HER 1654 - House Of Friars De Ordine Martyrum (Pre 1260?), Guildford

Possible House of the Friars de Ordine Martyrum at Guildford. Founded circa 1260 (dissolution date not known). The 'Fratres Ordinis S Morise de Ordine Cruciferorum' a short-lived order, came to Britain in 1244. They received permission in 1260, to inhabit a piece of land which they had acquired at Guildford. Excavations on the site of the Dominican Friary at Guildford (see HER 1658) revealed fragmentary remains of pre-friary structures. At this period stone buildings outside the town are likely to be for religious use, and the documentary evidence for the Dominican Friary supports such a suggestion. A house of the Friars de Ordine Martyrum would fit the chronological requirements - the archaeological evidence suggests the structures cannot be earlier than circa 1250 and not later than circa 1275, the Friars de Ordine Martyrum cannot be earlier than 1260 and were dissolved by the Council of Lyons in 1274 - but certainty is not possible.

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