CBA Research Reports

Council for British Archaeology, 2000. (updated 2020) https://doi.org/10.5284/1000332. How to cite using this DOI

Digital Object Identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are persistent identifiers which can be used to consistently and accurately reference digital objects and/or content. The DOIs provide a way for the ADS resources to be cited in a similar fashion to traditional scholarly materials. More information on DOIs at the ADS can be found on our help page.

Citing this DOI

The updated Crossref DOI Display guidelines recommend that DOIs should be displayed in the following format:

https://doi.org/10.5284/1000332
Sample Citation for this DOI

Council for British Archaeology (2020) CBA Research Reports [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1000332

Data copyright © Council for British Archaeology unless otherwise stated

This work is licensed under the ADS Terms of Use and Access.
Creative Commons License


Council for British Archaeology logo

Primary contact

Council for British Archaeology
92 Micklegate
York
YO1 6JX
UK
Tel: 01904 671417

Send e-mail enquiry

Resource identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are persistent identifiers which can be used to consistently and accurately reference digital objects and/or content. The DOIs provide a way for the ADS resources to be cited in a similar fashion to traditional scholarly materials. More information on DOIs at the ADS can be found on our help page.

Citing this DOI

The updated Crossref DOI Display guidelines recommend that DOIs should be displayed in the following format:

https://doi.org/10.5284/1000332
Sample Citation for this DOI

Council for British Archaeology (2020) CBA Research Reports [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1000332

Joint Information Systems Committee logo
Heds Digitisation Services logo

The Austin Friars, Leicester

Jean E Mellor and T Pearce

CBA Research Report No 35 (1981)

Leicestershire Archaeological Field Unit: Report 1

ISBN 0 900312 94 7


Abstract

Title page of report 35

Few excavations have been undertaken on urban friaries and there are many aspects of the buildings and economy of the mendicant houses that are imperfectly understood. The potential of these houses within medieval archaeology has still to be fully realised. The advantages of continuous corporate existence and of regular documentary references both to the religious activity and to involvement in secular concerns makes this a worthwhile subject to tackle. There is a further advantage in that the friars were late to arrive in western Europe and had a finite length of stay in Britain; their existence was compressed within three centuries. Their architectural and archaeological record falls between closely defined limits.

Contents

  • Title pages
  • Contents(p v)
  • Preface (p viii)
  • Introduction by Lawrence Butler (p viii)
  • The documentary evidence by Janet Martin (pp 1-5)
  • The excavations by Jean E Mellor and T Pearce (pp 5-46)
  • The small finds - structural by Patrick Clay (pp 46-52)
  • The roof tiles by Claire E Allin (pp 52-70)
  • The floor tiles by John Lucas (pp 70-78)
  • The mortar analyses by Jean E Mellor (pp 78-81)
  • The pottery by Rosemary R Woodland (pp 81-130)
  • The small finds - non-structural by Patrick Clay (pp 130-145)
  • The leather by Claire E Allin (pp 145-168 & Microfiche 1)
  • The human bones by Ann Stirland (pp 168-169 & Microfiche 1)
  • The environmental evidence by Maureen Girling (pp 169-173 & Microfiche 1)
  • The mammal, bird and fish bones by Clare R Thawley (pp 173-175 & Microfiche 2)

Download report

The Austin Friars, Leicester (CBA Research Report 35) PDF 18 Mb
The Austin Friars, Leicester (microfiche) PDF 13 Mb

ADS logo
Data Org logo
University of York logo
alt=