Clare Priory, Clare, Suffolk

Clare Priory was founded in 1248 by the Earl of Clare, Gloucester and Hereford, as a Friary for the Friars Eremites of St Augustine. It then changed use several times. The Earl of March made it into a college in 1490. Sir Thomas Barnardiston converted it into his house in 1604.

Location

Suffolk Clare

Period

Medieval (Middle Ages) (1066 - 1484)

Tags

religion faith college house housing Medieval (1066 - 1484)