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Black Friar

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Black Friar
a Dominican friar


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The former 13th-century monastery, situated close to Stowell Street in the city centre, was once home to Dominican monks, the black friars, so called because they donned black cloaks.
The fact that they have a black Friar Tuck in the Robin Hood TV drama.
However, actor David Harewood, who plays the first ever black Friar Tuck, who is usually played by short, fat, balding white men, is happy with his role.
 
 
 
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