156-8. THE HOSPITALS OF SCARBOROUGH
The Hospital of St. Nicholas.—At an
inquisition held in 1297-8 it was found that both
the hospitals of St. Nicholas and St. Thomas
the Martyr at Scarborough were anciently
founded by the burgesses of that town. As
regarded St. Nicholas's Hospital the jurors made
return that the goods of the hospital were
used for the service of the brothers and sisters,
that no one had injured or dilapidated the
hospital, and that no lands had been appropriated
without warrant, that its property was in the
hands of the brothers and sisters, and that the
bailiffs of the town with four other men of the
borough audited the accounts. (fn. 43)
In 1332 Edward III granted to John the
Prior and the convent of the Holy Trinity, York,
the hospital of St. Nicholas 'juxta Scardeburgh'
with the custody of the same, and the hospital
from thenceforward became dependent on the
priory. This grant was confirmed by Henry VIII
on 27 October 1518. (fn. 44) In the Ministers'
Accounts (fn. 45) of the property of the late priory of
Trinity at York, 100s. is accounted for as the
rent of all the messuages, lands, tenements, &c., in
'Skerburgh' and 'Fallegrave' belonging to the
hospital of St. Nicholas of 'Skerburgh' which
had been let to Hugh Hungate for thirty-three
years from Michaelmas 1532, who was to pay
for the same 9 score salt fishes, a barrel of white
herrings, and a 'cade' of red herrings, besides
11s. 8d., all of which had been commuted for the
100s. a year.
Masters
William de Cliff, appointed 1316 (fn. 46)
William de Thweng, occurs 1406 (fn. 47)
William Calthorpe, appointed 1441, died
1457 (fn. 47a)
Thomas Eyre, appointed 1457 (fn. 47b)
The Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr.—At the inquisition held in 1297-8 (fn. 48) it
appeared that the hospital of St. Thomas had
been founded by the burgesses, on land originally
given by Hugh de Bulmer for that purpose, and
that the master was appointed by the burgesses.
There appears to have been considerable disturbance at one time, when a Roger Wastyse
ejected William le Champneys, the master, and
the brothers and sisters of the hospital, because he
had given false information to the king as to a
donation of land being made by Roger's grandfather in pure and free alms to the hospital.
Besides the hospitals of St. Nicholas and St.
Thomas the Martyr, there were at least four
others in Scarborough, which are mentioned in
the will of John Stokdale, burgess, dated
8 October 1468, (fn. 49) viz., the hospital of St.
Stephen, to the poor of which he left 3s. 4d.;
that of St. James (6s. 8d.); that of the Blessed
Virgin Mary (3s. 4d.); and the hospital of St.
Mary Magdalene (3s. 4d.), which appears to
have been near the castle. (fn. 50) He also left 3s. 4d.
to the poor of St. Nicholas, and 6s. 8d. to those
of St. Thomas.
159. THE HOSPITAL OF SEAMER
This hospital was presumably founded by one
of the Percy family, as in November 1490
Henry VII presented John Sutton to the wardenship of the hospital of St. Laurence near Searner,
Robert Wentlegh, clerk, having resigned, and the
patronage being in the hands of the Crown by
reason of the minority of Henry, Earl of
Northumberland. (fn. 51)
160. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. LEONARD, SHEFFIELD
According to Mr. Richard Holmes, in his
account of the Lazarite Hospital of Foulsnape at
Pontefract, this was also a hospital of that order, (fn. 52)
but unfortunately he does not give any authority
for the statement. The hospital was founded
by William de Lovetot, whose charter, a small
slip of parchment with some remains of the
appendent seal, was in 1869 in the charge of
the Duke of Norfolk's auditor. Dr. Gatty, (fn. 53)
from the witnesses' names, assigns it to the reign
of Henry II. By it, William de Lovetot
granted to the sick (infirmis) of Sheffield the land
which Roger held by the bridge of Don, and their
living (victus), which was to be taken from his
mill of Sheffield. The original endowment was
not large, but the hospital probably received
other gifts as time went on. Dodsworth, who
visited Sheffield in August 1620, says: 'There
hath been a spittle there on this side the bridge.'
Nothing whatever has been discovered as to its
history except that in 1299 Daniel, the keeper
of the hospital, complained of Maud de
Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick, Thomas de
Furnival, and Richard del Clogh of Hallam, for
unjustly disseising him of his free tenement in
Sheffield. (fn. 54) The hospital stood on a little eminence oh the east side of the town, still called
the Spittal-hill. In an inquisition as to concealed lands, 12 February 1583, it is spoken of
as a decayed chapel called St. Leonard's Chapel
in the parish of Sheffield. In 1522-3 Dom.
