Barnwell Priory
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Barnwell Priory was an Augustinian priory
at Barnwell
in Cambridgeshire
, founded as a house of Canons Regular
.
The priory was home to the Barnwell chronicler
, an anonymous chronicler who wrote about the reign of King John
.
Priory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
at Barnwell
Barnwell, Cambridgeshire
Barnwell is a suburb of Cambridge in England.It lies northeast of the city, with Cambridge Airport located immediately to the east. It forms part of the ecclesiastical parish of St Andrew the Less and was the site of Barnwell Priory....
in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, founded as a house of Canons Regular
Canons Regular
Canons Regular are members of certain bodies of Canons living in community under the Augustinian Rule , and sharing their property in common...
.
The priory was home to the Barnwell chronicler
Barnwell chronicler
The Barnwell Chronicle is a thirteenth-century Latin chronicle named after the priory at Barnwell near Cambridge, where the manuscript was kept.The historian J.C...
, an anonymous chronicler who wrote about the reign of King John
John of England
John , also known as John Lackland , was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death...
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