Sheen Anglorum Charterhouse, also known as the Charterhouse of Jesus of Bethlehem and as Nieuwpoort Charterhouse ( nl, Kartuize Nieuwpoort), was a community of

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in exile in what is now

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after 1539 and the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The name is derived from the former

Sheen Priory Sheen Priory (ancient spelling: Shene, Shean, etc.) in Sheen, now Richmond, London, was a Carthusian monastery founded in 1414 within the royal manor of Sheen, on the south bank of the Thames, upstream and approximately 9 miles southwest of th ...

, and "Anglorum" means "of the English" in Latin. The community was located successively in:

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(Val-de-Grâce) (1559–69); Bruges (Sinte-Clarastraat) (1569–1578);

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(1578);the brief move in 1578 is also sometimes said to have been to

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rather than Namur

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(1578-nk);

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(nk-1591); Malines (1591–1626); and Nieuwpoort (1626–1783). The charterhouse at Nieuwpoort achieved stability, and endured until, as part of the rationalist reforms of the

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, it was suppressed in 1783. One of the first priors was

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(d. 1581). John Duckett, prior in the early 17th century, was the son of Blessed

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(martyred at

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19 April 1601) and the uncle of Blessed

John Duckett John Duckett (1613 – 7 September 1644) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. Life John Duckett was born at Underwinder, in the parish of Sedbergh, in Yorkshire, in 1613, the son of James and Francis Duckett. He was a relative, poss ...

(martyred at Tyburn 7 September 1644). Others connected with the community were

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(1650-1731) and

Theodore Augustine Mann Theodore Augustine Mann, known as the Abbé Mann (22 June 1735–23 February 1809), was an English naturalist and historian, and a Carthusian monk. Education Mann was born in Yorkshire. Little is known of his education except that he seems to ...

(1735-1809), prior from 1764 to 1777. The last prior, Father Williams, died at Little Malvern Court on 2 June 1797. His papers, the seal of Sheen Anglorum and various relics passed into the possession of the Carthusians of Parkminster.

Notes

References

* De Grauwe, Jan (1984) ''Histoire de la chartreuse Sheen Anglorum au continent: Bruges, Louvain, Malines, Nieuport (1559-1783)''. (Analecta Cartusiana; 48.) Salzburg: Inst. für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Univ. Salzburg

External links

Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent): Carthusian Order - English Province
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