The Monastic Orders: Bonhommes Canons - Monastic Wales - A Comprehensive Database of Sites and Sources


Home Project team Project News Future plans Contact us Search the database Browse list of sites Browse list of orders Browse bibliography & archives Browse people Browse articles Glossary of terms Monastic Wales is not responsible for the content of external internet sites	Display Order: Bonhommes Canons also known as: Boni Homines Effectively, these men were regular priests who followed the Rule of St Augustine and thus followed a similar routine to regular canons. However, their heads were called rectors rather than priors and their houses were generally known as colleges. Sites associated with this order Ruthin Priory, Denbighshire Related articles on Monastic Wales Remnants of Ruthin Priory, Who were the Regular Canons?, Dr Karen Stöber Bibliographical sources 4 Printed sources show sources Medieval Religious Houses, England and Wales, ed. R. Neville Hadcock and David Knowles (Harlow, 1971) p. 203 Monasticon Anglicanum: a History of the Abbies and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries, and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales, 6 in 8 vols, ed. Sir William Dugdale, revised J. Caley, H. Ellis, B. Bandinel (London, 1817-1830) Chettle, H. F., 'The Boni Homines of Ashridge and Edington', Downside Review, 62 (1944), pp. 40-55 Williams, David H., Welsh History through Seals (Cardiff Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru: Cardiff, 1982) 2 On-line sources show online sources (all open in new window) RCAHMW, Coflein database - St Peter's Church Ruthin (View website) The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust, Church of St Peter, Ruthin, Denbighshire Churches Survey (View website)	Bonhommes Canons sites 1 Ruthin Denbighshire (Priory)

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