Edward Hadfeld was. chaplain 'apud le Spittell'
at Sheffield, his stipend being £6 per annum. (fn. 55)
161. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE, SHERBURN - IN - ELMET
The Monasticon
(fn. 56) has the following notice of
this hospital: 'Tanner says, "upon the archbishop's register about the year 1311 mention is
made of an hospital here, dedicated to St. Mary
Magdalene; the wardenship of which was in
the archbishop's gift." 'The reference intended
is no doubt to the appointment by Archbishop
Greenfield on 21 May 1311 of Robert de
Mysterton 'ad custodiam hospitalis nostri beate
Marie juxta Sherburn.' Henry III granted protection for five years to the master and brethren
of this hospital in 1261. (fn. 56a) Archbishop Thoresby
on 10 June 1360 appointed Richard Kay as
custos of the hospital or hermitage of Sherburn.
It seems that a certain ' frater Johannes de
Kildesby heremita' had at that time deserted
the charge of the hospital or hermitage for a
lengthened period, and had gone wandering away
from it, the archbishop, unwilling that it should
continue bereft of its custos, appointed Richard
Kay in his place.
Wardens or Hermits of Sherburn
Dom. Henry Fraunceys, clerk, 1300 (fn. 57)
Dom. Robert de Mysterton, 1311 (fn. 58)
Dom. John de Carleton, died 1346
Dom, John de Midelton, 1346 succ. (fn. 58a)
Frater John de Kildesby, deserted (fn. 59)
Dom. Richard Kay, appointed 1360
John Alkokes, hermit, appointed 1369 (fn. 60)
162. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE, SKIPTON
It appears from an inquisition (fn. 61) as to the
extent of the manor of Skipton in Craven taken
in 1310 that this was a free chapel within the
castle of Skipton, and that the advowson belonged to the lord of the castle. The chapel
was called the hospital of St. Mary Magdalene,
and had been founded by the alms of the said
lord and the freemen of Skipton for the support of lepers. In 1327 John, Prior of
Bolton, was attached to answer Thomas de
Gargrave, the master of this hospital, for seizing
goods belonging to it, valued at 20 marks, in
1306, the hospital at that time being vacant. (fn. 62)
The goods taken consisted of corn, barley, oats,
and brazen cups and plates. The master claimed
100 marks damage, and the case was sent to a
jury. Whitaker (fn. 63) says: 'At Skipton was an
ancient hospital, of which I find only a single
notice in the person of one Robert styling himself capellanum (sic) Hospitalis de Skepton, 24
Edw. III.' (1350-1).
163. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. EDMUND, SPROTBROUGH
A licence in mortmain was granted by Edward III, 28 October 1364, (fn. 64) to John Fitz
William of Emeleye,' kt., that he might grant
half an acre of woodland in Sprotbrough, not held
in capite, to the master and chaplains of the hospital
of St. Edmund of Sprotbrough. By the time of
the survey of the chantries, although still
retaining the name of hospital, it was also called
St. Edmund's Chapel, and had become an
ordinary chantry chapel. Anthony Burdit was
returned as the 'incumbent,' and it was said to
be of the foundation of Fitz Williams, (fn. 65) to
'th'entente the sayd incumbent shulde pray for
the soul of the sayd founder, and all Christen
soules, and celebrate masse, and other dyvyne
service in the chappell of the sayd hospital,'
which was distant from the parish church a mile
and a half. The goods were valued at 19s. 7d.,
and the plate at 24s. The hospital possessed
lands and tenements, 'beying in dyvers places,'
valued in all at £9 14s. 11d. Among them
was 'j messuage with th'appurtenances called
Ancres House with an orcharde and a close
in tholdyng of Elizabeth Whyte wydowe.'
There was also a parcel of meadow ground
called 'the Ancresse Ings.' (fn. 66) It is noteworthy
that the chantry of St. Katherine in the parish
church of Sprotbrough 'was fyrste founded by
John Fitz Williams in the sayd hospitall of
Seynte Edmonde, and afterwards removed to
th'aulther of Seynt Edmonde. [Qy. St.
