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A36798	Monasticon anglicanum, or, The history of the ancient abbies, and other monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches, in England and Wales with divers French, Irish, and Scotch monasteries formerly relating to England / collected, and published in Latin, by Sir William Dugdale, Knight ..., in three volums; and now epitomized in English, page by page; with sculptures of the several religious habits.; Monasticon anglicanum. English	Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.; Dodsworth, Roger, 1585-1654.; Stevens, John, d. 1726. History of the antient abbeys, monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches.; Wright, James, 1643-1713.	1693 (1693)	Wing D2487; ESTC R8166	281,385	375

Danes coming down out of Yorkshire into Lincolnshire Earl Algar Morcar a Lay-Brother of Crowland-Abby call'd Tolius who had been a famous Souldier before he entered into Religion Hardingus of Reihalle and under his Command all the men of Stamford made head against them and at first conquered the Pagans but they being soon after reinforced with greater power they in a second Battel over-threw the Christians with grievous slaughter burnt down the Abby and Church of Croyland and from thence marcht to Medeshamsted where they slew the Abbot and all the Monks to the number of eighty four and utterly destroyed the Church and all other Buildings From hence they march'd to Cambridge destroying all the Country as they went In the year of Christ 970. St. Adelwold Bishop of Winchester began to re-edifie the Monastery of Medeshamstede and call'd it the Borough of St. Peter one hundred year after it was destroyed by the Danes The foregoing Particulars of this History have been curiously painted in the Windows of the Cloysters belonging to this Abby with English Verses under each Picture explaining the Story Which see in the Monasticon at large Valued at 1721 l. 14 s. 0 d. ob q. per Annum WHITBY of Old call'd STRENSHALE in Yorkshire ANno Dom. 655. Penda the Pagan King of Mercia making War upon Oswy King of Northumberland Oswy made a Vow to Almighty God that if he overcame his Enemies he would dedicate his Daughter to perpetual Virginity and give twelve of his Manour-houses to be converted into Monasteries Hereupon he fought and tho' much inferiour in number obtain'd a Signal Victory and Penda was slain in the Battle In performance o● 〈◊〉 Vow he gave his Daughter named Ethelfleda then scarce one year 〈…〉 and the Ground then called Streneshal for the building of a Monastery It was begun by Hilda a Woman of great Religion and was at first a Nunnery but afterwards a House of Monks In the year 1067. William de Percy who came into England with the Conquerour and had obtained to himself and Heirs the Town of Whitby and all its Members made a new Foundation of the Abby of Whitby and gave all the said Town and Members to God St. Peter and St. Hilda of Whitby and to the Monks there serving God in perpetual Alms with divers other Lands and made Reinfridus a Monk of Euesham Prior of the Monastery This was after this place had been destroyed by the Danes above two hundred years Many were the Benefactors to this Abby besides the Founder William de Percy a particular of the Lands Possessions Forests Churches Tithes and Liberties by them given may be seen in the Monasticon at large p. 74 75. Vid. inf p. 988. Valued at 437 l. 2 s. 9 d. per Annum CHERTSEY in Surrey THE Abby of Chertsey was founded in the Reign of King Egbert in the year of our Lord 666. by Frithwaldus a petty King or Governor of the Province of Surrey under Wulfar King of Mercia and endow'd with large Possessions all which were confirm'd by the said Wulfar King of Mercia The Limits of the Lands belonging to Chertsey-Abby may be seen in the Monasticon at large p. 77. Pope Alexander granted to this Abby many Priviledges among other that they should pay no Tithes of their Lands in their own hands nor of the Beasts which they themselves kept Valued at 659 l. 15 s. 8 d. ob per Annum BERKING in the County of Essex THE Nunnery at Berking eight miles from London was founded by Erkenwaldus Bishop of that City for his Sister Ethelburge who was the first Abbess of this Nunnery