Blackfriars Research Paper
Blackfriars escorts noticed that the name Blackfriars was first used in 1317 (as Black Freres from the French 'frère' meaning 'brother') and derives from the black cappa worn by the Dominican Friars who moved their priory from Holborn to the area between the River Thames andLudgate Hill in 1276. Edward I gave permission to rebuild London's city wall, which lay between the river and Ludgate Hill, around their area. The priory was eventually closed in 1538 during Henry's Dissolution of the monasteries. Blackfriars escorts recorded that Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth and final wife, was born in the area. Some of the buildings were subsequently leased to a group of entrepreneurs who created the Blackfriars Theatre on the site, not far from