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Greyfriars occupied a unique position in Oxford, in that its University Hall and Franciscan friary were part of the same institution and coexisted on the same site — however, the friars were not usually members of the academic hall ( though this was not without exception ), nor were the students actually affiliated to the friary ( the two groups did, however, mingle, most notably at mealtimes ).
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Greyfriars and Oxford
* Greyfriars, Oxford
He was born about 1200 in the diocese of Bath, and educated at Oxford ( Greyfriars ) under the famous Grosseteste.
Category: Alumni of Greyfriars, Oxford
Greyfriars, situated on the Iffley Road in East Oxford, was one of the smallest constituent Halls of the University of Oxford in England.
Greyfriars had one of the most distinctive buildings in Oxford ; it is the only flint-stone Norman-style building in the city, and its green spire is notably visible along the Iffley Road and from the University's Roger Bannister running track.
The Friars had a long and esteemed history in Oxford, listing many famous alumni, including the English statesman, Robert Grosseteste, also a theologian and Bishop of Lincoln, who became head of Greyfriars, Master of the School of Oxford from 1208, and the first Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
The Capuchin Order states that it will continue to exist at Greyfriars in Oxford and the premises will continue to operate as a friary ; the order will maintain responsibility for the parish.
Greyfriars was also influential in the Oxford Law Society, the Conservative Association, the Dramatic Society, and the Indie Music Society, as well as rowing, hockey, rugby, tennis and table tennis.
As with all Oxford colleges, Greyfriars ' student community was a JCR, run by an annually elected committee usually consisting of a President, Secretary, Treasurer and various other Officers as necessary.
Category: Wardens of Greyfriars, Oxford
Mark Elvins ( 1939 — ), Warden of Greyfriars, Oxford
* The Reverend Mark Turnham Elvins, OFMCap ( b. 1939 ); acting Warden of Greyfriars, Oxford 2007 / 8
* Greyfriars, Oxford, a former Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford
Greyfriars and its
Another Edinburgh resident in the past, and arguably its most famous, known throughout the world, was Greyfriars Bobby.
The small Skye Terrier reputedly kept vigil over his deceased master's grave in Greyfriars Kirkyard for 14 years in the 1870s and 80s, giving rise to a heart-warming story of canine devotion which plays its part in attracting visitors to the city.
In 2007, Greyfriars celebrated 50 years of its PPH status, with considerable flourish, and an unusually high number of first-class undergraduate grades marked the year.
Much of the stone used in its construction may have been taken from the demolition of the Franciscan monastery of Greyfriars.
Greyfriars, and some of its ( by then ) former pupils, appeared in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier.
Newcastle came to have five friaries within its walls: Blackfriars ( Dominican ) established in 1239 ; Whitefriars ( Carmelite ) established in 1262 ; Austinfriars ( Augustinian ) established in 1290 ( now the site of the Holy Jesus Hospital ); Greyfriars ( Franciscans ) established in 1274 and the Trinitarians established in 1360.
Later, in 1889, the school moved to Greyfriars, known better as Friar's Orchard, and in 1943, to its present site at Podsmead.
In the case of the friaries at Greyfriars and Whitefriars, the priors had fled before the arrival of the royal commissioners, and at Whitefriars a succession of departing priors had plundered the friary of its valuables.
Christ Church Greyfriars had its origins in the conventual church of a Franciscan monastery, the name " Greyfriars " being a reference to the grey habits worn by Franciscan monks.
These early years saw the creation of nearly all of the characters who would populate Greyfriars for the remainder of its history.
Greyfriars and University
Led by University of Leicester Archaeological Services ( ULAS ), experts set out to locate the Greyfriars site and discover whether his remains were still interred.
The status of Permanent Private Hall was conferred upon Greyfriars by the University in 1957 and surrendered in 2008.
The University eventually indicated that the Friars ' license to run Greyfriars as a PPH would not be transferred to any other body, and the Hall closed in June 2008, despite the last minute attempt to save the Hall by the Holy See.
Robertson is buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh and he now gives his name to the nearby William Robertson Wing of the Old Medical School buildings at the University of Edinburgh on Teviot Place, home to the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.
Greyfriars and Hall
The existing Fellows, students, and alumni were not consulted in advance about this decision, which aroused considerable controversy ; substantial proposals by the Fellows for the continuation of Greyfriars Hall were considered by the Governing Body but never in an open forum.
The College most closely linked with the Hall was Balliol College, due to a long-standing tradition of sporting links, but Greyfriars students were tutored at a wide number of the University's colleges at some point or another.
When Greyfriars Hall closed in 2008 the remaining 30 students joined Regent ’ s Park College.
Greyfriars and Franciscan
* The Greyfriars Tower – the remains of a Franciscan monastery in King's Lynn.
No traces of the Greyfriars or Franciscan dwellings remain in the parish of Kirkcudbright.
To the north of the street are the ruins of Christ Church Greyfriars on the site of a medieval Franciscan monastery.
However, one hall, Greyfriars ( 1224 — refounded 1910 ), closed at the end of the academic year 2007 – 08, as the Franciscan order which ran and funded it could no longer afford the expense.
* Greyfriars, Canterbury, earliest English Franciscan friary
1455 – 1458: Greyfriars ( Franciscan ) friary is founded
Dressed in a Franciscan habit, she was buried at Christ Church Greyfriars in London, a church to which she had generously endowed.
Greyfriars and friary
The original Greyfriars church and friary was founded by the Franciscans in 1224, but was suppressed during the Reformation in the 16th century.
The friary of Greyfriars ( Franciscans ) was established in 1274.
The other is that the friary of Greyfriars, next to Pilgrim Street, had holy relics of St Francis, the founder of the order, and pilgrims passed up Pilgrim Street to visit them.
* Greyfriars, London, a former friary
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