Newark Observant Friary

The friary was founded around 1499 by Henry VII, who had become the patron of the reformed branch of the Franciscan order, known as the "Friars Observant". Following his death in 1509, Henry left £200 to the friary in his will. Despite being founded in 1499, the friary may not have been established until 1507. The Observant Friars were suppressed in 1534, at which point the friary passed to the Augustinian friars. The friary was finally dissolved in 1539, as part of King Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries. Excavation work at the site, conducted in 1978, discovered a cemetery. However, "Any associations between the cemetery and the [friary] building can only be inferred".