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with shield and sword, but no arms on the shield." The tomb has 

 been assigned to one of the de Chideocks, but in the absence of 

 arms or inscription this is of course doubtful. And in Hutchins's 

 time there was an altar tomb, of grey marble on the north side of 

 the chancel, of William, a relative of Philippa, Queen of 

 Edward 3rd. There were other religious houses in Bridport in 

 pre-Reformation days, but of these scarcely any traces remain. 

 Near the East Bridge stood the Hospital of St. John the Baptist, 

 of which there are very slight remains at the back of the last 

 house on the south side of East Street. Near the north end, I 

 believe, of St. Michael's Lane was the Chapel of St. Michael, 

 founded it would appear in 1324 by Robert de Faryndone and 

 Joan his wife. At the top of the South Street at its junction with 

 the main street of the town, where now stands the Town Hall, 

 stood the Chapel of St. Andrew, in connection with which it may 

 be interesting to mention the existence of a fraternity called " the 

 Brotherhood of the Light of the Holy Cross, in the Church of St. 

 Andrew of Brudeport" for maintaining a light in the church 

 aforesaid. Several small parchment and paper books relating to 

 this and other fraternities are in the possession of the Corporation. 

 Their regulations are curious and interesting, and some, if not all, 

 of these fraternities would appear to have partaken of the 

 nature of our modern friendly societies or clubs. There was 

 also in the neighbouring parish of Allington, and now within 

 the borough of Bridport, " the Hospital of the Lepers of 

 Mary Magdalen, of Bridport," on or near the site of which 

 stands now a small almshouse managed by the Churchwardens of 

 Bridport. 



But p erhaps more interesting to the antiquary, at all events next 

 to the Church, as more or less of them remain to the present day, 

 are Dungeness and what was known as the Castle, in South Street. 

 Of Dungeness, which is near the bottom of the street on the west 

 side, Hutchins speaks as "an ancient building, said to be the 

 prior's house, most probably for one of the chantry priests in the 

 church ;" and the 3rd Edition of Hutchins says of it : " Although 



