160 Leland’s Journey through Wiltshire. 
Nicolas Hospital. The cause of the relinquisching of it was the 
moysteness of the ground often overflowen. For this chirch was 
ther a new, dedicate to 8S. Martine, in a nother place that yet 
standith. 
Licens was get of the King by a Bishop of Saresbyri to turn the 
Kingges Highway to New Saresbyri, and to make a mayn bridge 
of right passage over Avon at Harnham. 
[A grant by Henry III. for building bridges and changing 
roads. tv. 177]. 
The chaunging of this way was the totale cause! of the ruine of 
Old-Saresbyri and Wiltoun. For afore this, Wiltoun had a 12 
paroch chirches? or more, and was the hedde toun of Wileshir. 
[ Egidius [Giles of Bridport, Bishop of Sarum, 1257-1262], as 
sum say, builded the fair stone bridge called Harnham at Saresbyri, 
and so was the Highway westward made that way, and Wilton 
way lefte, to the ruine of that town. rv. 29]. 
[ur 89]. Ther was a village at Fisherton, over Avon, or ever 
New-Saresbyri was builded, and had a paroche chirche there, as it 
hath yet. 
In this Fisherton, now a suburb to New-Saresbyri, was, since the 
erection of the new toun, an house of Blake-Fréres builded not far 
from Fisherton Bridge.? 
Ther was also an house of Gray-Freres withyn the toun of 
Saresbyri of the fundation of ...... Bishop of Saresbyri. [King 
Henry III. gave them a sitet: but one Richard Swde, a citizen, 
1 There were other causes ; as the establishment of a market at New Sarum, 
and the growing influence of that town. 
2 This statement has often been disputed, but is vindicated in the history of 
Branch and Dole, p. 74. One or two may not haye been parish churches. 
3 *‘Fisherton.’”’ See Hall’s Pic. Mem. of 8., plate x1. The Dominican House 
of Black Friars stood on the spot afterwards occupied by the Sun Inn (West 
Street). In the library of this house, Leland appears to have found only 3 
books worth noticing :— 
‘The Quodlibets of Nicholas Trivet: 
Pope Leo, on the conflict of Virtues and Vices : 
A History of Britain, in indifferent verse.” [Collect. Iv. 67]. 
4 The ground could hardly have been granted by the Crown, as it belonged to 
the Church. [Hatcher]. 