Katherine] aforsayd to pray for hys soule and all
Christen soules.' (fn. 67)
164. THE HOSPITAL OF SNAITH
In a roll of Pleas of the Crown of the time of
Edward I the jurors of the soke of Snaith reported that unknown malefactors had killed
Roger Blakedog 'in a certain hospital outside the
town of Snaith which is called Dor'. (fn. 68)
165. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. MARY, STAXTON
The position of this hospital is still indicated
by a farm called 'Spital House,' in a hamlet of
the parish of Willerby in the East Riding. In
1297 the hospital paid 4s. 8d. as its ninth, (fn. 69) and
in Kirkby's Inquest
(fn. 70) it is recorded that there were
7 carucates of land in Staxton, of which the
hospital of St. Mary held 1 carucate in alms, of
the gift of Gilbert de Gaunt. The hospital
belonged to the priory of Bridlington. (fn. 71)
166. THE HOSPITAL OF TADCASTER
A hospital must have been founded at an early
date in Tadcaster, as about 1186 Maud de
Percy, Countess of Warwick, finding that the
revenues of the hospital were greatly reduced,
made it over to the abbey of Sawley. (fn. 71a) The
infirm inmates agreed to the grant on condition
that the monks provided for them as domestici
fratres and did not remove them. (fn. 71b) Richard de
Percy afterwards confirmed to the abbey a
carucate of land which used to belong to the
hospital of Tadcaster. (fn. 72) The hospital possibly
continued in use as a leper-house, as John
Gysburne, citizen and merchant of York, in
1385 (fn. 72a) left 5s. 'damui leprosorum de Tadcaster.'
167-9. THE HOSPITALS OF TICKHILL
There is an undated letter of Archbishop
Walter Gray, (fn. 73) apparently of the year 1225,
addressed to the clergy and laity of the deaneries
of Doncaster and Retford, exhorting them to
contribute towards the brothers of St. Leonard
of Tickhill, whose sad condition he recommends
to their charity. (fn. 74) That it was a leper-house is
evident from a protection granted by Henry III
on 8 September 1236, for the lepers of the hospital
of St. Leonard, 'Thikehill,' for three years from
the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(8 September). (fn. 75) It was possibly identical with
The Hospital in the Marsh.—Archbishop Melton on 19 June 1325 commissioned John de Sutton, rector of Hemsworth,
to visit on his behalf the hospital or chapel in
the marsh near Tickhill, by whatever name it
was called, and the brothers, priests, servants,
and ministers living in the same hospital or
chapel, and to inquire into its defects, and
matters pertaining to it, and the excesses of the
forenamed persons, and to correct the same. (fn. 76)
According to the Monasticon this hospital or
chapel was afterwards annexed to the small
Benedictine abbey of Humberston in Lincolnshire, and, as part of the possessions of that house,
was granted in the first year of Queen Mary to
Thomas Reve and George Cotton. (fn. 77)
The Maison Dieu.—It is quite possible that
this represents the ancient hospital of St. Leonard,
and Langdale seems to take it for granted that it is
the same, (fn. 78) but there are no deeds or charters
extant relating to the foundation and endowment
of the Maison Dieu, which is one of the charities
of Tickhill. It
was rebuilt in 1730, and contains eight separate
tenements for as many poor persons, and the charity
is under the management of three inhabitants of the
parish called Maison Dieu masters, who are nominated once in three years by the inhabitants and occupiers of the almshouse, each of the trustees acting
exclusively in the direction for one year. The income arises from the rent of 29 a. 0 r. 18 p. of land,
two houses, and rent-charges of £1 2s. 2d. Each of
the poor persons, usually widows, receives 6s. a
month, and they have divided among them £2 at
Tickhill Fair, and £1 on the rent day, and they receive each of them one load of coals per annum.
The residue of the rents is applied in support of the
almshouse and the buildings on the charity estate. (fn. 79)
170. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. LAWRENCE, UPSALL-IN-CLEVELAND
From some deeds in the Guisborough Chartulary (fn. 80) it appears that William Pinchun, c. 115070, (fn. 81) gave half an acre of arable land and half
an acre of meadow to the hospital of the lepers
of Upsall. About 1180 (fn. 82) Walter de Upsall
confirmed to the house of the sick of Upsall an
acre of land which Ralph his father had given
for the good of his, and his wife's and children's
souls; in return the hospital should provide for
him so long as he lived. In a grant by Walter
de Hoton (fn. 83) to the hospital of St. Leonard of
Lowcross certain of the lands are described as
being on the east side of the hospital of Upsall,
showing that both hospitals were then in existence. Early in the next century, however,
(between 1213 and 1234) (fn. 84) Walter de Percy and
ten other persons whose ancestors had endowed
the hospital of St. Lawrence of Upsall transferred those grants to the lepers of Lowcross,
and this no doubt marks the end of the hospital
of Upsall. Rather later, Alan de Bulleford
released to St. Leonard of Lowcross and the
lepers there whatever claim he had, or might
have, in the croft and dwelling 'ubi quondam
fuit Hospitale S. Laurentii de Upsale.' (fn. 85)
The memory of the hospital is, possibly, still
perpetuated by a form-house called 'Spite Hall.'
171. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. MICHAEL, WELL
This hospital was founded in 1342 by Ralph
Nevill, kt., lord of Middleham, (fn. 86)
pro remissione
peccatorum meorum, as he states in the foundation
charter. It was dedicated to the honour of
Almighty God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, blessed
Michael Archangel, and All Saints, and was to
be called the hospital of St. Michael. It was
intended for the increase of divine worship, the
maintenance of poor pitiable persons, and other
works of piety, in perpetuity. For this purpose
the licence of King Edward and also of Robert
de Wodehous, Archdeacon of Richmond, had
been obtained, and the founder endowed it with
the capital messuage of Well, called Houd, and
a number of other tenements in Well which are
fully described in the charter, as also the advowson of the church of Well. All were
conferred on Dom. John de Stayndrop, chaplain,
the master, and the priests and the poor brothers
and sisters dwelling in the hospital. The master
was to have with him, dwelling in the hospital,
two fit priests, wearing closed supertunics of
black or blue woollen cloth, with a cloak of
black cloth, which vesture the master also was
to wear. There were to be twenty-four poor
and sick or feeble persons dwelling together in
the same house, and the master and priests were
to say and sing all the canonical hours, as also
three masses each day devoutly.
In 1342 Archbishop Zbuch, (fn. 87) on the ground
that the endowments were insufficient, granted
the hospital power to appropriate the church of
Well to their uses, a due portion being assigned to
a vicar, who should reside and have cure of souls.
By his will, of 1386, John Nevill of Raby
desired his executors to buy the advowson of a
church worth 40 li. or 80 marks and appropriate
it to the hospital of Well; from this revenue
the master was to receive 10 marks yearly, and
each brother or sister 2d. or 3d. daily, and
from any surplus as many chaplains were to be
maintained as the money would permit. (fn. 87a)
In 1535 (fn. 88) Richard Threpland was master,
and the total revenue of the hospital amounted
to £42 12s. 3d. The number of inmates had
been reduced to fourteen bedemen, who daily
prayed for the souls of the founders. In the
certificates of chantries (fn. 89) George Nevyll is returned as master. The hospital was of the
foundation of Rauffe Nevyle, to the intent that
there should be a master, two priests, and
twenty-four poor folks called 'eremettes' to
pray for the king and queen, the founders, and
all Christian souls. The twenty-four poor
folk were, besides their lodging, to have a loaf of
bread daily, half a gallon of ale, and 4s. each
yearly. For a long time there had been but
fourteen poor folk, and 26s. 8d. apiece for their
'dueties and dyettes.' The lack often of the
poor folk was alleged by the master to be due
to the loss of the profits of the parsonage of
Well, by decay of tillage in the parish. The
goods were valued at £19 10s. 2d., and the
plate at £4. 6s. The total revenues were
£65 5s. 7d., less outgoings of £16 15s. 3½d.,
leaving a clear total of £48 10s. 3½d.
John Lord Latimer in 1542 attached a
grammar-school to the foundation for, a term of
forty years. The site is now occupied by a postReformation hospital with a chapel.
Masters of Well Hospital
John de Stayndrop (first master), 1342 (fn. 90)
Thomas de Aykeskarth, occurs 1390 (fn. 91)
John Bosville, occurs 1413 (fn. 92)
John Middleton, occurs 1460, (fn. 93) 1474 (fn. 93a)
Richard Threpland, occurs 1526 (fn. 94)
George Nevyll, D.D., occurs 1546 (fn. 95)
172. WENTBRIDGE LEPER HOUSE
The only known allusion to the former existence of this house is contained in the will of
John de Gysburne, citizen and merchant of
York (1385). (fn. 96) He bequeathed 5s. domui
leprosorum apud Wentbrig.
