Chapter III: Appendix: B

Tabulated List of Foundations . . . 278

Bibliography . . . 339

General Index . . . 343

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT

* Asterisk denotes that buildings remain in much the same condition as
shown.

The seals are copied mainly from impressions in the British Museum.

1. St. John’s Hospital, Oxford . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 1

[After M. Paris, B.M. Roy. 14 C. vii. f. 221.]

2. A Pilgrim . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 6

[B.M. 17 C. xxxviii. f. 39, xiv. cent.]

3. Domus Conversorum, London . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 20

[Idem.] Home for Jews, founded 1232. Site
occupied by Rolls Chapel, Chancery Lane.

4. *Poor Priests’ Hospital, Canterbury . . . B. C. Boulter . . . 23

[From _Ancient Cities_ Series.]

5. *The Bede-House, Stamford . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 29

6. Seal of the Lazar-House, Mile End . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 47

7. The Leper and the Physician . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 59

[Trin. Coll. Camb. O.I. 20, by permission of the
Librarian.]

Represents, perhaps, the examination of a
suspected person.

8. Elias, a Leper-monk . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 64

[Notes on Painted Glass in Canterbury Cathedral;
from window in the Trinity Chapel, partly new,
partly fragments of old glass.]

9. A Leper . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 68

[Exeter Pontifical, B.M. Lands. 451 f. 127; xiv.
cent. MS., marginal sketch possibly xv. cent.]

10. “The Memorial of Matilda the Queen” . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 71

[After Matthew Paris, _Hist. Major_, Corp. Chr.
Coll. Camb., MS. xvi, xxvi, by permission of the
Librarian.]

_Memoriale Matildis reginæ scilicet hospitale
Sancti Egidii quod est Londoniæ._

11. *Tomb of Rahere in St. Bartholomew’s, Smithfield . . . J. Charles
Wall . . . 76

12. Memorial Brass of John Barstaple . . . — . . . 84

[By kind permission of Mr. J. W. Arrowsmith.]

13. *St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Bristol . . . S. J. Loxton . . . 89

[By kind permission of the Proprietor of the
_Western Daily Press_.]

14. Seal of St. Bartholomew’s, London . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 93

15. Seal of Knightsbridge Hospital . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 103

Depicts Blessed Virgin and Child with St. Leonard.

Inscribed: _Sigillum: ospici sci: lenarde (?):
kynght brigge_.

16. Seal of St. Alexis, Exeter . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 107

17. Seal of St. John’s, Exeter . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 107

18. Seal of St. John’s, Stafford . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 108

19. Plan of St. Mary’s, Chichester . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 112

[Dollman’s Domestic Architecture.]

20. Plan of St. Nicholas’, Salisbury . . . — . . . 113

Drawn by Mr. J. Arthur Reeve, architect. By kind
permission of Canon Wordsworth.

21. Sherburn Hospital, near Durham . . . — . . . 118

[Hutchinson’s Durham, 1787.]

The gateway and chapel remain.

22. Plan of St. Mary Magdalene’s, Winchester . . . J. Charles Wall
. . . 119

[After Schnebbelie.]

23. *Chapel of Abbot Beere’s Almshouse, Glastonbury . . . J. Charles
Wall . . . 124

24. Seal of the leper-women of Westminster . . . J. Charles Wall
. . . 147

25. *Ancient Hospital Altar at Glastonbury . . . — . . . 165

[By kind permission of Mr. George Gregory, Bath,
from Rev. C. L. Marson’s _Glastonbury_.]

In the chapel of the almshouse founded or
re-founded by Abbot Beere.

26. A Leper with clapper and dish . . . — . . . 177

[After a Miniature in the Bibl. de l’Arsenal,
Paris, MS. 5060; xiii. cent.; from La Vie Privée
d’Autrefois, “L’Hygiène,” A. Franklin, 1890.]

27. Document and Seal of Holy Innocents’, Lincoln . . . J. Charles
Wall . . . 180

[B.M. Harl. ch. 44 A. 29.]

28. Alms-box, Harbledown Hospital . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 192

Erasmus dropped a coin into it on his visit to
Harbledown.

29. *Bell-turret of St. Mary Magdalene’s, Glastonbury . . . E. H. New
. . . 198

[From _Ancient Cities_ Series.]

30. Seal of St. Anthony’s, London . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 208

[_Gent. Mag._ 1784 ii.]

31. *Gateway of St. John’s, Canterbury . . . B. C. Boulter . . . 241

[From _Ancient Cities_ Series.]

32. Seal of St. Mary Magdalene’s, Bristol . . . J. Charles Wall
. . . 252

33. Seal of St. Mark’s, Bristol . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 254

34. Seal of St. Clement’s, Hoddesdon . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 256

35. Seal of St. Katherine’s, Bristol . . . J. Charles Wall . . . 260

36. A Pilgrim’s Sign . . . — . . . 265

[_Collectanea Antiqua._]

Canterbury souvenir found at York.

37. Seal of St. Bartholomew’s, Rochester . . . J. Charles Wall
. . . 271

LIST OF PLATES

*Maison Dieu, Dover . . . _Frontispiece_

[Buck’s engraving, 1735.]

S.E. view of St. Mary’s Hospital. The restored
buildings form part of the Town Hall; the chapel
on the N.E. is used as a police-court.

