The Grey Friars in Oxford

CHAPTER II. PROPERTY AND BUILDINGS.

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First settlement of the Friars was within the City Wall 12 They acquire the houses of William, son of Richard de Wileford (1229), and Robert, son of Robert Oen 13 Increase of the _area_ in 1244-1245 14 Grants from the King, Thomas de Valeynes, and others 15 The island in the Thames, 1245 16 Messuage of Laurence Wych, Mayor of Oxford, 1246 17 Friars of the Sack settle in Oxford 17 Their property granted to the Minorites by Boniface VIII, Clement V, and Edward II, 1310 18 Grants from various persons, 1310 19 Inquisitiones ad quod Damnum, concerning properties belonging to Richard Cary and John Culvard, 1319 19 Grants by Walter Morton (1321) and John de Grey de Rotherfield (1337) 20 To what classes did the donors belong? 20 Buildings of the Grey Friars, absence of information about 21 Original houses and chapel 21 School built by Agnellus 21 The stricter Friars oppose the tendency to build 22 Building of the new Church of St. Francis 22 Its site and appearance 23 William of Worcester’s description of it 24 Monuments and tombs in the Church 24 Grave of Roger Bacon 26 Cloisters, Chapter-house, Refectory, and other buildings 27 Conduit and Gates 28