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St Andrews Cathedral Priory, Rochester
In the civil parish of Rochester.
In the historic county of Kent (Modern Authority of Medway, 1974 county of Kent).
The Cathedral Priory was close to but distinct from the Bishop's Palace. The prior obtain a complex licence, in 1344, to to fill in the existing ditch, to make profit, providing the priory built a wall and ditch on its own land. In 1345 a licence to crenellate was granted for the building of a wall. There does not seem to be any remains of this wall and very little remains of the priory buildings other than the Cathedral itself. The priory was retained for the use of Henry VIII after it's suppression in 1540, and considerable building work was done.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Ecclesiastical site
Palace.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Uncertain remains.
A supposed Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1344 April 22.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1345 Aug 5.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ74216847
PastScape number;
416281
Books
- Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale University Press) p50, 56-7, 115-118, 163
Page, Wm (ed), 1926, 'Houses of Benedictine monks: The cathedral priory of St Andrew, Rochester' VCH Kent Vol2 p121-26 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=38190
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p414
Journal Articles
- Coulson, C., 1982, 'Hierarchism in Conventual Crenellation: An Essay in the Sociology and Metaphysics of Medieval Fortification' Medieval Archaeology Vol26 p69-100
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1343-45) p262
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1343-45) p539
Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
- Thurley, Simon, 1991, English Royal Palaces, 1450-1550 (unpub PhD thesis; London) p212-3
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