Hodelredus a Kinsman of Sebby King of the East Saxons gave to this House fair Revenues which Guift was confirm'd by the said King Sebby The Ancient Profits and Expences of this Nunnery as they were charg'd to the Account of the Celeress may be seen in the Monasticon at large p. 80 81 82 83. Valued at 862 l. 12 s. 5 d. ob per Annum The Monastery of St. Mildred in the Isle of Thanet in Kent MIldred the Virgin was the Daughter of Merwaldus Son of Penda King of Mercia and Domneva of the Family of the Kings of Kent Which Domneva with her Husband's assistance built this Monastery for Nuns and placed here seventy Virgins of whom their Daughter Mildred was consecrated Abbess This House was destroy'd by the Pagan Danes A BENEDICTINE NUN Vol. 1. P. 79 the year 1011. Afterwards in the time of King Cnut it was annext by that King 's Grant to St. Augustines Monastery and the Body of St. Mildred translated from hence of St. Augustines at Canterbury A. D. 1033. The Lands belonging hereunto in the Isle of Thanet were confirm'd to the said Monastery of St. Augustines by King Edward the Confessor FALKSTONE in Kent EAnswida Daughter of Eadbaldus Son of Ethelbert King of Kent built this Monastery in a remote Part from Commerce situated seven Acers breadth from the Sea which in process of time quite wore away the Land and destroyed this House but the Reliques of the holy Virgin the Foundress who lived and died here were removed to the Neighbouring Church of St. Peter See more of this House infra p. 560. Valued at 41 l. 15 s. 10 d. per Annum LIMING in Kent THE Monastery here was built by Ethelburge Daughter of King Ethelbert and Wife of Edwin King of Northumberland after whole death she return'd into Kent and founded this Nunnery and lies here buried RACULFE in Kent BIrthwald Archbishop of Canterbury was before his election to that See in the year 692. Abbot of Raculfe In the year 949. King Eadred King of all England gave the Monastery of Raculfe and all the Lands belonging thereunto to the Church of Canterbuy Odo being then Archbishop and Metropolitan there The Lands belonging to this House did amount to twenty five Carucates and one Carucate assigned only to the Repairs of the Church ELY Abby in Cambridgeshire ANno Dom. 627. The blessed Augustine built a Church at Ely in a place called Cradindene a mile distant from the present City it was consecrated to the honour of the blessed Virgin and stored with Ministers for God's service but these were all expell'd by Penda King of Mercia and the place turn'd into a Desert Afterwards in the year 673. Ethelreda the Virgin built a Monastery in a more eminent place in Ely for both Sexes of which she her self became the first Abbess In the year 870. the Church of Ely was again destroy'd and burnt by the Pagans In the year 970. Ethelwaldus Bishop of Winchester bought this Isle of King Edgar rebuilt the Church and placed Monks in it under the Rule of an Abbot and in this state it remained till the year 1108. 9 H. 1. at which time Pope Paschal at the request of that King changed the Abby into a Bishoprick The foresaid Ethelred was Daughter of Anna King of the East-Angels and was buried in Ely together with several

18 s. 7 d. per Annum KILBURN in Middlesex a Cell of Westm. IN the Reign of King Henry the I. Herebertus Abbot of Westminster Osbert de Clara Prior and the whole Convent of Westminster gave a Hermitage at Kilburn to three Maids Emma Gunilda and Christina for a Nunnery and endow'd the same with Lands and Rents Gilbert Bishop of London gave the Jurisdiction of this Cell of Kilburn to the said Abbot and his Successors exempting it from the Jurisdiction of the Bishop of London for ever But new Contests arising about this House between the Bishop of London and Abbot of Westminster they came to an Agreement in the year 1231. That the Bishop might visit the Nunnery to preach to them and to hear their Confessions but without exacting any Procurations and that the Government of the House placing and displacing the Abbess and Nuns should belong to the Abbot as a Cell of his House c. Valued at 74 l. 7 s. 11 d. per Annum HURLEY in Barkshire a Cell of Westminster GOdefridus de Magnavilla gave to God and St. Peter and to the Church of Westminster and St. Mary of Hurley