Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate Churchyard
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Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate Churchyard

Also known as Minoresses without Aldgate

Aldgate, City of London, Greater London, England

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    Aldgate, City of London, Greater London England
    Coordinates: 51.51254, -0.07499
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Was a monastery of Franciscan women living an enclosed life, established in the late 13th century. The Aldgate house was founded at least by 1291, when it is mentioned in the Taxatio Ecclesiastica, compiled in 1291-1292 at the behest of Pope Nicholas IV preparatory to papal taxation to finance a crusade to the Holy Land. Following the Dissolution, the abbey is said to have served for a time as the residence of John Clerk, Bishop of Bath and Wells, a veteran diplomat of Henry VIII; the King seizing the Bishop's own London residence in compensation. It also came to house officers of the Tower of London. In 1552, under Edward VI, it was given to Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, the father of Lady Jane Grey. In 1554 it reverted to government use, housing the Ordnance Office and its stores, transferred there from the Tower of London. Some of the abbey buildings survived until their destruction by fire in 1797.
Was a monastery of Franciscan women living an enclosed life, established in the late 13th century. The Aldgate house was founded at least by 1291, when it is mentioned in the Taxatio Ecclesiastica, compiled in 1291-1292 at the behest of Pope Nicholas IV preparatory to papal taxation to finance a crusade to the Holy Land. Following the Dissolution, the abbey is said to have served for a time as the residence of John Clerk, Bishop of Bath and Wells, a veteran diplomat of Henry VIII; the King seizing the Bishop's own London residence in compensation. It also came to house officers of the Tower of London. In 1552, under Edward VI, it was given to Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, the father of Lady Jane Grey. In 1554 it reverted to government use, housing the Ordnance Office and its stores, transferred there from the Tower of London. Some of the abbey buildings survived until their destruction by fire in 1797.

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