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John Griffith (monk), the Glossary

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John Griffith or Griffin (fl. 1553) was a Welsh præmonstratensian and a monk of the order of Cistercians in Halesowen Abbey, Worcestershire.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 10 relations: Anthony Wood (antiquary), Cistercians, Dissolution of the monasteries, Edward VI, Floruit, Halesowen Abbey, Mary I of England, Premonstratensians, St John's College, Oxford, Worcestershire.

  2. 16th-century Christian monks
  3. 16th-century Roman Catholic clergy
  4. 16th-century Welsh clergy
  5. Welsh Cistercians

Anthony Wood (antiquary)

Anthony Wood (17 December 1632 – 28 November 1695), who styled himself Anthony à Wood in his later writings, was an English antiquary.

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Cistercians

The Cistercians, officially the Order of Cistercians ((Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly-influential Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin Rule.

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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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Edward VI

Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553.

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Floruit

Floruit (abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active.

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Halesowen Abbey

Halesowen Abbey was a Premonstratensian abbey in Halesowen, England of which only ruins remain.

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Mary I of England

Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain and the Habsburg dominions as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558.

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Premonstratensians

The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church founded in Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Norbert of Xanten, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg.

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St John's College, Oxford

St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford.

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Worcestershire

Worcestershire (written abbreviation: Worcs) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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See also

16th-century Christian monks

16th-century Roman Catholic clergy

16th-century Welsh clergy

Welsh Cistercians

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Griffith_(monk)

Also known as John Griffith (fl.1553).