the Town of Hurley with divers other Lands and Tithes for the Maintenance of a Convent of Monks to serve God in the said Church for ever All which was confirm'd to the Priors and Monks of Hurley by William Bishop of London In the year 1258. Godefridus Prior of Hurley and his Covent made an exchange with Absolon Abbot of Walden of some of their Revenues Valued at 121 l. 18 s. 5 d. per Annum MALVERNE in Worcestershire a Cell of Westminster IN the eighteenth year of William the Conqueror one Aldwine a Hermit and his Brethren began the Monastery here King William the Conqueror and others gave Lands and Revenues to this House but more especially King Henry the first who by his Charter dated in the year 1127. granted and confirm'd to them many Lands and great Liberties and Immunities Vid. Vol. 2. p. 876. Valued at 98 l. 10 s. 9 d. ob per Annum AUCOT in Warwickshire a Cell of Malverne-magna WIlliam Burdet gave all his Land in Aucot to God and St. Mary of Malverne and to the Monks there in the year 1159. From among which Monks he was to have by agreement betwixt him and Roger Prior of that House a certain number for the Institution of a Monastery here The Prior of which House was to be constituted by the Prior of Malverne by and with the advice of the Abbot of Westminster Valued at 28 l. 6 s. 2 d. per Annum SUDBURY in Suffolk a Cell of Westminster KING Edward the III. in the thirty fifth year of his Reign granted his License to Richard Roke of Westminster to settle certain Land in Sudbury and Holgate upon the Abbot and Convent of Westminster or the relief of their poor Cell of St. Bartholomew near Sudbury St. NEOTS in Huntingtonshire SAint Neot was Son of King Adulphus and Brother of King Alured who founded the University of Oxford He was a Monk at Neotestoke in Cornwall and from thence his Body was translated to Anulphesbury in Huntingtonshire where Earl Elfrid converted his Palace into a Monastery of black Monks Which being afterwards spoild and burnt down by the Danes was in the Reign of King Henry the I. An. Dom. 1113. re-edified by Rohesia Wife of Richard Son of Earl Gislibert about which time it was given as a Cell to the Abby of Bec in Normandy The foresaid Lady and divers others gave Lands and Revenues to the Monks of Bec serving God at St. Neots It appears by the Bull of Pope Celestine directed to the Bishop of Lincoln that the Prior and Convent of St. Neots being their House was situated on a famous and great Road did use to bestow meat and drink on all Travellers who desired it and to this only use they did appropriate certain Rents and Pensions which they received yearly from the Churches of Eynesbury and Torney In the Reigns of Henry the IV. and Henry the V. This Monastery was discharg'd of its Foreign Subjection to the Abby of Bec and made an English Priory Vid. Vol. 2. p. 876. Valued at 241 l. 11 s. 4 d. q. per Annum SELBY in Yorkshire KING William the Conqueror founded the Abby here for Benedictine Monks in honour of our Lord Iesus Christ and his blessed Mother the Virgin Mary and St. Germain the Bishop Which King and several other persons did endow it with large Possessions in particular Guido de Raincourt gave to this Church of St. Germain in Selby his Town of Stamford in Northamptonshire Thomas Archbishop of York Gilbert T●s●n chief Standard-bearer of England Gaulerannus Earl of Mellent Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoln and Constable of Chester c. gave other Lands and great Liberties● All which King Richard the I. in the first year of his Reign confirm'd to the Monks here Also King Edward the III. did in the second year of his Reign confirm to them all their Liberties and Exemptions whereupon in the twenty second of that King they were excused from paying to the King in any of their Lands purchased before the abovesaid second year any a●d for knighting his eldest Son c. Vaued at 729 l. 12 s. 10 d. q. per Annum SHREWSBURY in Shropshire IN the year 1083. Roger Earl of Montgomery built here a Monastery in honour of St. Peter To this House he gave great Possessions and after his Example other Barons and Knights of that County did the like After the death of the said Roger Hugh his Son and Heir gave other Lands and great Liberties and Immunities