Austin Friars

City, 70, Old Broad Street (EC2) Here formerly stood a Priory of Mendicant, or Begging, Friars, founded in 1253 by Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, and dedicated to St. Augustine (when in Austin) , Bishop of Hippo, in Africa. (Reference: Jesse's London, vol. II, p. 427)