A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



f X 535 g ave ^e gross income as ^42 i6s. 

 William Atkinson was at that time master. 



Hospitals were not included in the Act of 

 Edward VI. for the dissolution of chantries 

 and other like foundations, and therefore St. 

 Mary Magdalene's does not appear in the 

 certificates taken under this Act, but in the 

 certificate of 1545 its value is entered as 

 4.1 6s. Sd. t of which 19 7*. 4^. was 

 divided amongst nine poor men and women. 

 After other payments, there was a balance 

 left for the master and the repair of tenements 

 of 13 gs. ifd. The certificate states that 

 the hospital was founded by the Bishop of 

 Winchester ' to pray for the soules of ther 

 founders and all crysten soules.' The great 

 reduction in numbers from eighteen to nine is 

 not such a flagrant instance of mismanage- 

 ment or peculation as might at first seem to 

 be the case. By far the larger part of the 

 hospital's income came from fixed pensions, 

 and the purchasing power of money had 

 certainly lessened by one half in the course of 

 three and a half centuries. 



Dr. Ebden, master of the hospital, by 

 indenture dated 2 September, 1611, gave 

 10 annually to be divided at the rate of 4^. 

 weekly to each of the brethren and sisters, 

 and a gown each at Christmas. 



At the time of the great Civil War the 

 hospital suffered severely from the king's troops. 

 Out of its little flock of sheep thirty-six 

 were killed by the soldiers, and the remainder 

 had to be conveyed away sixteen miles for 

 safety. Much corn was stolen, and the great 

 gates, doors, barn and stable fittings, in short 

 everything of wood was burnt. Even the 

 furniture of the chapel down to the very 

 holy table were used for fuel, and horses of 

 the troopers were stabled in the sanctuary. 

 The master, brethren and sisters petitioned 

 Lord Hopton, general of the Royalist forces 

 in the west, as to the destitution and misery 

 brought on the inmates. In an order dated 

 1 9 March, 1643, the general promised inquiry 

 and redress. 



The master and poor folk had not long 

 been in their renovated houses, when the 

 government of Charles II., in 1665, chose to 

 seize it as a place of confinement for the 

 Dutch prisoners of war, and to order that the 

 almsfolk were to be removed into lodgings at 

 Winchester at the king's expense. The 

 result was most disastrous ; the Dutch 

 prisoners used all the woodwork, including 

 that of the restored chapel, for fuel ; and the 



written by the Rev. Mr. Wavell, who was at that 

 time master of this hospital. His account extends 

 from pp. 1 5 5-2 1 1 in the second volume. 



chapel bell, and all iron and lead were carried 

 away. In short, the hospital was ruined ; and 

 the master, brethren and sisters found it im- 

 possible to return when the war was over. 

 The estimate for rebuilding and repairing 

 was 650, but the government would only 

 allow,ioo. Dr. Gulston was at that time 

 master. His successor, Dr. Darel, who was 

 also archdeacon of Winchester, purchased, in 

 1671, some tenements for the poor outcasts 

 in Colebrook Street, which were left after his 

 death in trust for the use of the hospital. In 

 1788 the remnants of the old buildings, in- 

 cluding the beautiful chapel, still bearing 

 many traces of wall painting, 1 were pulled 

 down, and the materials used for the erection 

 of six plainly built almshouses on the upper 

 side of Water Lane, in the East Soke. 



The old buildings are fully described as 

 well as illustrated in the Fetusta Monumental 

 A view of their original state is given at 

 page 155 of Mr. Wavell's second volume, 

 before referred to, wherein are shown the 

 chapel with master's house and common 

 rooms adjoining, together with the range of 

 small houses for those who held the major 

 portions. 



MASTERS OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. MARY 

 MAGDALEN, WINCHESTER 



William de Basynge, collated 1342* 

 John Melton, collated 1394* 

 William Waynflete, 1438" 

 William Atkinson, 1535 

 Dr. Ebden, 1611 

 Dr. Gulston, 1665 

 Dr. Darel, 1671 

 Mr. Wavell, 1773 



26. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN 

 BAPTIST, WINCHESTER 



When Leland visited Winchester, about 

 1538, he saw near the east gate 'a fair Hos- 

 pital of S. John, wher pore syke people be 

 kept. Ther is yn the Chapelle an Ymage 



1 Mr. Schnebbelie's coloured sketches of the 

 most noteworthy parts are in the possession of the 

 Society of Antiquaries. The old Norman west 

 doorway of the chapel has been rebuilt as the 

 entrance to the Roman Catholic Church in St. 

 Peter Street. 



1 Vol. iii. plates I, 2. 



3 Winton. Epis. Reg., Orlton, i. ff. 73, 92 ; ii. 

 f. 67. 



4 Ibid. Wykeham, i. f. 231. 



B Afterwards Bishop of Winchester. See Hist, 

 of Winchester (1773), by Rev. Mr. Wavell, ii. 77. 



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