with a heavy Curse to the Violaters The like did King Henry the I. and King Steven confirming their said Liberties in so large a manner that nothing could be added to them Other principal Benefactors were Matilda de Lungespe Daughter and Heir of Walter de Clifford Walchelinus Maminot Willielmus Peverell and Richard Fitz-Allen Earl of Arundel c. All whose Guifts and Benefactions were confirm'd to the Abbot and Monks of this House by King Henry the III. in the eleventh year of his Reign Valued at 132 l. 4 s. 10 d. per Annum St. MARY's at York THE History of the Foundation of this Abby was writ by Stephen who had been Abbot of Whitby and was after that made the first Abbot of this House In which the most observable matters are as follows Alan Son of Eudo Earl of Brittain having built a Church adjoyning to the City of York in honour of St Olave gave it to the foresaid Stephen and his Companions with four Acres of Land thereon to erect a Monastery This was about the year 1088. in the Reign of King William the Conqueror Who dying his Son and Successor King William Rufus gave them Land whereon to build a larger Church and gave to the Monastery divers Lands Liberties and Exemptions Also Earl Alan their first Founder gave them the adjoynig

several Bells are to be toll'd or Rung at the several hours and Offices Also of the Archdeacons and Succentor That the Dean is the Head of the Chapter that when he enters or passes by all the Clergy ought to stand up c. The Office and duty of the Vicars and secular Clerks commonly call'd Clerk Vicars The manner of installing the Canons all whose stalls and proper Seats are set out in a Scheme That all Clerks entering into the Quire bow first to the Altar then to the Bishop or in his Absence to the Dean with directions when to stand up and kneel c. and what habits and collours are to be used upon such and such days That the Dean be continually Resident that he Celebrates Mass on all double Feasts that he preach on Ash Wednesday and Advent Sunday c. That every Canon have a Vicar continually serving in the Church That one or two of the Canons be Chosen at Michaelmas yearly to receive and distribute the Common Goods of the Church and to account for the same The manner of calling and holding the Chapters That on the Festivals of St. Cedde and the assumption of the Virgin Mary the Dean feast all the Quire the Canons to be singly invited eight days before the time That from Trinity Sunday to Christmas Mattins be immediately said after Complin and the several Masses at such and such hours c. That Mattins and Vespers and all the hours be perform'd according to the Salisbury use That in case any difference shall happen among the Canons it shall be composed among themselves if it may be if not by the Dean and Chapter within two Months if not by them then by the Bishop within two Months more if that cannot be the party injured may be at Liberty to seek redress in Law elswhere as he sees convenient That the Statutes of this Church be writ fair in a Book of Parchment and that to be chain'd in such place where the Canons but not others have access to it That no Minister of this Church lie a night in the Town without reasonable Cause to be approved by the Dean and Chapter that no Vicar or Quirister receive or admit any Woman into his Garden unless in company of other honest Women c. All which Statutes and Ordinances with many more filling twenty one Folio's and a half were declared and establisht by the foresaid Dean and Chapter and confirm'd by the Bishop in the year 1526. The Bishop of Litchfeld is sworn to defend the Rights and Liberties of this Church to his ability to observe the Statutes and approved antient Customes of the same and not to alienate the Episcopal Possessions The Dean is sworn to make continual Residency as is accustomed to be faithful to the Church not to reveal the secrets of the Chapter to observe and defend the Statutes and approved and antient Customes to behave himself with humility and Patience and to excite all those who are Subject to his Government to do the like Every Canon is sworn to be obedient to the Dean and Chapter in Canonical Commands to defend the Rights and Liberties of this Church to observe the Statutes and antient and