Monument record MDO22181 - Gillingham Blackfriars, Dominican Friary, Gillingham

A house of Dominican Friars is mentioned for Gillingham. On 8 December 1267, Henry III granted twelve oaks in Gillingham Forest to the Friars to repair their church at Gillingham.This is thought to have been a chapel connected with the royal palace. The Forest map of 1624 depicts the position of a Frarye in the location of the prebendal glebe land east of Peace Marsh and close to the west bank of the Shreen.

A house of Dominican Friars is mentioned for Gillingham. On 8 December 1267, Henry III granted twelve oaks in Gillingham Forest to the Friars to repair their church at Gillingham.This is thought to have been a chapel connected with the royal palace <1>.

The Forest map of 1624 depicts the position of a Frarye in the location of the prebendal glebe land east of Peace Marsh and close to the west bank of the Shreen Water <3>.

Unfortunately no other reference to the house has yet been found. The site has been mapped in the approximate position shown on the 1624 map, close to the point at which Dolphin Lane crosses the Shreen Water by means of a footbridge.

<1> Page, W (Ed), 1908, The Victoria History of the County of Dorset 2, 92 (Monograph). SWX1805.

<2> Knowles, D, and Hadcock, R N, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales, 220 (Monograph). SDO17348.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), plate 56 (Monograph). SDO99.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1319738 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jun 27 2023 2:42PM