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The [[Mendicant orders|mendicant religious order]] was known as the Friars of the Sack and the [[Brothers of Penitence]]. The friars first appeared in England in 1257,{{sfn|Page|1909|pp=513-514}} with the order apparently originating in Italy, where they were known as "Fratres de Sacco".{{sfn|Gasquet|1905|pp=241-242}}{{efn|Others attribute their origin to France as many of their known homes were in France.<ref name=friars/>}} The order began in 1251 and expanded into Britain, France, Spain, Germany and Palestine.{{sfn|Gasquet|1905|pp=241-242}}<ref name=friars>{{cite journal|url=http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/2846556|title=A Note on the Friars of the Sack|last=Emery|first=Richard W. |work=Speculum|date=October 1960|pages=591-595|publisher=The Medieval Academy of America|accessdate=9 August 2016}}</ref> The [[Second Council of Lyon]] took up the question of limiting mendicant religious orders. In 1274, the four major orders-the Franciscans, the Dominicans, the Carmelites and the Austin Friars were allowed to remain with the lesser orders instructed to disband.<ref name=friars2>{{cite journal|url=http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/2853707|title=The Friars of the Sack|last=Emery|first=Richard W.|work=Speculum|date=July 1943|pages=323-334|publisher=The Medieval Academy of America|accessdate=9 August 2016}}</ref>

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