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Hunter says, that after the dissolution, the principal part of the building was the dwelling of -- Broadhead, Esquire, whose stables stood on the site of the chapel, and the bannisters of his house were part of the furniture of the Friary. In his time a terrace walk made by the Friars was visible.

1346. The earliest notice of this house that I have come across is in the will of Roger de Baukewell, rector of Dronfield, dated 1346, from which it appears that it was then in a flourishing condition. Roger de Baukewell had retired from his rectory and was living in seclusion in the Carmelite Priory at Doncaster. The following is an extract from his will :-I leave my body to be buried in the church of the Friars of Mount Carmel at Doncaster .... also I leave to the Prior and Convent of the order of B. M. of Mount Carmel of Doncaster 8 marks, and to each brother 2s. Also I leave to the altar near where my body will be buried my chalice and my vestment for a priest; also I leave to John, son of Ascherford 20s. under condition that he shall be received into the order of B. M. of Mount Carmel in Doncaster, and if not the legacy shall cease. Also I leave to the vestry of the Friars of B. M. of Mount Carmel of Doncaster for ornaments for the great altar on festival days, all my bed covers with carpets. To each executor 20s. to faithfully dispose of my goods. Residue to be distributed for my soul and for the souls of my parents. To the Prior and Convent of S. Mary of Mount Carmel of Doncaster of my goods not devised. Executors, Fr. Wm. de Freston, Prior, and others.

1350. It appears from the "inquisitio ad quod damnum,” that John Nicbrothere of Eyam gave to the Friars of the Order of Blessed Mary of Mount Carmel in Doncaster, certain lands with their appurtenances there. Speed says that the house was founded by John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. From "The Northumberland Household book " it would appear that the Percys stood in the relation of "founders" to the House,-see further on under "Our Lady of Doncaster." If this is so it would probably explain the Duke of Northumberland taking Bolingbroke there as follows below. In the wills at York, there are many bequests "to each house of Friars in Doncaster "; these, or some of them,

are given in the article on the Friars Minors, and need not here be repeated.

1394. Robert Usher of Estretford gave by will to the Carmelites of Doncaster 20s.

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1360. Du William Nelson (de Appilby), vicar of Doncaster To the Friars Minors of Doncaster 13s. 4d. To the Friars Carmelites of Doncaster 13s. 4d. 1392. When Henry of Bolingbroke returned from his exile, he landed at Ravenspern, on the east coast of Yorkshire, now swallowed up by the sea, and marched inland, being joined by the Earl of Northumberland, Henry Percy his sonHotspur, and others who espoused his cause. They believed that he came only to claim his own on the death of his father John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and he swore to them on the Holy Eucharist at the House of Carmelites in Doncaster that this and this only was his aim. Shakespeare in his Henry IV. refers to this. The following passage

from that play will be read with interest in reference to this circumstance, and to this house :

Henry IV., Part I., Act V., Scene i.

The King's Camp near SHREWSBURY.

(Immediately before the battle there was a parley).

[Enter the EARL OF WORCESTER (brother of the EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND) and SIR RICHARD VERNON.]

WORCESTER :

It pleased your Majesty to turn your looks
Of favour from myself and all our house;
And yet I must remember you, my lord,
We were the first and dearest of your friends.
For you my staff of office did I break

In Richard's time: and posted day and night
To meet you on the way, and kiss your hand,
When yet you were-in place and in account
Nothing so strong and fortunate as I!
It was myself, my brother and his son,
That brought you home, and did out dare
The dangers of the time.

You swore to us,

And you did swear that oath at Doncaster,
That you did nothing purpose 'gainst the state :
Nor claim no further than your new fallen right,
The seat of Gaunt, dukedom of Lancaster:

To this we swore our aid.

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And from this swarm of fair advantages
You took occasion to be quickly woo'd
To gripe the general sway into your hand:
Forgot your oath to us at Doncaster.

Shakespeare does not state where in Doncaster the oath was taken. The Chronicle of Kirkstall Abbey states that it was in the Carmelite Priory.

Hardyng speaks of "his oth made in the White Fferes at Doncaster to the seid erle of Northumberland and other lordes."

Ther sware the Duke upon the sacrament

To claim no more but his mother's heritage.

He was

1407. John Marre was buried in this Priory. born at Marr, near Doncaster, from which place he took his name. He went to Oxford, and the University bestowed much honour upon him. He was a Carmelite Friar and was a warm opponent of Wickliffe, and wrote much against his opinions. The University of Oxford conferred upon him the Doctor's degree. He died March 18, 1407, and was buried in the Convent of Carmelites at Doncaster. About 1440, John Colley, a Carmelite Friar of Doncaster, an eloquent preacher, flourished.

