In 1263 he founded a monastery for the Carmelites or White Friars in Dunbar; and led the left division of the Scottish army at the battle of Largs the same year.
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In a book that was first published in 1631, the antiquary John Weever stated that Bartholomew was buried at White Friars, Canterbury; this was a community of the Order of St Augustine.
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The site of the present post office was possibly a medieval Carmelite priory of White Friars said to be founded and built by Reginald de Grey and partly destroyed by the Reformation.
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The White Friars site became the town's cemetery in 1824, with a new church constructed, dedicated to St Leonard's ( a St Leonard's chapel existed on the corner of Corve Street and Linney in medieval times ).
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Today's post office in St Peter's Square is reputed to be on the site of the medieval Carmelite Priory of White Friars said to be founded and built by Reginald de Grey and was partly destroyed by the Reformation of Churches.
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Jonathan Swift, in the introduction to his " Tale of a Tub, " wrote in 1710 that this bit of slang " was first borrowed from the bullies in White Friars, then fell among the footmen, and at last retired to the pedants ."
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Eleanor died before the age of 34, in 1468 during the first half of Edward IV's briefly interrupted 22-year reign, to be buried in the monastic church of the white Carmelites, ( also simply known as the White Friars ) whose benefactress she was, at Norwich, England.
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Henry passed Easter 1133 in the " nova aula ", his " new hall " at Beaumont in great pomp, celebrating the birth of his grandson, the future Edward II was put to flight at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, he is said to have invoked the Virgin Mary and vowed to found a monastery for the Carmelites ( the White Friars ) if he might escape safely.
