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Bridlington Harbour. St John is recorded as the special patron of Henry V while Prince of Wales, and the earl of Arundel stated he had visited the shrine with the Prince. Henry returned as king in April It was a visit marked by personal tragedy, for the king, on progress to both the shrines of the eighth century monk-bishop St John of Beverley and the more recent St John of Bridlington he had invoked the aid of both for his great victory at Agincourt , learned soon after leaving Beverley that his brother Thomas of Clarence, heir presumptive to the throne, had died in battle in France.
The House of Lancaster held Prior John in especially high esteem, for later in the 15th century he was also venerated by Henry VI, who was himself to become a candidate for sainthood. It was this Henry who founded a choir school at the Priory, establishing a choral tradition which continues today in the choir of boys and adults. The honour accorded to St John by the Lancastrian kings was confirmed by their successors the Yorkists. This great entry to the Priory precinct was built following a licence issued by Richard II in to fortify the Priory, though there is little evidence that anything other than the grand but functional gatehouse was built by way of defence.
Under Prior John the Priory attained the height of its medieval sanctity. Wood was caught up in the Pilgrimage of Grace, sparked off in by the dissolution of the lesser monasteries and the well-founded fear that the greater houses, including Bridlington, would soon suffer a similar fate. Wood was summoned to London, arrested and accused of giving the rebels aid both financially and by the supply of manpower.
Part of his defence was that the rebels had said they would cut off his head at his own door if he refused help. Wood was convicted of treason and hanged at Tyburn. A set of plate for the Holy Communion and sundry other elegant decorations given to this church; the Lord's Day afternoon lecture here instituted, and the bread of her donation weekly distributed to the poor; the charity school in this town founded and endowed, to which she contributed a third part; and six alms houses for aged women by her solely erected The old west doors still show the marks of shots fired during the English Civil War.
In June Royalist soldiers attacked the Priory and you can clearly see holes where their musket balls lodged in the oak door. Dunstable Priory is one of the finest examples of medieval architecture in southern England. The west front is sublime, and the history of the Priory is very well explained through a series of information panels around the site. There is a paid parking area directly in front of the church, off High Street. Most photos are available for licensing, please contact Britain Express image library.
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Bedford, St. Paul Church Historic Church. Peter de Merton Historic Church. Dunstable Priory Historic Church. Flitton, St. John the Baptist Church Historic Church. Toggle navigation. Best of Britain. Dunstable Priory. History Henry I re-founded the town of Dunstable in the early 12th century. Remains of the medieval gatehouse. The Gatehouse To the south west of the church is the 15th-century gateway, a reminder of the long-vanished priory complex.
The 14th c. More Photos. Studio at Little Trees Farm, Harpenden - 6.
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