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A43426	Domus carthusiana, or, An account of the most noble foundation of the Charter-House near Smithfield in London both before and since the reformation : with the life and death of Thomas Sutton, esq., the founder thereof, and his last will and testament : to which are added several prayers, fitted for the private devotions and particular occasions of the ancient gentlemen, &c. / by Samuel Herne.	Herne, Samuel.	1677 (1677)	Wing H1578; ESTC R10688	113,628	343

his Noble and Magnificent Benefaction Edv. 3. Anno 11o. He was sent Ambassadour to the French King which was no mean Imployment for him either as he was a Gentleman or a Stranger In this Voyage he couragiously lands his men on the Isle of Agnes on purpose to revenge the Death of some English men who not long before were slain by the Inhabitants when they came for fresh water Here he made a general slaughter and takes the Earl of Flanders his Brother Captain of the Island Prisoner His next martial performance was in company of Henry Earl of Derby Duke of Lancaster into Gascoign and Guyen where these two only attended with Five hundred men at Arms and some few Archers did mighty things vanquisht the Enemy and recover'd many walled Towns and Castles It chanced that the Countess of Montfort Sister to Louis Earl of Flanders like an undaunted Virago put on Armour and leads and encourages her People to repell the common Foe She desires aid of the King of England and hath it granted under the conduct of no less a man than the Lord Walter de Manny Not long after the King himself fighting with the French that he might not be known in Person puts himself and the Prince under the Colours and Defence of the same Invincible Warriour This may suffice for a small description of his Strength and Valour I shall now proceed to the occasion of this singular Instance of his Piety and Beneficence He lived in an Age wherein all things seemed as wonderful as himself Ann. 1345. on the Conversion of St. Paul a great Earthquake shook Germany wherewith many Villages and Castles fell down likewise Stones mixt with Rain fell out of the Air Moreover the same day many publick and private Houses fell at Venice afterwards the Earth was shaken more or less fifteen days whereof it hapned that almost all Women with Child were delivered before their time And after this a noysom Pestilence called Inguinaria invaded the People the venom of the Disease was so deadly that scarce one in an hundred escaped alive It began first in Scythia there raged along the Coasts of the Sea Pontus and Hellespont at length through Greece and Illyria it came into Italy 1346. A great Vapour coming from the North-part to the great fear of the Beholders was seen in the Air and fell on the Earth And the same year certain small Beasts in great number fell from the Element in the East through whose corruption and stench there ensued a great Plague which for three years reigned over the whole World First creeping into Asia from India was vehement in England Florence Germany and all Europe The Jews were thought guilty of it by poisoning Fountains and therefore they were burned every where 1349. The Eighth of the Calends of Febr in Noricum on that side it is joyned with Pannonia Illyrium Dalmatia Carinthia and Istria there was a great Earthquake in the Evening which lasted forty days Six Cities and Castles were overthrown and swallowed up In London the Plague was so vehement that in a place called Charter-house-yard were buried of the better sort of People Sixty thousand says Cambden in his Britannia Middlesex p. 311. Ibi floruit opulenta Carthusianorum aedes à Gualtero Manny Hannonio posita Qui summa cum laude sub Edv. 3. bello Gallico meruit Celeberrimúmque fuit eo loco ante Caemeterium in quo grassante peste 1349. Londino sepulta fuerunt plusquam quinquaginta hominum millia quod inscriptione ibi in aere p●steris fuit testatum In this dismal time it pleased God to stir ●p the heart of this Noble Knight to have respect to the danger that might fall in the time of this Pestilence then begun in England if the Churches and Church-yards in London might not suffice to bury the multitude Wherefore he purchased a piece of ground near St. John's street called Spittle-Croft without the Barrs in West-Smithfield of the Master and Brethren of St. Bartholomew Spittle containing Thirteen Acres and a Rod and caused the same to be Enclosed and Consecrated by Ralph Stratford Bishop of London at his own proper Cost and Charges In which place in the year following Stow reports were buried more than Fifty thousand Persons as is affirmed by the King's Charter and by this following Inscription which he read upon a Stone Cross sometime standing in the Charter-house-yard An. Dom. M. CCC XL. IX Regnante magna Pestilentiâ consecratum fuit hoc coemeterium In quo infra septa praesentis Monasterii sepulta fuerunt mortuorum corpora plusquam quinquaginta millia praeter alia multa abhinc usque ad praesens Quorum animabus propitietur Deus Amen Here not long after he caused a Chappel to be built wherein Offerings were made and Masses said for the Souls of so many Christians departed And afterwards Ann. 1371. he founded an House of Carthusian Monks which he built in Honour of the Salutation of the Mother of God as may be seen at large in the King's Charter and the Pope's Bull which I have annexed This Pestilent Disease continued in one place or another till the Year 1357. at which cessation the Bishop of Norwich the Earl of Northampton Earl of Stafford Sir Richard Talbot and Sir Walter de Manny sailed over into France to make a Peace which they did for a year only But after many long and happy years when the Prince of Wales eldest Son to Edward the Third dy'd at Bourdeaux the Prince with his Wife and other Son Richard came over into England then in the year 1371. dy'd our worthy Heroe at London and was buried in the Monastery of the Chartreux which he had built leaving behind him only one Daughter married to John Earl of Pembroke Thus departed the generous Soul of this pious Founder thus he desired to sleep in peace among his Carthusians in the Fields as 〈◊〉 M. ss terms them in the Cott. Libr. and left such a Monument of his Bounty to Posterity that I suppose it no Crime to make this Honourable mention of Him For at the Dissolution of Religious Houses this was valued at Six hundred forty two pounds four pence half penny If any person be offended at what is said because he lived in a dark and gloomy Age I refer him to the Preface of that great Man Cambden in his Britannia Sunt ut audio qui Monasteria eorum Fundatores à me memorari indignantur dolentu● audio sed cum bonâ illorum gratiâ dixerim iidem indignentur imo forsan oblivisci vèlint majores nostros Christianos fuisse nos esse cum non alia Christianae eor um pietatis in Deum devotionis certiora illustriora uspiam extiterint monumenta nec alia fuere plantaria unde Christiana Religio bonae literae apud nos propagentur utcunque saeculo corrupto averruncanda filix in illis plus nimio succreverit CHAP. V. Of their Fabulous Miracles AS we

