Bodmin Friary was a Franciscan friary in Bodmin

Bodmin

Bodmin is a civil parish and major town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the centre of the county southwest of Bodmin Moor.The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character...

, Cornwall

Cornwall

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, UK. There are very few remains from the substantial Franciscan Friary established ca. 1240: a gateway in Fore Street and two pillars elsewhere in the town.

The Franciscans arrived in Bodmin in the 1220s or 1230s and under the patronage of the Earl of Cornwall

Earl of Cornwall

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 and other lords acting as trustees erected a fine, lofty church. By the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries this church was full of tombs of distinguished Cornish people

Cornish people

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. It was 150 feet long and 60 feet high. In the reign of Henry VIII the friary was dispossessed and the church descrated. It was converted into a market hall and assize hall and later fell into ruin. The last remains were removed in 1891.