A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



Roger Shryghey,^ I44^j '^'^'^ 14^5 

 John Draper,- 1465, resigned 1482 

 Thomas Warberton,^ 1482 

 James Tunstal,* 1540 



24. THE HOSPITAL OF AYNHO 



The hospital of Aynho, built for the relief of 

 the poor, the sick, and infirm, and dedicated in 

 honour of SS. James and John, stood at the west 

 entrance of the village. It was founded towards 

 the close of the twelfth century by Roger Fitz 

 Richard and Alice his wife, with the consent 

 of their two sons, William and Robert. The 

 grant was ratified by William de Mandeville, 

 earl of Essex, as lord of the fee. 6 Robert Fitz 

 Roger confirmed and added to his father's grants, 

 and his grandson provided for the maintenance of 

 a chaplain at the hospital to celebrate for the 

 soul of his grandmother, Elizabeth, countess of 

 Dunbar.6 The hospital was under the direction 

 of a master nominated by the lord of the manor 

 and instituted by the bishop. The earliest name 

 recorded is that of Peter of Maldon, presented in 

 1232 by Roger de Creissy, farmer of Aynho.'' 



On the death of John de Graham in 1282, 

 and the appointment of William de Hokkeholte 

 as master, Bishop Sutton ordered an inquisition to 

 be held by the official of the archdeacon of 

 Northampton into the condition of the hospital. 

 The return found that Roger Fitz-Roger was the 

 true patron for that turn, and that his right was 

 undisputed ; that there was no cure of souls 

 annexed to the hospital ; that its income included 

 the tithes of 4 virgates of land, with the excep- 

 tion of I acre, and the small tithes of the lord- 

 ship of John de Hay, save one lamb, one fleece, 

 and one cheese due to the mother church of 

 Croughton ; that the hospital was founded for 

 the pauperes dehiles ac infirmos coming there ; 

 and that the new master, William de Hokkeholte, 

 was reported to be a man of good life and honest 

 conversation.® 



In 131 9 Sir John Clavering, lord of Aynho, 

 gave to the hospital half a virgate of land, a mes- 

 suage and a mill called ' Goldsbolte milne ' with 

 the adjacent meadow and water-course, and the 

 custom of his tenants at the said mill.' The 

 master and brethren acquired further lands in 

 Aynho from the same lord in 1331 to the value 

 of 5 marks yearly. i" But with time and possibly 



1 Line. Inst, of Alnwick, f. 136d. 



2 Ibid. Inst of Chadworth, f. 68d. 



3 Ibid. Inst, of Russell, f. ^zA. 



* Ibid. Inst, of Longhinds, f. 122. 



5 Magdalen College Evidences, Hist. MSS. Com. 

 Rep. iv. 460. 



« Ibid. 7 Line. Epis. Reg. Roll of Wells. 



8 Taken from register of Bishop Sutton, Karl. MS. 

 6,951, f. 7. 



' Pat. 13 Edw. II. m. 39. 

 1" Ibid. 5 Edw. III. pt. I, m. 39. 



the increase of worldly goods the institution 

 began to fail in the accomplishment of the aims 

 of its founders. Two of the m.-isters, William 

 Lambton, appointed in 1455, and Henry Wright, 

 in 1478, became rectors of the parish church, in 

 itself evidence that the duties of the hospital 

 did not absorb all their cares. On I October, 

 1483, William, earl of Arundel, the patron, 

 granted the advowson and patronage of the hos- 

 pital with all its property to William Waynflete, 

 bishop of Winchester, the founder of Magdalen 

 College, Oxford, and on 29 August, two years 

 later, the formal annexation of the hospital to 

 Magdalen College was executed by the bishop 

 with the assent of the patron, on the express 

 ground of the neglect of the hospital to carry out 

 the duties of hospitality and almsgiving. The 

 patron stipulated that mass should be said daily 

 at the Arundel altar by the president and fellows 

 for the members of the Arundel family. ^^ 



Bridges (1720) states that the hospital became 

 the dwelling-house of Mrs. Watkins, who held 

 it on lease from Magdalen College, and that it 

 was much altered from its first form.'^ Baker, 

 a century later, describes it as occupied by 

 Mr. Gardner and ' recently modernized.' 



Masters of Aynho 



Jordan," c. 121 5 



Peter de Maldon,^* presented 1232 



Adam de Stutesbirie, presented 1235 



Stephen, presented 1243 



Peter de Wyndesover 



John de Graham, ^^ resigned 1282 



William de Hokkeholte,^^ presented 1282, died 



1293 

 Geoffrey de Crouleton,^^ presented 1293, died 



1298 

 Thomas de Aynho,^* presented 1298 

 Thomas Budel,^' died 1324 

 William de Kirkeshagh,'"' presented 1324 

 Richard of Aynho, occurs 1376 

 Henry Bretenelle or Brudenel, occurs 1391 

 William Lambly alias Weston,^^ presented 



1394, resigned 1398 

 William de Southo,^^ presented 1398 



11 Magdalen College Evidences, Hist. MSS. Com. 

 Rep. iv. 460. 



12 Hist. ofNorthants, \. 142. 



13 Macray, l^otes from Muniments of Magd. Coll. 

 Oxon. 4. 



1* Line. Epis. Reg. Roll of Wells. 

 15 Ibid. Roll of Sutton. 



1^ Ibid. Called Okholt alias Acolt, Macray, op. 

 cit. 5. 



17 Ibid. Inst, of Sutton, f. 54. 



18 Ibid. f. 66. 



1' Ibid. Inst, of Burghersh, f. l7od. 



20 Ibid. Called de Kyngsehavve, Macray, loc. cit. 



21 Ibid. Inst, of Bokyngham, f. 172. 

 23 Ibid. Inst, of Beaufort, f. Sgd. 



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