approved Customes to be faithful to the Church and not to reveal the Secrets of the Chapter Every Vicar is sworn to be obedient to the Dean and Chapter to be faithful to perform the Day and Night Service according to his reasonable ability The Sergeant is sworn to be true to the Church of Litchfield to keep Council truly to do his Office of Sergeantship and when he is sent on Errands to give a true Report c. LINCOLN Cathedral PAulinus Archbishop of York who converted a great part of the North among the rest converted to the Christian Religion the Prefect of the City of Lincoln call'd Bletta and caused a Church to be erected and therein consecrated Honorius Archbishop of Canterbury An. 1092 Bishop Remigius removed his Episcopal Seat from Dorchester by Licence of King William the Conqueror to Lincoln and began to build there a sumptuous Church on the Hill near the Castle but Thomas then Archbishop of York pretending that Lincoln and all the Province of Lindsey was within his Diocess gave some obstruction for a while But it was afterwards finisht by King William II who caused it to be dedicated by two Cardinal Legates in the presence of eight Archbishops and sixteen Bishops and secular Canons to be establisht therein This King William Rufus Confirm'd all the Lands and Revenues which his Father had given to this Church and was himself a great Benefactor he quieted the Dispute between the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Lincoln about Jurisdiction giving Thomas Archbishop of York such satisfaction to quit his Claim for ever as has been already mention'd pag. 131. King Henry I. gave to this Church among other Lands the Mannour of Bicheleswade with great Liberties also a Fair to be held at their Castle of Newark on St Mary Magdalens day and four days before he also granted to Robert Bishop of Lincoln Liberty to make a Passage through his Castle Wall he also granted to the said Bishop and the Canons of this Church his Vineyard at Lincoln and all that belongs to it He also granted them several Churches as Hempingham Derby Wercheford to be Prebends with all the Churches of Lincoln within and without the Borough and Freewarren in all their Lands in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire King Henry II. granted and confirm'd to Robert Bishop of Lincoln and his Successors the Houses that were the Knights Templers in the Parish of St. Andrew Holburn at London which the said Bishop had purchased of those Knights for one hundred marks and the yearly Rent of three pieces of Gold tres aureos The same King gave to this Church and Bishop all the ground from the Bale Westward to the City Wall Eastward at Lincoln to build on he also confirm'd the Donations of their other Benefactors he also composed a difference between the Bishop of Lincoln and Robert Abbot of St. Albans about the Jurisdiction over fifteen Churches to the said Abby belonging Pope Honorius An. 1125. confirm'd the Revenues given to this Church the like did Pope Innocent who also granted that no Bishop should be imposed on this Church of Lincoln without the free election of the Clergy and People An. 1138. King Henry III in the fortieth year of his Reign upon the Petition of the Dean and Canons of Lincoln for his Licence to remove some part of the City Wall that so they might enlarge their Church Eastward issued out a Writ of Quod damnum in order to the same The names of the Deans of Lincoln Ralf Ramerus Simon 〈◊〉 An. Dom. 1100. Adelmus 1162. Hamo Ieffry Killing Rober de Rolveston 1198. William de Tornaco 1227. Roger de Wescham 1237. after Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield Henry de Lenington 1243. after Bishop of Lincoln Richard de Gravesend 1254

