The Augustinian friary of Clare is one of the very few medieval religious houses to have been re-occupied, in the present century, by its original inhabitants. This late medieval cartulary contains a multitude of deeds relating to Clare and its immediate neighbourhood recording the endowment of the friary in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by the countess Matilda and numerous local inhabitants. The text is presented in the form of a full English calendar, with notes and an introduction.CHRISTOPHER HARPER-BILL is principal lecturer in history, St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill....
The Augustinian friary of Clare is one of the very few medieval religious houses to have been re-occupied, in the present century, by its original inh...