van Deurs Henriksen; 20 June 1946) is a Danish-born member of the British royal family.

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Buckingham

Buckingham is a market town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, which had a population of 12,890 at the 2011 Census.

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Canterbury

Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974.

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Cecily Neville, Duchess of York

Cecily Neville (3 May 1415 – 31 May 1495) was an English noblewoman, the wife of Richard, Duke of York (1411–1460), and the mother of two kings of England—Edward IV and Richard III.

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Chapter (religion)

A chapter (capitulum or capitellum) is one of several bodies of clergy in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Anglican, and Nordic Lutheran churches or their gatherings.

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Charles J. Billson

Charles James Billson (1858–1932) was a translator, lawyer, and collector of folklore.

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Christopher Wren (priest)

Christopher Wren B.D. (17 September 1589 – 29 May 1658) was an Anglican cleric who was Dean of Windsor from 1635 until his death, and the father of the prominent architect Christopher Wren.

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De Montfort University

De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England.

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Diocese of Lincoln

The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.

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Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally 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 Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Ecclesiastical province

An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures.

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Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.

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Ernest Gimson

Ernest William Gimson (21 December 1864 – 12 August 1919) was an English furniture designer and architect.

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Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England

The remains of Richard III, the last English king killed in battle and last king of the House of York, were discovered within the site of the former Grey Friars Priory in Leicester, England, in September 2012. Greyfriars, Leicester and Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England are Archaeological sites in Leicestershire, history of Leicester and Richard III of England.

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Fire and Faggot Parliament

The Fire and Faggot Parliament was an English Parliament held in May 1414 during the reign of Henry V. It was held in Grey Friars Priory in Leicester, and the Speaker was Walter Hungerford. Greyfriars, Leicester and Fire and Faggot Parliament are history of Leicester.

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Francis of Assisi

Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone (1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italian mystic, poet, and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the Franciscans.

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Francis Peck

Francis Peck (1692–1743) was an English priest of the Church of England and antiquary, best known for his Desiderata Curiosa (1732–1735).

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Franciscans

The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders of the Catholic Church.

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Henry III of England

Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272.

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Henry IV of England

Henry IV (– 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England from 1399 to 1413.

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Henry V of England

Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422.

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Henry VII of England

Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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Historic England

Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Justin Welby

Justin Portal Welby (born 6 January 1956) is a British Anglican bishop who, since 2013, has been the 105th archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England.

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Lector

Lector is Latin for one who reads, whether aloud or not.

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Leicester

Leicester is a city, unitary authority area, unparished area and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England.

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Leicester Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, commonly known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in Leicester, England and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester.

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Leicester City Council

Leicester City Council is the local authority for the city of Leicester, in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, England.

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Leicester Grammar School

Leicester Grammar School (often abbreviated to LGS) is a private co-educational secondary day school situated in Great Glen, Leicestershire, England.

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Leicester Guildhall

The Guildhall in Leicester, England, is a timber framed building, with the earliest part dating from. Greyfriars, Leicester and Leicester Guildhall are history of Leicester.

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Leicester Mercury

The Leicester Mercury is a British regional newspaper for the city of Leicester and the neighbouring counties of Leicestershire and Rutland.

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Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire, England.

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Lichfield

Lichfield is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England.

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Live Science

Live Science is a science news website.

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Lollardy

Lollardy, also known as Lollardism or the Lollard movement, was a proto-Protestant Christian religious movement that was active in England from the mid-14th century until the 16th-century English Reformation.

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Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and resurrection.

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Master of Divinity

For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, magister divinitatis in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America.

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Methodism

Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley.

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Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA and mDNA) is the DNA located in the mitochondria organelles in a eukaryotic cell that converts chemical energy from food into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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NatWest

National Westminster Bank, trading as NatWest, is a major retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom based in London, England.

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Newtown Linford

Newtown Linford is a linear village in Leicestershire, England.

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Order of Friars Minor

The Order of Friars Minor (also called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; postnominal abbreviation OFM) is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi.

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Parr's Bank

Parr's Bank Limited was a bank that existed from 1782 to 1918.

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Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester

Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is a member of the British royal family.

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Religious habit

A religious habit is a distinctive set of religious clothing worn by members of a religious order.

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Ricardian (Richard III)

Ricardians are people who dispute the negative posthumous reputation of King Richard III of England (reigned 1483–1485). Greyfriars, Leicester and Ricardian (Richard III) are Richard III of England.

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Richard II of England

Richard II (6 January 1367 –), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399.

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Richard III of England

Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485.

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River Soar

The River Soar is a major tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands and is the principal river of Leicestershire.

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Robert Catlyn

Sir Robert Catlyn (died 1574) was an English judge and Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench.

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Scoliosis

Scoliosis (scolioses) is a condition in which a person's spine has an irregular curve.

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Secular clergy

In Christianity, the term secular clergy refers to deacons and priests who are not monastics or otherwise members of religious life.

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Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester

Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (– 4 August 1265), later sometimes referred to as Simon V de Montfort to distinguish him from his namesake relatives, was an English nobleman of French origin and a member of the English peerage, who led the baronial opposition to the rule of King Henry III of England, culminating in the Second Barons' War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars,_Leicester

Also known as Ellen Luenor, Gilbert Luenor, Grey Friars Priory, Greyfriars (Leicester), Leicester Franciscan Friary.

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See also

1228 establishments in England

Archaeological sites in Leicestershire

Franciscan monasteries in England

History of Leicester

Monasteries in Leicestershire

Richard III of England

References