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cated to St. "James ; fuppofed to have been a chapel of eafe to the 

 parifh. of St. Andrew (h). 



The hofpital of the BU/ed Virgin, or St. Afar/s hofpital, claims 

 three foundations. But at what particular time any of them 

 were founded, and by whom the firft was, cannot be determined 

 with precifion. To the firft Walter de Bolbeck was a- benefactor (i). 

 The latter, and the chapel belonging to it, were founded by a 

 gentleman of Killingivorth or Killingho'we^ near N^vucaJHt:, of the 

 name of Afelack, whofe charter, which is without date, runs 



thus, " I Afelack of Killinghow have founded the hofpital and 



" chapel of St. Mary the Virgin, upon my own land, for two bre- 

 " thren to be regulars, and one chaplain, to ferve God, and take 

 " care of the poor (kj" Though the very time of its foundation 

 cannot be afccrtained, yet that it was in being in the reign of K. 

 Richard I, is certain from his confirmation of the charter, wherein 

 Afelack is Riled, his burgefs of Neivcajlle (I). The third founda- 

 tion was by the corporation. It was to be a fort of an afylum 

 to lodge the helplefs ftranger, and indigent traveller in, an elee- 

 mofynary for the fick and needy, and to give fepulturc to fuch 

 as died in it. It was allowed nine chaldrons of coals annually, 



(b) Bourne, p. 151, 152, 153. (i) Camd. Brit. ed. opt. p. 855. 



(It) Ego dfelack de Killynghtwt fundavi hofpitalc Sanbe Maria virginis et capellam fupcr 

 terram mcam in Nova CaJ/elh, fwper Tynam, et ibi pofui duos fratres icgularcs, ec unurn 

 capellanum, ad ferviendum Deo, et paupeiibus ; reddidi meipfum Deo, et Uc.ita; Mar'ns, 

 et fratribus ejufdemhofpitalis ibidem Deofervicntibus, ad hofpitandum pauperes, ct f -cnos clc- 

 ricos, et pro falute animarum omnium hofpitaKs benefaflorura. Lib. Cart. 



(1) Sciatis me dedifTe et conceffifle Domino et San<5be Marice, et fandimonialibus de Newt 

 Cajhllo, pro falute anims meae, et anteceffibrum meorum, Afelack, burgeum meum de AV. 

 Caflello, &c. Lib - Ciirt - 



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