RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



Thomas Parmenter,! appointed 1 498, resigned 



1514 

 William Atkynson, M.A.,- appointed 15 14 

 Thomas Freeman, appointed 1524 

 John Aras,^ resigned 1530 

 Richard Birdsall,* appointed 1530, resigned 



1544 



Arthur Lowe, LL.B.,5 appointed 1544, re- 

 signed 1569 



Arthur Wake, M.A.,^ appointed 1569, de- 

 prived 1573 



Robert Condall,^ appointed 1574 



William Wake,* occurs 1625, resigned 1638 



William Boswell,^ occurs 1630 



George Wake, D.D.,^" appointed 1638, died 

 1682 



John Skelton, M.A.,^^ appointed 1682, died 

 1704 



Joseph Gardiner, M.A.,^^ appointed 1704, 

 died 1732 



Anthony Reynolds, M.A.,^^ occurs 1733, died 



1751 

 John Kerrick, M.D.,^^ appointed 1752, died 



1762 



Robert Dowbiggin, B.A.,^^ appointed 1762 



George Hubbard,^* appointed 1795 



Richard Pretyman, B.A.,^^ appointed 18 14, 



died 1866 



Nathaniel Thomas Hughes, M.A.,^' appointed 



1871 



Pointed oval seal taken from a cast at the 

 British Museum. The impression, which is a 

 fine one, represents on the right St. John the 

 Baptist, partially covered with his raiment of 

 camel's hair, holding a staff in the right hand, 

 and pointing to the Agnus Dei on a plaque with 

 the left hand ; on the left St. John the Evan- 

 gelist turned to the right holding a book in his 

 right hand. Over the head of the former the 



1 Line. Epis. Reg. Inst, of Smith, f. 213. 

 3 Ibid. Inst, of Atvvater, f 17. 

 * Ibid. Inst, of Longlands, f. ill. * Ibid. 



^ Peterb. Epis. Reg. 



^ Peterb. Epis. Reg. Deprived for non-conformity, 

 and retired to Jersey, but apparently managed to 

 retain or recover the mastership. 



^ Peterb. Induction Reg. He was archdeacon of 

 Huntingdon in 1576. 



8 Of Courteenhall. Occurs in deeds in hospital 

 chest. 



s Mentioned as master in Charles I.'s charter, but 

 apparently supplanted by William Wake. 



1" Peterb. Epis. Reg. Buried in the hospital 

 chapel. 



1' Ibid. Archdeacon of Bedford. Buried in the 

 chapel. 

 1- Ibid. Sub-dean of Lincoln. 

 13 Occurs in deed of June, 1733, in hospital chest. 

 " Peterb. Epis. Reg. 15 ibid. 



16 Peterb. Diocese Bk. 



17 Peterb. Epis. Reg. (Information concerning the 

 last twelve masters supplied by Rev. R. M. Serjeantson.) 



18 Present master. 



inscription, B A p t I ; over the head of the latter, 

 10 Ew A . Between the saints a slender shaft 

 supporting two round-headed arches, and an early 

 roof and turret with lines representing thatch. 

 In base a crescent, enclosing an estoile of eight 

 points. 



Legend in Lombardic capitals runs : s i c i l l 



HOSPITALIS • • • lOH IS BAPTISTE ET" 



S'**I*EWANG*DE"NORHAMt* 



The seal which has been used since the time 

 of Charles L is oval, bearing a badly executed 

 figure of St. John the Baptist seated, partly 

 draped, his left hand resting on a lamb to which 

 he points with his right hand ; resting upon his 

 right shoulder is a cross, above his head clouds 

 and rays of light, in the distance on the left a 

 tree. 



Legend : sigill hospital sti johannis 



BAPTIST.?: in villa NORTHAMPTON EX FUND 

 CAR REG 1630. 



30. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. LEONARD, 

 NORTHAMPTON 



Among the corporation records of Northamp- 

 ton is a valuable collection of early evidences as 

 to the lands pertaining to the hospital of 

 St. Leonard on the south side of the town.^' The 

 advowson was in the hands of the burgesses from 

 the earliest days. The first of these charters, 

 dated about 1 150, is a grant from Adam, the son 

 of Nigel, son of Mervin, to God and the hos- 

 pital of St. Leonard of Northampton and the 

 sick men serving God there, of his shop in 

 Whimplus Row, in the market of Northampton. 

 The second is a charter of Henry II. granting 

 protection to the lepers of St. Leonard's, 

 Northampton, with permission to receive alms. 



Many gifts were added to the hospital during 

 the reigns of Richard I. and John ; among these 

 may be mentioned a grant of land at Pitsford, 

 assigned in the latter reign to ' the Blessed Mary 

 and the sick brethren and sisters of the house of 

 St. Leonard at Northampton serving God, 

 St. Mary, and St. Leonard there.' 



In 1295 reference is made to the parish of 

 St. Leonard without Northampton ; all the rights 

 of a parochial church seem to have been adminis- 

 tered to the inhabitants of the district in the 

 chapel of St. Leonard from the time of its 

 foundation. In 1281 the vicar of Hardingstone 

 claimed offerings and tithes from the residents in 

 the liberty of St. Leonard, whereupon evidence 

 was given that the inhabitants from time beyond 

 memory had worshipped in the chapel of 

 St. Leonard, and had the offices of baptism and 

 burial performed by the chaplain. The diocesan 

 decided in favour of St. Leonard's, but ordered 



1' Rec. Borough of Northampton (Rev. J. C. Co.x, 

 LL.D.), ii. 329-333. 



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