Grey Friar

St. Mary's and by a Grey Friar who however were attacked and nearly killed by the mob.

The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse

About 1290 William of Pershore, once a Benedictine monk, and at the time a Grey Friar, returned to his old order at Westminster, and took with him some books.

Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911

So what I told you was true, and what the Grey Friar told you was true also, when he said that I was a wife of his wedding.

The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1892

Edinburgh was home to Skye terrier Grey Friar's Bobby, who captured the hearts of the nation by sitting on the grave of his dead owner for 14 years.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Hannah Furness 2012

My anger gave me strength, and having dressed myself and summoned a sedan-chair I went to church, and was confessed by a Grey Friar, and at six o'clock the next morning I received the Sacrament.

The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761

My anger gave me strength, and having dressed myself and summoned a sedan-chair I went to church, and was confessed by a Grey Friar, and at six o'clock the next morning I received the Sacrament.

Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 26: Spain Giacomo Casanova 1761

As the old woman had shrewdly guessed, it was a Grey Friar who stole

Candide 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736

But according to these principles the Grey Friar ought to have left us enough to carry us through our journey.

Candide 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736

Grey Friar, who had traced it to its source; he had had it of an old countess, who had received it from a cavalry captain, who owed it to a marchioness, who took it from a page, who had received it from a Jesuit, who when a novice had it in a direct line from one of the companions of

Candide 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736

Grey Friar, who stayed last night in the same inn with us at Badajos.

Candide 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736