A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



Sir Richard Wcnman, 25 February, I 570 ; but 

 he was not admitted, for he was unable to trans- 

 late into English the first two lines of St. Paul's 

 second Epistle to the Corinthians,^ 



Masters of Kingsthorpe " 



John, died 1233 



John of Brampton, appointed 1233 



Robert (Vicar of Brayfield) 



Walter,' died 1 27 I 



Walter of Irthlingborough,* appointed 1271 



Richard of Pykeden, appointed 1276 



Roger of Boudon 



Peter of Okham, appointed 1289 



Peter ^ (Vicar of St. Sepulchre's, Northampton), 

 appointed 1 296, resigned 1 30 1 



William of Weldon,* appointed 1301, re- 

 signed 1313 



John of Todington,^ appointed 13 13, resigned 



1319 



Robert of Catteworth,^ appointed 13 19, re- 

 signed 1327 



John de St. Maur,' appointed 1327, resigned 



1332 

 John de Keynes,^" appointed 1332, resigned 



1333 

 Ralph of Waldegrave,^^ appointed 1333 



Richard le Bery, appointed 1352 



Richard Bollesore,^*' appointed 1364-5 



Richard Mandelyn, appointed 1383 



John Pygot,*^ appointed 1395, died 1406 



John Greiby,^* appointed 1406, died 1463 



Thomas Ailward,^^ appointed 1463, resigned 



1465 

 Thomas Playn,^' appointed 1465, resigned 



1492 

 Robert Sherbourn,^^ appointed 1492, resigned 



1496 

 Edward Braye,^* appointed 1496, resigned 



1505 

 Richard Emson,^' appointed 1505, resigned 



1517 



1 Bridges, Hist, of Norlianis, i. 417. 



2 These masters are taken from the Lincoln Epis- 

 copal Registers ; those names for which no reference is 

 given are cited from Bridges' List, Hist, of Norlhants, 

 i. 416, and Baker, Hist, of Northants, ii. 45 ; occasion- 

 ally a date has been amended. Most of the names 

 appear in Dr. Hutton's extracts from various registers, 

 Harl. MSS. 6959-6962. 



8 Line. Epis. Reg. Roll of Gravesend. * Ibid. 



6 Ibid. Inst, of Dalderby, f. 104. ^ Ibid. 



7 Ibid. f. I 2 2d. 8 Ibid. f. 137. 



9 Ibid. Inst, of Burghersh, f. 178. 



10 Ibid. f. 195. 11 Ibid. f. 203d. 



'- Ibid. Inst, of Bokyngham, pt. I, f. 163. 



13 Ibid. pt. 2, f. I/Sd. 



1* Ibid. Inst, of Repingdon, f. 122. 



1^ Ibid. Inst, of Chadworth, f. 66d. 



16 Ibid. f. 68. 



17 Ibid. Inst, of Russell, f. 65d. He became bishop 

 of St. David's in 1505. 



18 Ibid. Inst, of Smith, f. iSsd. 19 Ibid. f. 224. 



Benet Davy,^" appointed 15 17, occurs 1536'^ 

 Hugh ZuUey,^^ appointed 1557 

 William Richardson,^' presented 1570 



29. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN 

 BAPTIST AND ST. JOHN EVAN- 

 GELIST, NORTHAMPTON 



The exact date of the foundation of this 

 hospital, as well as the name of the founder, is 

 uncertain. Edward I. in 1 307 granted to the 

 brethren of the hospital of St. John, Northamp- 

 ton an exemplification of a charter of Henry II., 

 whereby they were licensed to hold whatever 

 they had acquired or should acquire by gifts, 

 purchase, or in frankalmoign.'* It seems probable 

 that the actual date of the foundation was about 

 1 140. An inquisition in 1327 names Walter, 

 archdeacon of Northampton, as the founder of 

 this hospital for the reception and maintenance 

 of the infirm.^' This is probably a clerical error 

 for ' William,' as there was no archdeacon of 

 Northampton of the name of Walter about that 

 period. Leland gives William St. Clare, arch- 

 deacon of Northampton, as the founder.-^ His 

 name first occurs in 1144, but the date of his 

 actual appointment as archdeacon is not known ; 

 he died in 1168." 



The Taxation of 1291 has one reference to 

 this hospital stating that a pension of £2 was 

 received from the rectory of Helmdon, held by 

 the master of St. John's.^' Xhe pope in 1278 

 directed the collectors of the Holy Land tenth 

 in England not to suffer the monks and brethren 

 of the hospital for the poor of St. John, North- 

 ampton, to be molested, according to the general 

 exemption of payment of such tenths granted by 

 Pope Gregory X. to lazar houses, houses of God, 

 and poor hospitals. *" 



The brethren received frequent licences to 

 acquire land during the fourteenth century. In 

 March, 1299, William de Brampton obtained a 

 grant permitting him to alienate to the hospital 

 lands and rents to the annual value of lOOs, in 

 Hartwell, Quinton, Courteenhall, and Pidding- 



20 Ibid. Inst, of Atwater, f. 21. 



-1 He was ordered by Thomas Bedyll, as visitor, to 

 go into residence, observe the statutes of the hospital, 

 and plant fresh trees in place of those cut down. 

 Chanc. Misc. bdle. 20, file I, No. 12. 



-- Rymer, Fadera, xv. 467-8. 



-3 Bridges, Hist, of Northants, \. 417. 



-* Pat. 35 Edw. I. m. 36. This exemplification 

 granted on account of the breaking of the seal of the 

 origmal charter was confirmed by Edward II. in 

 March, 131 1-2. Pat. 5 Edw. II. pt. 2, m. 12. 



-5 Inq. p.m. I Edw. III. cited by Bridges, Hist, of 

 Northants, i. 456. 



-6 Leland, Itin. (Hearne ed.), i. 10. 



'^^ Le Neve, Fasti Eccl. Jngl. ii. 55. 



2S Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 38. 



=» Cal. of Papal L. i. 456. 



156 



