RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



revenue amounted to 140 131. io^d. and 

 included the manors of Cosham and Warror 

 in the Isle of Wight, the manor of Heckley, 

 tenements at Exbury and Hamley, a garden 

 in Winchester, a great number of small tene- 

 ments and rents in or near Southampton, and 

 the property of Sherborne priory. The 

 charges on the income included, in addition 

 to a variety of payments at Monk Sherborne 

 and dues to divers Southampton officials, 18 

 a year to the three priests (Geoffrey Rudde, 

 Thomas Asheley and William Gy) appointed 

 by the founder and Edward IV. to pray for 

 the souls of the founders and others ; 24 for 

 the maintenance of six poor brethren and four 

 poor sisters, in food, clothing and other 

 necessaries ; 20 for seven beggars indigent 

 and infirm, beds and burial costs, etc. ; and 

 28 for daily hospitality to wayfarers and 

 strangers from beyond the sea, and daily dis- 

 tribution of alms at the gate. Beyond these 

 deductions the commissioners also asked that 

 the following expenses might be deducted : 

 Commons and stipends of butler, cook and 

 undercook, 9 6s. 8d. ; stipend of barber, 8/. ; 

 stipend of washerwoman, 16*. ; wax, wine 

 and bread for the chapel, i 135. $d. ; utensils 

 of hall, pantry and kitchen, jCi 6s. 8d.; petty 

 daily expenses, 18 ; average loss from un- 

 occupied houses at Southampton, 6 ; fuel 

 for hall and kitchen, 2 1 31. \d. ; and travel- 

 ling expenses and the like, on the business of 

 the hospital, 3 13*. \d. From all this it 

 may be inferred that God's House, under the 

 direction of Queen's College, was fairly carry- 

 ing out the intentions of the founders, and 

 soundly administering the funds. 



According to the accounts of 15689, the 

 senior priest was acting as steward, and ' the 

 house was still celebrating the exequies of 

 Edward IV. and Richard, Earl of Cambridge, 

 of Master Pereson, and the founders generally, 

 each at a cost of 4*.' 1 At the same time the 

 cost of the pauper inmates (including eight 

 brothers and sisters) was 4 1 1 2s. od. 



The old domestic buildings of this house, 

 which dated back in the main to its original 

 foundation and were still substantial, were, 

 grievous to relate, swept away by the college 

 in 1 86 1. In their place were erected the 

 present ' somewhat feeble though more 

 commodious buildings,' in two blocks. The 

 eastern block accommodates four brethren, 

 whilst the northern range is for the like 

 number of sisters. The old gateway has been 

 renewed, and the chapel of St. Julian ' restored ' 

 out of all semblance to antiquity. An account 



1 Davies' Hist, of Southampton, 461-2, citing an 

 account penes Rev. L. L. Carrick. 



of the occupation of this church by a Walloon 

 congregation has already appeared. 2 



WARDENS OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JULIAN 

 OR GOD'S HOUSE, SOUTHAMPTON 



Roger le Riche 3 

 William Fulient 

 Vincent 

 Warin 



John Chilbaton 

 Nicholas Rokeland 

 William Chernbyne, 1262 

 Robert de Knowell, d. 1285 

 Robert le Stock or le Aumoner, 1285 

 John le Flemang, 12867 

 Richard de Multon, 4 1287 

 Richard le Stock or le Aumoner, rein- 

 stated 1290" 



Roger de Estok, resigned in 1293 

 Henry de Bluntesdon, 6 1293-1316 

 Gilbert de Wygeton, 7 1316, 1332 

 Robert de Eglesfield, about 1343 



28. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. MARY 

 MAGDALEN, SOUTHAMPTON 



The hospital of St. Mary Magdalen, South- 

 ampton, frequently styled in the town accounts 

 Le Maudelyne, was founded by the burgesses, 

 at their own cost, as a refuge for lepers, in 

 or about 11723, when there is a claim for 

 for allowance on the Pipe Roll of ^i 35. 2d. 

 for land given to the lepers of Southampton. 

 It was confirmed by Pope Alexander III. in 

 1179 to the priory of St. Denis, by the name 

 of the chapel of St. Mary Magdalen, but it 

 does not appear that the priory gained any 

 benefit from the hospital till the time of 

 Edward III. Probably it was only assigned 

 to the priory in the first instance in order that 

 they might see that the church or chapel was 

 duly served, and some priest found brave 

 enough to continuously administer to the 

 souls of the lepers. 



Originally the burgesses appointed the 

 master or warden of the hospital, but in the 

 reign of Edward I. the Crown claimed the 

 presentation and appointed William Balweys. 

 This intrusion was resisted both by the bur- 

 gesses and the bishop. The latter, in 1285, 



2 Supra, p. 75. 



3 Rolls of Parliament (Rec. Com.), i. 19. 



4 Winton. Epis. Reg., Pontoise, ff. 4, 5. 



5 Ibid. ff. 191, 192 ; Roll] of Parliament (Rec. 

 Com.), i. 1 8-20. 



8 Pat. 21 Edw. I. mm. 15, n. 

 7 Ibid. 6 Edw. III. pt. 2, m. 7 ; Dugdale'j 

 Monasticon, vi. 674. 



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