to all which Death Makes a short address and they as short an answer with the Author 's Moral Reflection The Cathedral Church of Salisbury OSmund Bishop of Salisbury who succeeded on the death of Bishop Herman in the year 1076 built the new Church at Salisbury and composed the Book of the Ecclesiastical Office call'd Consuetudinarium which was used in a manner throughout all England Wales and Ireland Bishop Osmund's Deed of Foundation and Endowment of this Church bears date An. Dom. 1091. 4 William 2. King Henry the I. King Henry the II. and King Iohn were Benefactors to this Church of St. Mary of Sarum King Henry the III. in the eleventh year of his Reign confirm'd the translation of this Church from the Castle to a lower Scituation and made New Saresbirie a free City and granted to it all the Liberties which the City of Winchester enjoys and granted to the Bishops here a yearly Fair at New Saresbury from the Vigil of the Assumption to the morrow after the Octaves of the said Feast and every Week a Mercate on the Tuesday c. COLLEGIATE CHURCHES Of Canons Secular A Second Part of the Third Volum BEVERLEY in Yorkshire Provosts of Beverley Vol. I. p. 171. 1. Thomas Nephew of Thomas Archbishop of Tork 2. Thurstinus afterwards Archbishop of Tork 3. Thomas Normannus 4. Robertus 5. Thomas Beket 6. Robertus 7. Galfridus Temp. H. 2. 8. Simon 9. Fulco Basset 10. Iohannes Cheshub 11. Gulielmus Eborisensis Temp. H. 3. 12. Iohannes Maunsel 13. Alanus 14. Morganus 15. Petrus de Chester 16. Haymo de Charto 17. Robert de Alburwik 18. Walterus 19. Gulielmus de Melton 20. Nicholaus Hugate 21. Gulielmus de la Mar. Temp. E. 3. 22. Richard de Ravensar 23. Adam Limbergh 24. Iohannes Thoresby 25. Iohannes Manfeld 26. Gulielmus Kinwolmarsh 27. Robertus Nevile Temp. H. 6. 28. Robertus Rolleston 29. Iohn Gerningham 30. Laurence Bouthe afterwards Bishop of Durbam 31. Iohn Bouth afterwards Bishop of Exeter 32. Henry Webber 33. Petrus Tastar 34. William Potman 35. Hugh Trotter 36 ... 37. Thomas Dalby 38. Thomas Winter IN the year 1664. certain Relicks were found in a Leaden Chest in this Church with an Inscription which spoke them to be the Bones of St. Iohn of Beverley therein deposited in the year 1197. King Adelstan in his march against Constantine King of Scotland visited the blessed Iohn at Beverley and promised in case he obtain'd Victory to augment the Revenues of this Church which he did in his return Being in Scotland he besought God that at the Prayer of St. Iohn of Beverley he would shew some sign whereby the Scots may be known to be of right subject to England hereupon the King struck a Stone with his Sword near the Castle of Dunbar and made therein a gash of an Ell long King Richard the II. in the twelsth year of his Reign confirm'd to this Church certain Revenues given by King Athelstan in the East-riding of Yorkshire the like had been done before by King Henry the II. Thomas Archbishop of York by advice and consent of the Chapter of this Church made divers Statutes and Orders for Government of the same namely that there be always nine Canons a Precenter a Chancellor and a Sacristian nine Vicars c. belonging to this Church in the number of which Canons the Archbishop himself is included for one and hath the chief and first Stall in the Choire that the Provostship which Office is only temporary when void if not supplied in forty days shall be collated by the Archbishop and his Successors c. That all beside the Canons be obliged to continual Residence That the Provost for the time being pay to each of the nine Canons the Sum of 10 l per Annum by quarterly Payments to the Precentor 10 l. to the Chancellor and Sacristan as formerly to the Clerks and Virgers 6 s. 8 d each and to the Parsons 6 l. 13 s. 4 d. each and further to each of the nine Canons and three Officers above-mentioned two and forty quarters of Oats yearly to each Vicar 8 l. per Annum c. That the Provost makes due and punctual Payment of the Sums due to the Ministers of this Church at the proper times or within fifteen days after under pain of five Marks to the Fabrick of the Church of York and as much to this c. Which Statutes bear date in the year 1391. SUTHWELL in Nottinghamshire AT the time of Domesday Survey Thomas then Archibishop of York and the Canons of this Church held Lands in Torgartone Wapentac valued at 40 l. 15 s and in Binghamhou Wapentac other Lands amounting in Value to 150 s. Turstan Archbishop of York gave one Prebend to this Church and the tenth of all the Increase of his Lordship of Southwell Pope Alexander the III. granted to the Canons of St Mary of Southwell Power to excommunicate any of their Parishoners who should be injurious to them and that as well the Clerks as Laity of the County of Nottingham do repair to this Church in Procession