The Churches of Coventry: A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains

by Frederic W. Woodhouse

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THE CARTHUSIAN MONASTERY[ToC]

Little remains of this monastery which stood on the south side and not far from the city. The Order settled in Coventry in 1381 only ten years after the foundation of the London Charter-house. At the Dissolution the Prior and brethren, ten in all, did not emulate the heroism of the London monks and were fortunate enough to obtain pensions instead of martyrdom. Some trifling remains exist incorporated in a modern mansion, and a wall of the garden shows the position of doors which led to the isolated cells of the monks. The Botoners had given freely to the building of the church and cloisters of which Richard II laid the first stone in 1385 and afterwards largely endowed "on condition that they should find and maintain within the precinct of their house, twelve poor scholars from seven years old till they accomplished the age of seventeen years, there to pray for the good estate of him the said King and of his Consort, during this life, and for the health of their souls after death."

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INDEX

• Abbots of Coventry, [4].
• Alms-boxes, [56], [77].
• Apse, [36].
  
• Bells, [56], [91].
• Benefactors of Coventry, [99].
• Botoner, William and Adam, [22].
  
• Carthusian Monastery, [99].
• Chantries, Foundation of, [9].
• Christ Church, [91].
• City, History of, [1-15].
• Cross, [15].
  
• Dissolution of Monasteries, [13].
• Duel, Hereford and Norfolk, [11].
  
• Evens or Wakes, [83].
  
• Fonts, [51], [76].
• Ford's Hospital, [94].
• Friars, Coming of, [8].
  
• Grey Friars Convent (Christ Church):
  • History, [94].
  • Plan of Crossing, [93].
  • Suppression, [92].
• Gilds, [6], [10].
• Glass, Ancient, [56], [75], [89].
• Godiva and Leofric, [4], [75].
  
• Hales, John, [14], [94].
• Hermitage. [83].
• Hospital, Ford's, [94].
• Hospital, St. John's, [94].
  
• Lollards, [11].
  
• Martyrs, [14].
• Midsummer Eve, [82].
• Misereres, [48].
• Monastery, History, [1-15].
• Monastery Ruins, [16-18].
  
• Orders of Angels, [47].
• Organ, [55], [77], [90].
  
• Pageants and Plays, [13], [14], [93].
• Parliamentum Indoctorum, [11].
• Parliamentum Diabolicum, [12].
• Persecution, [14].
• Pilgrims' Rest or Guest House, [15].
• Priory, Ruins, [16-18].
  
• Royal visits:
  • Henry VI, [11], [12].
  • Margaret, [23].
  • Edward IV, [12].
  • Richard III, [13].
  • Henry VII, [13].
  • Henry VIII, [13].
  • Elizabeth, [14].
  • Mary Queen of Scots, [14].
  • Charles I, [14].
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  • History, [81].
  • Exterior, [84].
  • Interior, [86].
  • Bells, [91].
  • Clearstory windows, [85].
  • Collegiate foundation, [81].
  • Glass, ancient, [89].
  • Organ, [90].
• St. John Baptist Church:
  • Glass, ancient, [97].
  • Plan, [98].
  • Portraits, [99].
  • Tapestry, [98].
• St. Mary Hall:
  • History, [21-26].
  • Exterior, [29].
  • Interior, [41].
  • Apse, [36].
  • Bells, [56].
  • Brasses, [51], [55].
  • Chapels:
    • Cappers', [53].
    • Drapers' or Lady, [36], [47].
    • Dyers', [52].
    • Mercers, [54].
  • Chapter, Constitution of, [25].
  • Chest, [50].
  • Crypt, [36].
  • Font, [51].
  • Glass, ancient, [56].
  • Old church, position of, [42].
  • Organ, [55].
  • Porch, south, [34].
  • Proportions of Steeple, [30].
  • Pulpit, [56].
  • Spire, [32].
  • Tombs:
    • Berkeley, [49].
    • Bond, [49].
    • Nethermyl, [50].
    • Skeffington, [55].
    • Swillington, [54].
    • Wade's, [55].
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• St. Michael's Church:
  • History, [61].
  • Exterior, [65].
  • Interior, [69].
  • Chapels:
    • Archdeacon's, [75].
    • Butchers', [76].
    • Corpus Christi, [76].
    • Marler's, [73].
    • St. Thomas's, [74].
  • Clearstory, [69].
  • Font, [76].
  • Glass, ancient, [75].
  • Lectern, Eagle, [73].
  • Organ, [77].
  • Plan, [66].
  • Pulpit, [72].
  • Spire, [66].
  • Tombs:
    • Philemon Holland, [75].
    • Whithead (Brass), [75].
• Trinity Church:
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• White Friars' Convent, [94].

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