did purchase the same unless such other person and persons do pursue their Title Claim or Interest by way of Action or lawful Entry within ten years after the end of this present Session of Parliament Saving to the King's Majesty Exceptions and Savings his Heirs and Successors all such Estate Right Title and Interest as his Majesty had or might have had unto any the said Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments before the said Indenture made other than for or by reason of any Alienation in Mortmain And saving to all and every other person or persons Bodies Politique and Corporate and their Heirs and Successors other than the Heirs of the said Thomas Sutton and other than such person and persons from whom the said Thomas Sutton purchased the said Hospital House Mannors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments or any of them their Heirs Issues and Assigns and Persons claiming by from or under them respectively and other than such Person and Persons as shall claim the title of Alienation in Mortmain of any the said Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments all such Estate Right Title Claim Custome Interest and Demand whatsoever as they or any of them have or shall have in as large and ample manner and form to all intents and purposes as if this Act had never been had nor made The Governours disabled to convey the Hospital House or Lands to the King And be it further enacted and established by the Authority aforesaid That the said Governours and their Successors shall be from and after the end of this present Session of Parliament for ever wholly and utterly disabled in Law to make do levy or suffer any Act or Acts Thing or Things whereby or by means whereof the said Hospital House Mannors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments or any part of them or any of them shall or may be aliened assured given granted demised charged or in any sort conveyed or come to the possession of our said Soveraign Lord the King All conveyances to the King of any the Hos●ital L●●… us to be v●●…d his Heirs or Successors And that all Alienations Assurances Gifts Grants Leases Charges and Conveyances whatsoever from and after the end of this present S●ssion of Parliament to be done suffer●● or made to our said Soveraign Lord the King his Heirs or Successors by the said Governours or their Successors of or out of the said Hospital House Mannors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments or of or out of any part or parcel of them or any of them shall be from and after the end of this present Session of Parliament utterly void and of none effect to all intents constructions and purposes any former Law Statute Act Ordinance or other matter or thing to the contrary notwithstanding The Governours disabled to make any Estates but for 21 years or under or for one two or three lives or for any years determinab●e upon one two or three lives by Indenture in possession and not in Reversion at the usual Rent or more or the t●ue yearly value thereof And be it further enacted and established by the Authority aforesaid that the said Governours and their Succesors and every of them be also from henceforth for ever wholly and utterly disabled in Law to make do levy or suffer any act or acts thing or things whereby or by means whereof the said Hospital-house Mannors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments or any of them or any part of them or any of them shall or may be aliened assured given granted demised charged or in any sort conveyed to any Person or Persons Bodies Politique or Corporate other than Leases and Demises by Indenture of the said Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and every or any of them other than the said Hospital-house Orchards Gardens Backsides or any of them or any part of them or any of them now used for the habitation or use of or for the Master Preacher Schoolmaster Vsher poor Scholars and poor People of the said Hospital or any of them for the term of One and twenty years or under in possession and not in reversion or for one two or three lives or for any number of years determinable upon one two or three lives in possession and not in reversion and whereupon such yearly rent or more shall be reserved to the Governours of the said Hospital and their Successors during the continuance of every such Lease as is now reserved upon any demise thereof or otherwise the true yearly value thereof and other than Grants by Copy of Court Roll according to the Customes of the several Mannors respectively An Exception by granting by Copy of Court Roll. Provided nevertheless that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Governours and their Successors to grant reasonable and convenient Annuities Rents or Fees to such person or persons as shall be Officers Ministers or needful Attendants concerning the affairs of the said Hospital only for life or at will So as the number of the Officers Ministers or needful Attendants be not increased above the Number which now is as fully and amply as they should or might have done as if this Act had never been had or made A Proviso for the Lord North. Provided always and be it enacted that this Act or any thing herein before contained shall no way extend to give any title to the said Hospital in or unto the Mansion-house now in possession of the Right Honourable Dudley Lord North or of his Assigns at or near the East end of the said Hospital nor unto any the Buildings Edifices Courts Gardens Orchards or Grounds thereunto belonging or therewith used or enjoyed nor unto any other the Messuages Tenements or Hereditaments of the said Lord North being within or near the Scite or Precinct of the said Hospital But that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Lord North his Heirs Tenants and Assigns for ever hereafter to hold and enjoy against the Governours Master and other the Owners or Possessors of the said Hospital in the Charter-house now and for the time being the said Mansion-house and Premises and all ways and passages by Cart or otherwise Easements Waters Water-courses Chanels Pipes Conduits Cocks Liberties Profits and Hereditaments to the same or any of them belonging or therewith or with any of them now used or enjoyed or the which by the true meaning of any Grant Covenant Clause or Agreement contained in one Deed of Feoffment made by Edward Lord North unto Sir William Peter Knight and others bearing date the Sixth day of November in the Fifth year of the Reign of the late Queen Elizabeth and in one other Deed made by Roger late Lord North and others to the Right Noble Prince Thomas late Duke of Norfolk bearing date the last day of May in the Seventh year of the Reign of the said late Queen Elizabeth were meant and intended to belong unto or to be enjoyed with the said Mansion-house or any other the