A house of Augustinian Canons, was founded at Merton in 1114, by Gilbert, sheriff of Surrey on land granted to him by king Henry I.
The church of the priory was built right on top of the Roman road called Stane Street [which connected London with Chichester, and almost right next to a crossing over the river Wandle.
The priory was to be come a school. both Thomas Becket [born ca 1117] and Nicholas Brakespear [later Pope Adrian IV] were educated here during the 1120s.
The terms of the statute of Mertonwere agreed here between Henry III and the barons of England in 1235.
The monastery was dissolved under Henry VIII. The stones of the abbey were used in the construction of nearby Nonesuch Palace.
References
David Charles Douglas . English Historical Documents, 1042-1189. Volume 2 - #42 writ of Henry I to Gilbert, sheriff of Surrey: Psychology Press. pp. 473–. ISBN 978-0-415-14367-7.
Merton Historical Society- Topics - The Records of Merton Priory
The records of Merton priory in the county of Surrey by Major Alfred Heales
Merton Historical Society- Topics - MERTON PRIORY
Merton Priory and model
Remains of the Chapter House found here
Merantun Way - Google Maps
Found under Meratum Way [A24]
Pat Miller; David Saxby (2007). The Augustinian Priory of St Mary Merton, Surrey: Excavations 1976-90. Museum of London Archaeology Service. ISBN 978-1-901992-70-0.
A Handbook for Travellers in Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight: With Map. Murray. 1858. pp. 79–.
John Richardson (2000). The Annals of London: A Year-by-year Record of a Thousand Years of History. University of California Press. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-0-520-22795-8.
Merton in Domesday Book
The Influence of Merton Priory: As Revealed by the 'Merton Priory Manuscripts'. 2014.
Merton in Domesday Book
Edward Wedlake Brayley; Mantell (1850). A topographical history of Surrey: the geological section by Gedeon Mantell. Meretone: G. Willis. pp. 456–.
The Influence of Merton Priory: As Revealed by the 'Merton Priory Manuscripts'. 2014.
Daniel Lysons, 'Merton', in The Environs of London: Volume 1, County of Surrey (London, 1792), pp. 338-349 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol1/pp338-349
Rule of St. Augustine
Besse, J. (1907). Rule of Saint Augustine. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02079b.htm
Application World Heritage status
Augustinian Canons
When, in and after the 11th century, the various congregations of Canons Regular were formed, and adopted the Rule of St. Augustine, they were usually called Canonici Regulares Ordinis S. Augustini Congregationis, and in England "Austin Canons" or "Black Canons",
Dom David Knowles. The Monastic Order in England: A History of Its Development from the Times of St Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 940-1216. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-521-54808-3.
Dom David Knowles The Monastic Order in England: A History of Its Development from the Times of St Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 940-1216. Cambridge University Press. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-0-521-54808-3.
Thomas Duffus Hardy (1865). Descriptive Catalogue of Materials Relating to the History of Great Britain and Ireland, to the End of the Reign of Henry VII: From A.D. 1066 to A.D. 1200. Longman. pp. 127–.
Colker, Marvin L. (1969). The Life of Guy of Merton by Rainald of Merton. Mediaeval Studies 31 (1):250-261.
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