1430. Oliver Woderow of Wolley, left to the Carmelites of Doncaster 6s. 8d. for a trental of masses for his soul.

1449. Constance Bigod, relict of Sir John Bigod of Settrington, left a girdle worked with silver and gilt to the fabric of Blessed Mary of Doncaster.

Hunter says, about 1450, William and Ellen Leicester were buried here. The will of William Laycestre of Doncaster, was dated Sep. 18, 1449, and proved Nov. 12.

1451. Oct. 3, Elizabeth Amyas of High Melton, directed in her will that she should be buried in the Friary of B. M. of Mount Carmel, in Doncaster, before the image of Blessed Mary.

1452. Thos. Wombewell of Wombewell, arm. To the Friars Carmelites of Doncaster, 13s. 4d.

About the middle of this century, another Friar of this house flourished, who is memorialised by Fuller in his "Worthies." This was Henry Parker. Fuller says of him: -Henry Parker was bred from his infancy in the Carmelite Convent at Doncaster, and became afterwards Doctor of

Divinity at Cambridge. Thence he returned to Doncaster, and well it had been with him if he had staid there still, and not gone up to London to preach at Paul's Cross, where the object of his sermon was to prove, that Christ's poverty was the pattern of human perfection; and that men professing eminent sanctity, should conform to his precedent, going on foot, feeding on barley bread, and having no houses of their own, &c. He drove this nail so far, that he touched the quick, and the wealthy clergy winced thereat. His sermon offended much as preached; more as published. He granted the copy thereof, to any that would transcribe it; for this, the Bishop of London put him in prison, which Parker patiently endured (in hope, perchance, of a rescue from his order), till being informed that the Pope effectually appeared on the part of the prelates, to procure his liberty, he was content at Paul's Cross to recant. Not as some have taken the words, to say over again the same; but he unsaid with (at least seeming) sorrow, what he had said before. However, from this time, we may date the decay of the Carmelites' credit in England: who, discountenanced by the Pope, never afterwards recruited themselves to their former number and honour, but moulted their feathers, till King Henry VIII. cut off their very wings and body too at the dissolution. This Parker flourished under King Edward IV. an. 1470.

1469. King Edward IV. came to Doncaster, and Sir Robert Welles was beheaded there, and another great captain. This was in connexion with the rising in Lincolnshire, and after the battle of Stamford. Sir Robert's confession before execution may be found in the Harl. MSS., 283. Lady Elizabeth, his widow, directed in her will, dated Oct. 2, 1470,

My body to be buried in the Church of the Friars at Doncaster, where the body of my Lord and husband is interred.

Hunter states that they were buried in the Church of the Carmelites. For full particulars of Sir Robert Welles's rebellion, and death, and confession, see "The Camden Society's Miscellanies," vol. i.

1473. John Sutton, a Carmelite of Doncaster, Doctor of Divinity, Oxford, 27th Provincial of his Order in England, died and was buried here.

1485. Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, killed near

Thirsk, and buried at the east end of Beverley Minster, £20 to the White Friars of Doncaster, to do two trentals within a month of his death, and a yearly obit on the day of his death, to find security. This was the Earl for whom Bolingbroke pledged himself.

King Henry VII., during his first progress to the north, after his coronation, came from Nottingham to Doncaster on a Saturday, rested there on the Sunday, and heard mass at the Carmelites, and evensong at the Parish Church. The next day he removed to Pontefract.

1503. John Twisilton, buried in the Church of Darrington. I leave my silver gilt crown to the image of the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ, in the monastery of the Friars Carmelites of Doncaster.

In 1503, the Princess Margaret, daughter of King Henry VII., then in her 14th year, journeyed in great state through England to Edinboro' to be married to King James of Scotland; her journey lay through Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, Doncaster, Pontefract, and York. She arrived at Doncaster, July 13, being met outside the town by the Mayor, John Mullerliffe, Aldermen, and Burgesses on foot, who received the Princess, and accompanied her into the town. The Friars and Clergy met her in their vestments, in procession, and she was taken to the house of the Carmelites and lodged there for the night. On arriving at the house, the Bishop of Norwich, who was in her train, gave her the Crucifix to kiss, as at other places on the route. The next day she moved on to Pontefract; the Mayor, Aldermen, aud Burgesses of Doncaster, being at the town end as she departed.

1503. Dame Elizabeth Fitzwilliam of Aldewark. Item, I leave to the Prior and Convent of the Friars Carmelites of Doncaster xs.

1505. John Breknoke of Doncaster, keeper of the Dragon Inn, To the Freerres Carmelites a certayne of bookes which lye in a little chest undre my chamber wyndowe.

1520. Oliver Halton of Doncastre. My wyf to make an obitt yerely within the White Freres of Donecaster.

1522. Thomas Wentworth, of North Elmsall, Esq., left by will... 13s. 4d. to our Lady Freres of Doncastre. 1522. Roger Rokcley, Esqre., left to the White Frears of

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