Oak was supplied from the Forest of Dean and the king granted the friars charitable gifts and a moiety of fish landed in the port.

This conduit was later given to the Mayor and town council in exchange for a feather, a branch pipe, supplying fresh water from Baptist Mills.

[3] In 1287, Llywelyn ap Dafydd, de jure Prince of Gwynedd, died in captivity in Bristol Castle and was buried in the Blackfriars graveyard.

Thomas Cromwell appointed him as one of Henry VIII's visitors, charged with inspecting monastic houses and administering the oath of allegiance, under the Act of Supremacy.

[10][11][12] In the late 20th century the buildings housed Bristol Register Office[13] and for a short time Show of Strength Theatre Company.