173-4. THE HOSPITALS OF WHITBY
The Hospital of St. Michael.— The
origin and early history of this hospital are
contained in two documents in the Whitby
Chartulary. (fn. 97) In 1109, during the abbacy of
William de Percy, the first abbot, a leper named
Orm sought from the abbot and convent a place
where he might make his habitation. A place
afterwards called 'Spitylbrydg' or 'Ad Pontem
Hospitalis,' was granted him, as well as a corrody
of seven loaves and seven lagenae of ale weekly, and
a daily service of meat or fish, such as the convent
had. Afterwards others, lepers or not, were
permitted to live at the hospital, and it was
agreed by Abbot William, as well as by his
successors, Abbots Nicholas and Benedict, and
their convent, that when an inmate of the
hospital, leprous or not, died, the body was to be
brought to the monastery to be buried there by
the monks. One of the monks was appointed
master of the hospital, but neither he, nor the
brothers or sisters of the hospital, were to admit
anyone to it except through the abbot, because,
it was said, the original alms came from the
mensa of the abbot and convent. The hospital
had its own chaplain with cure of souls there.
The alms originally granted by Abbot William
to Orm were granted in perpetuity to the
hospital, as well as land near the hospital, called
the Hospital Croft. A monk named Geoffrey
Mansell, who was suspected of leprosy by Abbot
Benedict and certain of the monks, was sent
there and lived at the hospital many years and
died there. He cleared the land at 'Helredale,'
now called Spittal Vale, and cultivated it.
Robert de Alneto, who is heard of elsewhere
as the hermit of Hode who received Abbot
Gerald and the convent after they left Calder,
was master of the hospital; he appealed to Gundreda the wife of Nigel de Albini and mother
of Roger de Mowbray, and she gave to the
hospital of St. Michael 2 bovates of land at
Honeton with a toft, which the monks of
Rievaulx held of the hospital, paying 6s. yearly
rent for it, and Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx, with
his convent, undertook to help the inmates by
giving them yearly, on the feast of St. Martin,
their old vestimenta. During the troublous times
of the reign of Stephen, William, Earl of Albemarle, destroyed the vaccary of the monks of
Whitby at Kesbec and their mansiones at
Thornaby; and Abbot Benedict, fearing other
mischief and knowing the kindliness of the earl
towards the poor and lepers, let the lepers and
brothers of the hospital have their money at
Bilroche (Billery). Earl William spared the
place on account of the lepers. Abbot Richard I
granted to St. Michael's Hospital and the
brethren a traveller's corrody, founded in the
monastery. He also, by Peter Danum, monk
and master of the hospital, granted a place called
'Le Rigge' at Helredale, which the brothers
cleared and cultivated; and Walter de Rosels
gave to God and St. Michael and the brothers
of the place a toft and 1 acre of land at
Easington.
St. Michael's Hospital, being wholly dependent on and managed by the monastery, scarcely
had a separate existence. Its site is still identified by the. name of Spittal Bridge.
The Hospital of St. John the Baptist.—
On 8 January 1320 the king granted to
Robert de Hemyngburgh, king's clerk, the
custody of the hospital of St. John the Baptist,
Whitby, with writ of aid for the said Robert
directed to the brethren and sisters of the said
hospital. (fn. 98) In 1407-8, as the result of an
inquisition, the jurors stated that there was no
hospital of St. John the Baptist of Whitby of
the foundation of the king or his progenitors. (fn. 99)
175. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. NICHOLAS, YARM
According to Tanner this hospital was founded
by some member of the Brus family before
1185. (fn. 100) It seems, however, more probable that
the founder, if not Alan de Wilton himself, two
of whose charters are printed in the Monasticon, (fn. 1)
was at least a member of that family, and that
members of the Brus family, as chief lords, confirmed and added to the grants made by others.
Alan de Wilton (who died in 1230-1) (fn. 2)
granted to God, blessed Mary, blessed Nicholas,
and to the hospital of Yarm and the brothers
there, 12 bovates of land in Hutton-juxtaRudby, Upleatham, and Middleton-juxta-Leven,
for the maintenance of three chaplains and
thirteen poor persons in the hospital.
Peter de Brus I (who died 1222) (fn. 3) confirmed
to God, blessed Mary, and the hospital of St.
