112 THE BRIGHTON ROAD 



by the Right Reverend Father in God, John Whitgift, 

 late Archbishop of Canterbury." The dainty quad- 

 rangle, set about with grass lawns and bright flowers, 

 is formed on three sides by tiny houses of two floors, 

 where dwell the poor brothers and sisters of this old 

 foundation : twenty brothers and sixteen sisters, who, 

 beside lodging, receive each £40 and £30 a year 

 respectively. They enjoy all the advantages of the 

 Hospital so long as of good behaviour, but " obstinate 

 heresye, sorcerye, any kinde of charmmynge, or 

 witchcrafte ' are punished by the statutes with 

 expulsion. 



The fourth side of the quadrangle is occupied by 

 the Hall, the Warden's rooms, and the Chapel, all in 

 very much the same condition as at their building. 

 The old oak table in the Hall is dated 1614, and much 

 of the stained glass is of sixteenth century date. 



But it is in the Warden's rooms, above, that the 

 eye is feasted with old woodwork, ancient panelling, 

 black with lapse of time, quaint muniment chests, 

 curious records, and the like. These were the rooms 

 specially reserved for his personal use during his 

 lifetime by the pious Archbishop Whitgift. 



Here is a case exhibiting the original titles to the 

 lands on which the Hospital is built, and with which 

 it is endowed ; formidable sheets of parchment, 

 bearing many seals, and, what does duty for one, a 

 gold angel of Edward VI. 



These are ideal rooms ; rooms which delight with 

 their unspoiled sixteenth-century air. The sun streams 

 through the western windows over their deep 

 embrasures, lighting up so finely the darksome wood- 

 work into patches of brilliance that there must be 

 those who envy the Warden his lodging, so perfect a 

 survival of more spacious days. 



A little chapel duly completes the Hospital, and here 

 is not pomp of carving nor vanity of blazoning, for 

 the good Archbishop, mindful of economy, would none 

 of these. The seats and benches are contemporary 

 with the building, and are rough-hewn. On the 



