A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



for the relief of lepers. It is usually termed in 

 contemporary records hospitak Icprosorum, but 

 occasionally simply hospitale infirmorum. 



The earliest documentary evidence of this 

 hospital occurs in 1280, when the warden of 

 St. Leonard's granted to the master of St. John's 

 Hospital a croft in the Newland of Brackley in 

 exchange for an acre of land.^ Beyond entries 

 in the diocesan registers relating to the insti- 

 tution of masters or wardens, not much is re- 

 corded of this house. In 1303 Bishop Dalderby 

 granted an indulgence to all those who should 

 assist the poor of the hospital of St. Leonard, 

 Brackley.^ In 1309 the warden and brethren 

 entered into an agreement with Richard Baker 

 and Denise his wife relative to a messuage in 

 Brackley.' 



John Brokehampton, instituted as master in 

 141 7, was also warden of the hospital of SS. 

 James and John, Brackley ; probably the govern- 

 ment of the smaller hospital of St. Leonard was 

 at that date merged into the larger, as no further 

 institutions to the smaller house are given. 



The hospital and chapel must have been 

 situated at the northern extremity of the town, 

 for Leland remarks : ' The Lengthe from St. 

 James' Churche at the South End of the Towne 

 to the Chapelle of Seint Leonard hathe bene 

 halfe a Mile in Building.'* 



Masters or Wardens of St, Leonard, 

 Brackley 



William of Wapenham alias Eylesbury,^ in- 

 stituted 1 29 1 

 Geoffrey Bernard,^ instituted 1292 

 Robert of Rodeston,' died 13 1 8 

 Simon Pelwor of Brackley ,8 instituted 1318, 



died 1327 

 Philip of Helmedon,* instituted 1327 

 Robert of Marchonley,i° resigned 1335 

 Roger of Oxford,'^^ instituted 133S, died 1339 

 William de Camulton,^- instituted 1339, re- 

 signed 1 34 1 

 Adam of Thenford,^* instituted 1341, resigned 



1353 

 Thomas of Ashborne,^* instituted 1353 



Richard Estwet,^^ instituted 1372 



1 Magd. Coll. Evid. B. 35, cited by Baker, Hist, of 

 Northants, i. 584. 



- Line. Epis. Reg. Memo, of Dalderby, f. 66. 



3 Magd. Coll. Evid. B. 39, cited by Baker, Hist, of 

 Northants, i. 584. 



* Leland, Itin. (Hearne ed.), vii. 5. 



5 Line. Epis. Reg. Inst, of Sutton, f. 49. 



6 Ibid. f. 52. 



7 Ibid. Inst, of Dalderby, f 134. 8 ibid. 

 9 Ibid. Inst, of Burghersh, f 1 79. 



10 Ibid. f. 213d. 11 Ibid. 



12 Ibid. f. 226. 13 Ibid. f. 242d. 



1* Ibid. Inst, of Gynwell, f. 1 5 2d. 



15 Ibid. Inst. ofBokyngham, f. I god. 



Richard Trenchaunt, instituted 1400 



John Beby 



Richard Foxton,'* died 1406 



John Maystur,!^ instituted 1406, resigned in 



the same year 

 William Patrick,i* instituted 1406 

 John Brokehampton,!^ instituted 141 7 



27. THE HOSPITAL OF COTES 



When Henry III. was at Geddington on 

 7 December, 1229, he issued letters of protec- 

 tion to the lepers of Cotes by Rockingham, 

 authorizing them to ask alms for their house.-" 



The only other reference to this house that 

 has been noticed occurs in the record of forest 

 proceedings (see Thrapston Hospital) of the year 

 1 30 1. A slain doe having been found in a snare 

 near Benefield Laund, an inquest was held, and 

 in accordance with forest law the flesh was sent 

 to the lepers of St. Leonard's, Cotes, which was 

 the nearest hospital. -i From other forest docu- 

 ments it appears that Cotes was in Cottingham 

 parish. 



28. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. DAVID 

 AND THE HOLY TRINITY, 

 KINGSTHORPE 



In Kingsthorpe, which was a chapelry of 

 St. Peter's on the north side of Northampton, 

 the hospital of St. David and the Holy 

 Trinity was founded in the year 1200 by 

 the prior and convent of St. Andrew's, North- 

 ampton. At that time there was a chapel of 

 St. David at Kingsthorpe, and Peter, the son of 

 Adam of Northampton, and Henry his son, gave 

 a house adjoining the chapel to the Cluniac 

 priory for the reception both of travellers and 

 the local poor. This was accepted by Walter, 

 prior of St. Andrew's and his convent, on the 

 condition that it should not be changed into a 

 college of monks, canons. Templars, or Hos- 

 pitallers, or nuns, and should at no time become 

 a church, which would be obviously to the pre- 

 judice of St. Andrew's monastery, as their house 

 stood on the north side of the town, and they 

 owned many plots of land in Kingsthorpe. The 

 prior granted that divine service might be held 

 in the house, but there were to be only two 

 altars, one in the chapel of the Holy Trinity 

 and the other in the chapel of St. David, and it 

 was only to possess a single bell for ringing, and 

 might have a burial ground for the poor, and 

 travellers and others living therein ; any other 

 parishioners might be buried there, provided they 

 had expressly desired it in their lifetime or 



1^ Ibid. Inst, of Repingdon, f. 223d. 



17 Ibid. 18 Ibid. f. 225. 19 Ibid. f. 269. 



=0 Pat. 14 Hen. III. m, 7. 



«i Forest Proc. Tr. of Rec. No. 79. 



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