The London Charterhouse, its monks and its martyrs, with a short account of the English Carthusians after the dissolution . 502216 LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., i, PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1889 Imprimi potest Fr. Anselmus Maria,Prior Cartusia, Minister Gcncralis Ordinis. Die 12^ Novembris, 1888. {Ihe rigJt/s oj tyanslatwn and 0/)-c/>rcducttoii are /rsfizcd.) PREFACE In the present work it is intended to give a con-nected and fairly detailed history of the LondonCharterhouse. The situation of the Charterhousein the midst of the busy centre of the commercialworld, the existence even to-day of a
The London Charterhouse, its monks and its martyrs, with a short account of the English Carthusians after the dissolution . 502216 LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., i, PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1889 Imprimi potest Fr. Anselmus Maria,Prior Cartusia, Minister Gcncralis Ordinis. Die 12^ Novembris, 1888. {Ihe rigJt/s oj tyanslatwn and 0/)-c/>rcducttoii are /rsfizcd.) PREFACE In the present work it is intended to give a con-nected and fairly detailed history of the LondonCharterhouse. The situation of the Charterhousein the midst of the busy centre of the commercialworld, the existence even to-day of a considerableportion of the ancient buildings, the peculiar life itsinmates used to lead, and the troubles that befellthem in the sixteenth century, all tend to render thesubject interesting. Other spots in the City arecomparatively quiet, Austin Friars for instance, butnone so quiet as the precincts of the are other monastic remains in the City, butnone so considerable as those of the Carthusian life, indeed, nothing can be foundin the London of to-day ; but the Order to whichthe
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