Description: | From old card index: "Border tile; swirled floral pattern.
Square, worn. (Accidental damage)."
Scrolling foliage. Slip inlay, glazed. Known as the Abbey of Saint John, an Augustine Priory was founded in Shropshire at the site of an earlier religious community
in 1135. In 1155, it was given abbey status, due to its influence as the leading house of its order in the area. It was a
succesful abbey, earning around £250 a year at the time of its surrender to Henry VIII in 1539. After this, it was partially
converted into a residence by its new aristocratic owner, until the civil war, when the home was destroyed and the site
thereafter used as a farm.
Accession number: NCM 1963-345 |