at Whitsuntide yearly according to ancient Custom c. Whose Bull bears date An. Dom. 1171. King Henry the I. confirm'd the Liberties of this Church and the Lands given them by Archbishop Turstan Iohn Archbishop of Tork and Robert Malluvell were Benefactors to this Church Alexander Archishop of Tork and Legate at the Petition of Richard de Chesterfeild Canon of the Collegiate Church of Suthwelle in the year 1379. granted his License for the building of a new House for the Habitation of the Vicars in the Church yard their old House being too remote which House was afterwards set out and appointed by the Parishoners to be erected in the East part of the said Church-yard King Henry the VI. in the seventeenth year of his Reign granted to this Church the Alien Priory of Ravendale in Lincolnshire then valued at 14 l. per Annum which with other Lands was also granted to this Church by King Edward the IV. in the first year of his Reign This Collegiate Church being founded anew by King Henry VIII Queen Elizabeth in the twenty seventh year of her Reign confirm'd and establisht certain Statutes and Orders for Government of the same consisting of twenty six Chapters in which it is provided that Divine Service be perform'd here as in the Metropolitan Church of York thrice every day and Sermons by the Canons or Pr●bendaries every Sunday and Holyday that there be at least six Vicars Choral six singing Men and six Boys That the Canons shall duly reside and that the Debts of the Colledge be paid that the Receiver account yearly on the 3 d or 4th of Novemler That there be a Sacristan Virger Bell-ringer and Porter a Master and Rector of the Choire a Master of the Grammar School That to make a Chapter there must be persent three Canons at the least that there be a Warden or Clerk of the Febrick who is to

and Lands c. to the yearly value of 500 l. Within which this Alms-house was erected for two Chaplains five and thirty poor Men and three Women to be govern'd by the Master of that Hospital but the Cardinal dying before this Foundation was perfectly compleated King Henry the VI. An. 33. did incorporate them under a Rector of their own by the name of The New Alms-house of Noble Poverty establisht near Winchester by Henry Cardinal of England and Bishop of Winchester Son of John late Duke of Lancaster of noble Memory with grant of a Common Seal and Power to purchase c. Valued at 84 l. 4 s. 2 d. per Annum STOKFASTON Stockerson in Leicestershire FOunded with License of King Edward the IV. An. 5. by Iohn de Boyville Esq near the Town Church for one Chaplain and three poor men who were a Body Corporate and might retain Lands to the value of 10 l. per Annum HEITSBURY in Wiltshire FOunded with License of King Edward the IV. An. 11. by Margaret Widow of Robert Lord Hungerford Iohn Cheyne of Pynne Esq and Iohn Mervyn Esq for one Chaplain twelve poor Men and one poor Woman of whom the Chaplain to be Custos or Warden Which Hospital was made a Body Corporate c. and endow'd with divers Lands and had a grant of twenty Load of Wood for firing out of the Wood of Southleghe in Wiltshire The Savoy in the Suburbs of London KING Henry the VIII An. 2. granted the place or peice of Ground called the Savoy parcel of the Dutchy of Lancaster and lying in the Parishes of St. Clements Danes without the Bars of the New Temple at London and St. Mary of the Stronde in the County of Middlesex to Richard Bishop of Winchester Richard Bishop of London Thomas Bishop of Durham Edmund Bishop of Sarum William Bishop of Lincoln Iohn Bishop of Rochester Thomas Earl of Arundel Thomas Earl of Surrey Charles Lord Herbert Sir Iohn Fyneux Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench Sir Robert Rede Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Iohn Young Master of the Roles Sir Iohn Lovell and Iohn Cutte Excutors of King Henry the VII for the founding and establishing of an Hospital And by another Deed dated An. 4. he granted License to the said Executors to found such Hospital for five Secular Chaplains one of which to be Master to pray for the good Estate of him and Catherine his Consort and for the Souls of King Henry the VII and Elizabeth his Consort and of Arthur Prince of Wales Which Hospital was to be called The Hospital