Little remains of this monastery which
stood on the south side and not far from the city.
The Order settled in Coventry in 1381 only ten years
after the foundation of the London Charter-house.
At the Dissolution the Prior and brethren, ten in
all, did not emulate the heroism of the London monks
and were fortunate enough to obtain pensions instead
of martyrdom. Some trifling remains exist incorporated
in a modern mansion, and a wall of the garden shows
the position of doors which led to the isolated cells
of the monks. The Botoners had given freely to
the building of the church and cloisters of which
Richard II laid the first stone in 1385 and afterwards
largely endowed “on condition that they should
find and maintain within the precinct of their house,
twelve poor scholars from seven years old till they
accomplished the age of seventeen years, there to
pray for the good estate of him the said King and of
his Consort, during this life, and for the health
of their souls after death.”