Nicholas, and the brothers there, the free
multure at all his mills and pasturage for their
cattle which Robert de Brus (the founder of
Guisborough) granted them. Peter de Brus I
also confirmed the grants by one Ailwin, by
Adam de Brus his father, by William de Wilton,
and by Marmaduke de Thweng. He also gave
eight tofts in Yarm, one of which is described as
'juxta castellarium.'
By a second charter (fn. 4) Alan de Wilton granted
the hospital of St. Nicholas to God, St. Mary,
and St. John the Evangelist, of Healaugh Park,
and the canons there, for the health of his own
soul, and those of Avice his wife, and Mary his
late wife, his brothers, sisters, ancestors, and
successors; those of Peter de Brus I and Joan
his wife, William the son of Peter de Brus, and
for the good estate of Walter [Gray], Archbishop of York, Matthew, Archdeacon of Cleveland; Thomas, Alan's brother; Peter de Brus II
and his wife, and William de Tamton and his
wife.
This grant of the hospital by Alan de Wilton
certainly points to him as its founder, and the
mention of the two Peters de Brus is so expressed as to imply that Peter de Brus and his
son William were dead, which would limit the
date of this grant of the hospital to Healaugh
Park as between 1222, when Peter de Brus I
died, and 1230, when Alan de Wilton died.
This grant of the hospital was confirmed by
Peter de Brus II, (fn. 5) together with a number of
grants made to it subsequently, it would seem,
to those confirmed by Peter de Brus I. The
Healaugh Chartulary contains copies of several
gifts of land in neighbouring villages.
Upon the gift of the hospital to Healaugh
Park the prior and convent granted the wardenship (fn. 6) to Nigel de Rungeton (fn. 7) and Geoffrey,
son of Hugh of Yarm, saving to the convent
the supreme wardenship. Nigel de Rungeton
and Geoffrey were to find a chaplain to celebrate
in the hospital and a clerk to serve him, besides
seven poor persons to be fed and clothed there.
The first witness to this deed is Thomas de
Wilton, the brother and successor of Alan de
Wilton. This, again, points to the hospital
having been of the foundation of that family.
A rental of 2s. at Lackenby, referred to in
the foregoing grant, was given by Hugh de
Lackenby to God, St. Mary, blessed Nicholas,
and the brothers and sisters of the hospital, out
of certain lands (named) in Lackenby for maintaining a lamp to burn before the great altar in
the church of St. Nicholas of the hospital during
the performance of divine service. (fn. 8)
Some time between 1262 and 1280, when
Ralph de Irton, who was a witness, was Prior of
Guisborough, William de Percy of Kildale
granted to the Prior and convent of Healaugh
Park the chapel of St. Hilda at Kildale with its
endowments, the obligation being that the
canons of Healaugh Park should maintain two
chaplains to serve the chapel. (fn. 9) William de
Percy died in 1295 and was succeeded by Ernald
de Percy IV, (fn. 10) who obtained a return of the
gift which William de Percy dudum concessit, and made a re-grant by which the prior
and convent were to maintain one chaplain at St.
Hilda's, and out of that part of the original endowment lying in Crathorne were to maintain a
chaplain at St. Nicholas Hospital, who was to
celebrate in the chapel for the soul of William
de Percy, his ancestors and heirs, in perpetuity. (fn. 11)
In 1546 the chantry was said to be 'of the
foundation of the late Erle of Northumberland.' (fn. 12)
Francis Edward was the chaplain, the intent
being to say mass in the chapel and pray for the
souls of the founder and all Christian souls.
The stipend was a yearly rent of 106s. 8d. from
the late monastery of Healaugh, and the chapel
a mile from the parish church. In 1548, (fn. 13)
when William Burdon, aged thirty-six, was
chaplain, the same stipend from Healaugh is
mentioned, but the obligation is changed to that
of doing 'divyne service to the inhabitants
thereabouts being distant from the parishe churche
a myle.' There was evidently a desire to spare
the chaplaincy and represent its duty as conformable with the altered forms of religion.
After the hospital became dependent on the
priory of Healaugh Park one of the canons
appears to have taken charge of it as master,
although not holding that title. (fn. 14)
In the Ministers' Accounts of Healaugh Park (fn. 15)
for the year Michaelmas 1535 to Michaelmas
1536, 30s. are accounted as the rent of three
closes in Yarm, called Spittell Closes, in the
tenure of Matthew Metcalfe; 16s. as the rent
of a messuage and garden adjoining in the tenure
of William Oldfield, chaplain, late one of the
canons, with 18d. as the rent of his camera for
the year.