Sheen Charterhouse
SHEEN CHARTERHOUSE
Or House of Jesus of Bethlehem, former Carthusian priory, founded by King Henry V on a royal manor at Richmond, Surrey, England, in 1414. Endowed with land for the most part from alien priories, Sheen was the object of protests, notably those from saint-evroult (1416) and Saint-Pierre, Ghent, which were carried to the Council of basel. Later, King Henry VI endowed it (1442), as did Edward IV (1461). King James IV of Scotland was reputedly buried there after Flodden Field (1513). Dean Colet lodged and died there. henry viii's Oath of Supremacy (1534) caused a rift in the community; but Prior Henry Man submitted, and the monastery was dissolved (1539). In 1557 it was refounded by Queen Mary Tudor, only to be dissolved again by Queen Elizabeth I (1559). No trace remains.
Bibliography: w. dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum (London 1655–73); best ed. by j. caley, et al., 6 v. (1817–30) 6:29–34.
The Victoria History of the County of Surrey, ed. h. e. malden (Westminster, England 1902–) v. 2. e. m. thompson, The Carthusian Order in England (New York 1930), passim. l. h. cottineau, Répertoire topobibliographique des abbayes et prieurés, 2 v. (Mâcon 1935–39) 2:3026.
[v. i. j. flint]