of Henry the VII late King of England at the Savoy to be a Body Corporate to have a Common Seal and yearly Revenues to the value of five hundred Marks per Annum for maintenance of the said Chaplains and for performance of such other Works of Mercy and Piety as by the said Executors shall be appointed and exprest With a Non obstante to the Statute of Mortmain Valued at 529 l. 5 s. 7 d. ob per Annum Of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem THE Patron of this Order of Knights was St. Iohn Baptist from whom they took their Denomination The Hospital of St. Iohn Baptist and the Poor at Ierusalem is said to be first built in the time of Iulius Caesar Emperor of Rome and Antiochus Prince of Antioch with certain Treasure which one Melchiar a Priest in the Temple had taken out of the Sepulcher of David here the Poor and Infirm were kindly received and entertain'd from all parts of the World The same Author delivers that when our Saviour Christ became incarnate and conversed on Earth when he came to Ierusalem he resorted frequently to this House and that it was in this House that he appear'd to his Apostles after his Passion and Resurrection the Doors being all shut After his Ascension St. Steven and others of his Disciples served the poor in this Hospital house according to our Lord's Precept When the Christians were expell'd from Ierusalem and the City was possest by the Saracens one Conradus or Gerardus a devout Servant of God lived here and served the Poor in like manner who at such time as Ierusalem was besieg'd by Godfrey of Bullen and the Christian Pilgrims and a great Famine being in the Christian Camp was accustomed to go upon the Walls and throw over Loaves which he carried secretly about him for that purpose as if he were eager in throwing Stones against the Besiegers This Gerard was the first Master of this Hospital which after the City was taken by the Christians was very much favour'd and its Revenues augmented by the Kings of Ierusalem c. After the death of this Gerard Frier Raymund de Puy became Master who establisht a Rule for the Hospitallers confirm'd by Pope Innocent the II. and Pope Boniface This Rule consists of nine and twenty Articles among which it is ordain'd that every Brother or Frier at his admission to the Service of the Poor here is to profess these three things Chas●ity Obedience and to live without Property that when the Friers go abroad they shall not go alone but two or three together that if any be publickly guilty of Fornication he shall be publickly whipt and then expell'd the Society The Infirm at their first Reception into the Hospital shall be consest and communicate and then carried to bed and there served and attended as Lords and Masters of the House That all the Brothers shall wear a Cross on their upper Garments as a Badge of their Faith c. Others give another account of the Original of the Hospitallers● affirming that after the Turks of Arabia had over-run Syria and Egypt about the year 612. certain Italian Merchants of the City of Malfe trading into these parts and being favour'd by the Turks on the account of their Trade they obtain'd from the Calife of Egypt a peice of Ground lying before the Temple of the Sepulcher for their Habitation here those M●rchants built a Monastery and Church in honour of the blessed Virgin placing therein an Abbot and Monks After that they built another little Church in honour of St. Mary Magdalen for the Reception of Women Pilgrims and placed therein certain Nuns and lastly considering the danger of those who came in Pilgrimage to the holy places who were often robbed by the Turks they built an Hospital or Domus Dei for the Reception of Men whether Well or Sick who arrived here in Pilgrimage and another Church for them dedicated to St Iohn Elemon Patriarch of Alexandria These three Houses subsisted only by Alms collected for them yearly by the said Merchants of Malfy till the Christians conquer'd Ierusalem and expelled the Saracens At which time lived in the Abby of Monks the before-mention'd Girald to whom the Abbot committed the Reception and Relief of the Poor and Pilgrims in the foresaid Domus Dei or Hospital and after such reduction of the City the said Hospital flourisht daily more and