A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



stood ; ^13 in silver of their village of Ickling- 

 liam ; two portions of their church of Melford ; 

 portions of certain tithes ; eight acres of corn 

 in Cockfield ; and their houses at ' Telefort,' 

 saving to the monaster) an annual service of 25., 

 and to the canons \2<l. This grant was con- 

 firmed on 16 July, 1206, by John de Gray, 

 bishop of Norwich. 1 



The annual value of this hospital in 1 291 is 

 set down at the round sum of ,£io. 2 



A charter of Abbot John, 1 292, relative to this 

 hospital, lays down that the inmates henceforth 

 must be poor ; that bs. Sd. was to be allowed to 

 clerks and laymen, and 55. to sisters ; and that 

 the warden was to be a man of prudence and 

 discretion. The endowment was at the same 

 time augmented by 10 acres of land and two of 

 meadow near the south gate, and by 22<^. rent 

 in the town. 3 



In the time of Edward I, there were only 

 seven chaplains, and it was decided to dismiss the 

 poor sisters and in their place to receive and 

 maintain old and infirm priests. 4 



In 1336 the abbey successfully resisted the 

 crown's custom of imposing pensioners on the 

 hospital funds ; securing a grant that after the 

 death of John de Broughton the hospital should 

 not again be called upon to provide corrodies 

 out of its revenues. 5 



In 1390 William the abbot, with the consent 

 of Adam de la Kyndneth, guest-master, granted 

 to Edward Merssh of Ickworth a corrody in this 

 hospital for his life. In the following year Robert 

 Rymer was granted a corrody by the same abbot 

 in St. Saviour's, through the vacancy caused by 

 the death of Edward Merssh. 6 In the year 

 1392 John Reve, of Pakenham, was admitted 

 an inmate on the following terms : he was to 

 have board and lodging in the hospital for life, 

 and to receive annually a gown, a pair of 

 stockings, and a pair of shoes. It is added in a 

 memorandum that John Reve in consideration 

 of this grant was to pay to the master of the 

 hospital, towards the new fabric of the hospital, 

 the large sum of 26 marks by the hand of Robert 

 Ashfield. The hospital was also used from time 

 to time as a refuge for worn-out priests. Abbot 

 John of Northwold, when founding the charnel 

 house, laid down that its two chaplains, when 

 they became infirm, were to be admitted to St. 

 Saviour's Hospital, save if they were suffering 

 from any contagious disease, when they were to 

 be sent to the hospital of St. Peter or that of 

 St. Nicholas. 7 



Among the town muniments are five rolls of 



1 Bodl. Chart. Stiff, ii. 



1 Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 133. 



3 Harl. MS. 638, fol. 138. 

 * Liber Niger, fol. 30. 



4 Pat. 13 Edw. Ill, pt. i, m. 13. 

 6 Cott. MS. Tib. B. ix.fol. 6 1 b. 

 1 Proc. Suff. Arch. Inst, vi, 297. 



accounts of this hospital for the years 1353-4, 

 1374-5, 1385-6, 1386-7, and 1438-9. Mention 

 is made in the accounts for 1386-7 (when the 

 receipts were £iob is. gid. and the expenses 

 ^234 35. 6$e/.), among the ornaments of the 

 chapel of St. Thomas in the infirmary church, 

 of 12s. for a silver box placed beneath the feet 

 of an image, and a base (corbel stone) bought of 

 Simon, the abbey mason, at 5;., for the image to 

 stand on at the right corner of the altar. Also 

 three books with the services of the passion and 

 translation of St. Thomas, 13*. \d. Sixpence 

 was paid to a messenger going to Clare to get a 

 doctor in theology to preach on St. Thomas's Day, 

 and then on to Sudbury for tiles for the pavement 

 of St. Thomas's Chapel. A suffragan bishop re- 

 ceived a gift this year, as well as his chaplain 

 and servant ; he probably attended to consecrate 

 the chapel or altar of St. Thomas. 8 



St. Saviour's Hospital was by far the largest 

 and most important institution of its kind in the 

 town. It suffered much at the hands of the 

 rioters of 1327, both in stock and goods ; the loss 

 was valued at ^21 95. 6d., including horses, 

 cows, and pigs, as well as smaller articles, such 

 as six silver spoons worth Js. bd., and a maser 

 worth a mark." 



The accounts of this hospital are not entered 

 separately from those of the abbey in the Valor 

 °f 1535- There are eight entries of dues pay- 

 able to the hospital from certain abbey properties, 

 amounting to ^6 2s. 3 c/. I0 This intermingling 

 of the accounts of the hospital with those of the 

 abbey arose from the fact that in 1528 Pope 

 Clement issued a bull whereby the profits of this 

 hospital were annexed to the abbey and specially 

 assigned for the exercise of hospitality at the 

 abbot's table. 11 



The hospital site and buildings (save the lead) 

 were granted on its suppression by Henry VIII 

 to Sir John Williams and Anthony Stringer in 

 February, 1542-3, but they almost immediately 

 received licence to alienate to Nicholas Bacon 

 and Henry Ashfield. 12 



Wardens of the Hospital of St. Saviour, 

 Bury St. Edmunds 



Peter de Shenedon, 13 occurs 13 1 8 

 Nicholas Snytterton, 14 occurs 1374 

 Walter de Totyngtone, 10 occurs 1385 

 John Power, 16 occurs 1390 

 Adam de Lakyngheth, 17 1406 



8 Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, App. viii, 128-30 

 Arnold, Mem. ii, 346. 



10 Valor Eccl. (Rcc. Com.), iii, 451,453, 461-4. 

 " Rymer, Focdera, xiv, 244-5. 

 " L. and P. Hen. Fill, xviii, pt. i, 131, 133. 

 " Pat. 12 Edw. II, pt. i, m. 27. 

 " Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. xiv, pt. 8, 128. 

 ,s Ibid. 129. 



16 Pat. 13 Ric. II, pt. i, m. 17. 

 " Cott. MS. Tib. B. ix, fol. 1033. 



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