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Chris Daniell wrote:
>
> I have found out that the Carmelites in the English province (does
> this include Scotland and Ireland as well?) were divided into
> four 'distinctions' - London, York, Norwich and Oxford - but which
> friaries are associated with which distinction is proving difficult to
> find out.  Norwich seems to consist of Burnham Norton, Blakeley,
> King's Lyn and Yarmouth.

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the English Province only included 
the Scottish and Irish Houses until 1305.  During the Hundred Years War a 
(presumably varying) number of French houses were included in the English 
Province, but only Calais remained with it until the Dissolution.

John Briggs 

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