[1] In 1291, the priory received £5 from the will of Queen Eleanor, wife of Henry III of England, who was "a great patroness of the Dominicans".

[1] Having been given the holy sacraments, he closed his eyes and began to smile: saying his joy was because "the glorious King St. Edmund has entered his cell; and that the whole chamber is filled with angelic spirits", then claiming that the Virgin Mary "our great and blessed Lady", had come.

[1] Having then seen Jesus Christ come to judge him, Frate Ruffolo is then described as screaming in mortal agony, whilst breaking out in a powerful sweat and shaking from head to foot.

[1] Frate Ruffolo then began to speak, as if replying to questioning as part of his judgement: "It is true....O my Jesus, pardon that offence, for it was slight".

[1] The Dominican Order held a provincial chapter at the priory in 1310; King Edward II gave £10 for two days food for the event.

[1] During this time he visited both Derby and the priory, making an order on 27 November 1323 for the payment of expenses the friars had incurred in receiving him.

[1][2] The prior obtained a writ which named 44 of the alleged perpetrators, who included "two chaplains, and various tradesmen of the town, such as linen-drapers, grocers, skinners, and shoemakers".

[1][2] Nothing is recorded in the assize rolls with regard to these perpetrators, showing there was probably some sort of "amicable termination" or out-of-court settlement.

[1] In 1374, while staying at the royal hunting lodge at Ravensdale, John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, donated the timber of three oaks to the priory.

[1] In July 1403, King Henry IV stayed two nights at Derby whilst traveling between Nottingham and Burton Upon Trent.

[1] Around 1534–1535, and with the threat of dissolution looming, many English Dominican Friars left for Ireland, Scotland and Flanders.

[1] On 18 January 1544, the same John Sharpe took Richard Camerdaye (a labourer from Derby) to court, claiming he had broken into the former friary and stolen the marble gravestones and certain lead, iron, glass and timber, all valued as worth £4.

[1] The priory was located on the street currently known as Friargate: the site was densely built over as the town of Derby grew beyond its medieval footprint.

[6][8] The area formerly occupied by the priory is believed by some to be haunted.The building known as The Friary, built on the site of the priory buildings, is the location of several sightings of monks dressed in black (Dominican Friars wore black), including sightings of a headless monk.