RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



within the hospital, save the tonsure and a 

 common seal ; that the office of master required 

 to be held by one in orders, but what orders they 

 knew not ; that personal or continuous residence 

 was not demanded of the master ; that the clerk 

 Thomas Morton, now presented, was thirty 

 years of age and in sub-deacon's orders, and held 

 the benefices following : the prebends of Salisbury, 

 Warwell, Aberguille, and Tamworth, and the 

 rectory of Piddlehinton.i 



After some delay the hospital was re-estab- 

 lished in 1425 ; its ordinances were approved by 

 the patron William, Lord Lovell, and ratified 

 by Archbishop Chicheley, who visited the foun- 

 dation ten years later, in 1435.- The number 

 on the foundation was reduced according to the 

 new constitution, on account of the insufficiency 

 of the revenues ; 6 loaves of the value of yl. 

 were ordained to be given weekly in the chapel 

 to the poor, and a decent house with six or four 

 bedsteads was to be provided within the hospital 

 for the free relief of poor travellers for one night, 

 or longer if necessary. Henry Grene was pre- 

 sented in 1449. Apparently the old evil prac- 

 tice of non-residence had not been relinquished, 

 for there was a priest of the same name, and 

 probably to be identified with him, rector of 

 Boddington, and somewhat later of Middleton 

 Cheney. A commission was issued in April, 

 1 42 1, to inquire into a complaint of brethren of 

 this hospital that a certain Robert Marshall and 

 others had entered the hospital on 20 March and 

 carried ofF divers utensils and beasts belonging to 

 it, alleging them to be the property of Henry 

 Grene, the late master, a servant of Henry VI. 

 The offenders were ordered to be arrested and 

 imprisoned.' 



James Stanley, the last master, was appointed 

 in February, 147 1-2 ; he became bishop of Ely 

 in 1506. In February, 1484, Francis, Lord 

 Lovell, granted the advowson and patronage of 

 the hospital to William Waynflete, bishop of 

 Winchester, for the sum of 400 marks, in order 

 that it might form part of the endowment of the 

 bishop's newly founded college of Magdalen, 

 Oxford, and the following year the formal an- 

 nexation took place ; the deed for its execution 

 justifying the action on the ground of neglect of 

 the duties of hospitality and almsgiving.* 



Masters of St. James and St. John, 

 Brackley 



Solomon, at the time of foundation 

 Alan, occurs as prior c. 1200 

 Stephen, occurs c. 1220 



1 Reg. of Bp. Fleming, given in Harl. MS. 6,952, 

 f. 60. 



' Line. Epis. Reg. Memo, of Gny, f. 161. 



8 Pat. I Edw. IV. pt. l,m. 27J. 



* Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. App. iv. 459-60. 



2 153 



Thomas, occurs 1 256-1 269' 

 Thomas Cust," died 1271 

 William de Shaldeston,^ elected 1271, re- 

 signed 1274 

 John de Chenoure,^ elected 1274, died after 



April 12899 

 Geoffrey de Hansho, elected 1289-1309 i" 

 William de Dorsete, elected 1309 

 John Abbot, alias le Bere,'i died 1332 

 Andrew de Brackley,^'^ elected 1332 

 Robert de Tadmarton,^' elected 1336, died 



1349 

 Alan de Chacombe,'* elected 1349 

 John Dome," appointed 1384 

 John Fane, occurs 1386, resigned 1388 '" 

 William Fesaunt presented by archbishop 



1387" 

 John de Brokehampton,^^ elected 1388, died 



1423 

 Thomas Morton,^' appointed 1423, died 1449 

 Henry Grene,^'^ elected 1449, died 1472 

 James Stanley,-^ elected 1472, consecrated 



bishop of Ely 1506 



A fragment of the seal of this house, enclosed 

 in an old damask bag attached to a charter of 

 1240,^^ represents a cross patt^e. Legend all but 

 defaced : . . . . illv .... 



Fragment of another seal attached to a charter 

 dated 1317.-' It is a pointed oval, and represents 

 the feet only of St. John standing on a carved 

 corbel. The legend is wanting. 



Later seal of the fifteenth century, pointed 

 oval, represents the patron saints SS. James and 

 John full length in two canopied niches. In base 

 under a round-headed arch the master or prior 

 kneeling in prayer.^* 



Legend : sigillD . hospitalis . scoru . jacobi 



.... JOHis . DE . BRAKELEY. 



26. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. LEONARD, 

 BRACKLEY 



The hospital of St. Leonard, Brackley, like 

 most institutions of that dedication, was founded 



^ The first four names are given by Macray, l^otes 

 from Muniments ofMagd. Coll. O.xon. 5. 



* Line. Epis. Reg. Roll of Gravesend. 



^ Ibid. 8 Ibid. 9 Macray, loc. cit. 



1" Ibid. There called Geoffrey de Halsho. 

 1' Line. Epis. Inst, of Burghersh, f. 2l4d. 

 12 Ibid. IS Ibid. 



1* Ibid. Inst, of Gynwell, f. 137. 

 16 Ibid. Inst, of Bokj'ngham, ii. f. 129. 



18 Macray, op. cit. 6. '^^ Ibid. 

 1* Line. Epis. Reg. Buckingham, f. 148. 



19 Harl. MS. 6952, f. 60, from the register of Bishop 

 Fleming. 



-" Line. Epis. Reg. Inst, of Alnwick, f. 142. 



31 Ibid. Inst, of Chadworth, f. 82. 



23 Harl. Chart. 84, D. 32. 



as Ibid. 84, E. 45. 



=* Casts at the B.M. Ixix. 66. 



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