I. Refreshment for Wayfarers . . . 5

[“The Pilgrim.” B.M. Tib. A. vii. f. 90, xv.
cent.]

II. *Pilgrims’ Hospital, Canterbury . . . 8

[Drawn by J. Raymond, engraved by Cook.]

N. view of St. Thomas’, Eastbridge. The windows
are those of the chapel, rebuilt _circa_ 1363.

III. *St. John’s, Canterbury . . . 15

[Idem.] The chapel exists, but altered. The hall
contains charters, alms-box, account-books, etc.

IV. *Cloister of St. Giles’, Norwich . . . 24

[Photograph, London and Co. Photo Press.]

V. *Harbledown Hospital . . . 35

[Drawn by Nelson, 1766, engraved by Cook.]

Church remains, dwellings rebuilt; hall contains
ancient utensils, etc.

VI. (_a_) St. Bartholomew’s, Gloucester . . . 73

[From Lysons’ _Antiquities_.]

S.E. view. Hospital rebuilt _temp._ Henry III.

(_b_) *St. Mary’s, Chichester . . . 73

[S.H. Grimm, B.M. Add. Burrell.]

VII. *God’s House, Southampton . . . 78

[Woodward and Wilks, Hampshire.]

St. Julian’s Chapel and God’s House Gate.

VIII. *Hospital of St. Cross . . . 81

[From Guide, J. Wilkes, 1780.]

The southern wing has disappeared.

IX. The Death of Richard Whittington . . . 82

[Life of John Carpenter, by T. Brewer, p. 26;
original in Mercers’ Hall.]

X. *Hall of St. Cross, Winchester . . . 110

[Woodward.]

XI. *St. Mary Magdalene’s, Glastonbury . . . 115

(_a_) View from the West. [Drawn by E. H. New.]

(_b_) Ground-plan. [Drawn by J. Charles Wall.]

XII. St. Giles-in-the-Fields, London . . . 117

[From a map about 1566, B.M. Crace Collection.]

(_a_) Plan of the Leper Hospital. (_b_) Church of
St. Giles.

XIII. *Ford’s Hospital, Coventry . . . 121

[Photograph by Frith.]

XIV. The Savoy Hospital, London . . . 122

[G.V. 1736, Vetusta Monumenta.]

XV. *Hospital of St. Nicholas, Salisbury . . . 129

[Original drawings by J. Buckler, B.M. K. xliii.]

(_a_) S.E. view; the present chapel is shown, and
to the right a former chapel, now a kitchen.

(_b_) W. view; the weathering of the original
porch is seen.

XVI. (a) The Warden’s House, Sherburn . . . 143

[Original drawing by Grimm, B.M.]

This residence was destroyed in 1833.

(b) *Gateway, Kepier . . . 143 [Surtees’ Durham.]

This fine gateway (1333–45) has a groined ceiling
with beautiful bosses.

XVII. *The Almshouse, Ewelme . . . 151

[Photograph by Taunt.]

“The Pratie Hospitale of poore Men” with its
“very fair Welle” was visited by Leland.

XVIII. *St. Mary’s, Chichester . . . 158

[Photograph by Valentine.]

XIX. St. Bartholomew’s, Sandwich . . . 160

[Drawn by G. Maxwell, engraved in W. Boys’
_Collections_, 1787.]

(_a_) Chapel. (_b_) Gateway.

XX. The Beggars’ Dole . . . 170

[_Gentleman’s Magazine_, 1793, from stained
glass.]

Food distributed to the hungry; one cripple uses
a “stool” or support.

XXI. St. Mary Magdalene’s, Winchester . . . 179

[J. Schnebbelie, 1788, Vetusta Monumenta.]

(_a_) Master’s House and Chapel. (_b_) Chapel
from West.

A Norman doorway from this destroyed chapel was
removed to St. Peter’s Street.

XXII. *St. Bartholomew’s, Oxford . . . 191

[Drawn by Hollis, _Gent. Mag._, 1833, i.]

The chapel and buildings remain at Bartlemas
Farm, Cowley Road.

XXIII. *St. John’s, Wilton . . . 205

[Original drawings by J. Buckler, B.M.]

(_a_) S.E. view. (_b_) N. view.

The “Priory” is still picturesque and ivy-clad.
The walls are of flints, with large quoins; the
original buttresses and windows remain. The
chapel (_a_) is in use.

XXIV. *St. Leonard’s, York (ambulatory) . . . 227

XXV. *St. Leonard’s, York (chapel) . . . 232

XXVI. *The Almshouse, Abingdon . . . 235

[Photograph by Taunt]

Now called Christ’s Hospital.

XXVII. St. Mary’s, Newcastle . . . 247

[After lithograph, J. Storey, 1844; reproduced
by permission of the Society of Antiquaries,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, from Transactions, 1892.]

XXVIII. (_a_) St. Petronilla’s, Bury St. Edmunds . . . 256

(_b_) *Lepers’ Chapel, Dunwich . . . 256

XXIX. The Hospitality of St. Julian . . . 259

[By Cristofano Allori, Palazzo Pitti, Florence,
photograph by Brogi.]

XXX. (_a_) Spital-on-the-Street . . . 264

[S.H. Grimm, B.M.]

(_b_) *St. Edmund’s, Gateshead . . . 264

[Idem.] The chapel was built _circa_ 1247, and
restored 1837; now Holy Trinity Church, High
Street.