The Trinitarian Friary at Berwick was founded by William the Lion. [1165-1214]. Unconfirmed.
The friars had a church in Berwick called the Chapel of Ravendale and the location of the Friary is generally understood to have been in the same part of the town as the Manor House of Ravensdale which stood near the old bridge.
References to the Chapel frequently occur in the in the Guild Books. In Elizabethan times it was used as a storehouse and was situated where the house and granaries now [1888] are, between West Street and Bank Hill, on the north side of Love Lane. The chapel is mentioned in 1647. (1)(2)

The houses and granaries referred to above were centred at NT 99735284. The larger part has been demolished and its site is now occupied by Tintagel House, but the north-east wing remains and retains the character of a granary. No apparent remains of the Friary exists. (3)

There is no proven association of the Trinitarians with the Chapel of Ravensdale. It has been said to be a chapel of the Trinitarians presumably because it is in the known vicinity of Domus Pontis. The first authenticated reference to the chapel is at the Dissolution when listed in 'Lands of Dissolved Religious Houses'. It must therefore, at this date, have been in the the hands of an existing religious house in the town. The Trinitarians had left by 1488 and the only remaining houses in the late 15th century were Franciscans (on Greens), Carmelites and Dominicans. Information from Mr F Cowe says that a second document dealing with the dissolution indicates the chapel was property of the Dominicans. Their property originally belonged to the Friars of Penitence and completely burnt down in 1436. The chapel was probably rebuilt after this date. A survey of 1562 records property called 'Ravensdale late a chapel' on the north side of Briggate. In 1604 it was taken over by Mayor and Bailiff's and then a store house. There is a tradition of burials being found in the area. Mr F Cowe reports that skeletons and some pottery were found recently (1970s) by sewage workers in Love Lane. (4)

An evaluation was carried out in August 1997 on the north side of Love Lane, on land immediately east of Tintagel House, by Northern Archaeological Associates. The area of the proposed building development has been terraced into the bedrock, possibly in the 19th century. This terracing appears to have removed archaeological levels at the northern end of the development site although such levels do survive towards the southern end.
Three trenches were located within the yard area to the south of the development area. One revealed the remains of a mortared stone wall running east-west and lying 0.13m below existing ground surface. The second trench revealed human burials on a similar alignment at a depth of 0.6m; excavation was ceased at this level in order to preserve the remains in situ. The wall and burials appear to be associated with finds dating between the 13th and 17th centuries.
It was also discovered that in 1973, when a drain was cut across the site from Tintagel House to Love Lane, ten human skulls had been found along with a range of medieval pottery. In addition, work at an adjacent building has produced at least four fragments of sculptured stone, including window tracery.
The chapel is noted by Scott (in 1888) as having been 30 yards (27.4m) long by 26 yards (23.8m) wide. By 1811 the site contained a complex of granaries constructed around a yard. On the 1852 OS 25 inch it is identified as a timber yard. (5)

Evaluation in 1998 revealed ten burials and part of a mortared sandstone wall. The wall may have formed part of a religious house. The burials belong to two phases: medieval and post-medieval (possibly post-Dissolution). It is almost certain that the medieval adult burials belonged to a cemetery attached to one of the medieval religious houses in the area. The cemetery appears to have continued in use and some child burials belong to the later phase. (6)