RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



24. HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN BAP- 

 TIST AND ST. JOHN EVANGEL- 

 IST, NEWPORT PAGNEL 



There were certainly two hospitals, at 

 Newport Pagnel, even if we identify the 

 ' New Hospital ' of 1240 with that of St. John 

 Baptist. 1 If the identification should prove 

 to be a mistake there would be three, but it 

 seems most probable that it is correct. The 

 ' New Hospital ' is first mentioned in a will of 

 1240 2 : an inquisition of 1245 alludes to the 

 master of the hospital of St. John Baptist 

 among the tenants of Roger de Somery. 3 

 According to a foundation charter quoted in 

 Bull's History of Newport Pagnel the hospital 

 of St. John Baptist was said to have been 

 founded by John de Somery 4 ; a commission 

 appointed at the new foundation under 

 James I. reported that it was first built in the 

 reign of Henry III. or earlier, and until 1275 

 had a master, brethren and sisters. 5 Letters 

 of protection were granted in that year to a 

 master and brethren only, 8 but in 1329 again 

 to a master, brethren and sisters 7 ; Indul- 

 gences were granted to those who would con- 

 tribute to the maintenance of the house in 

 1301 " and 1336 ; in 1332 the brethren re- 

 ceived a licence from the king to collect alms 

 once a year. 10 In 1336 it was stated that the 

 master and brethren had become quite depen- 

 dent on charity. 11 By 1387 there is no more 

 allusion to the hospital : masters were insti- 

 tuted from that time forward to the ' free 

 chapel or hospital ' of St. John Baptist and St. 

 John Evangelist. At the Suppression of the 

 Chantries and Hospitals the commissioners 

 stated that the original intent of the founda- 

 tion was unknown : the house was down, the 

 chapel sore in decay, and no hospitality had 

 been kept for sixteen years. The incumbent 

 ; of honest understanding,' but non- 



was 



resident. The clear revenue of the house 

 was 6 los. 6d. 13 



It seems probable that as there was another 

 hospital founded at Newport, this one may 

 have been originally intended for the poor. 

 It was refounded for this purpose, under the 



1 Bull, History of Newport Pagnel, 212. 



2 Madox, Formulare Anglicanum, 424. 



a Bull, History of Newport Pagnel, 212. 



4 Ibid. 214. 



Ibid. 213. 



6 Pat. 3 Edw. I. m. 22. 



' Pat. 3 Edw. III. pt. i, m. 23. 



8 Line. Epis. Reg. Memo. Dalderby, 33. 



8 Ibid. Memo. Burghersh, 355. 

 10 Pat. 6 Edw. III. pt. ii., m. 9. 

 " Pat. 10 Edw. III. pt. i., m. 2. 

 " Chant. Cert. 4, No. 1 1 ; and 5, No. 29. 



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name of Queen Anne's Hospital, in the reign 

 of James I. 13 



MASTERS OF THE HOSPITAL 



Adam Russell, 14 resigned 1291 



Gilbert de Luda, 15 elected 1291, died 1303 



Richard of Willen, 16 elected 1303 



John Drayton, 17 elected 1340 



William Draper, 18 elected 1345, resigned 



1355 

 Thomas Atte More, 18 elected 1355, died 



1360 

 Henry de Hauksherd, 20 instituted 1360, 



died 1369 

 Ralf Hey ward, 21 instituted 1369, resigned 



1374 

 John Dene, 22 instituted 1374, resigned 1381 



John Carter, 23 instituted 1381, died 1386 

 Thomas Mody, 24 instituted 1386 

 Henry Smith, 26 died 1483 

 William Baynton, 26 S.T.P., instituted 1483, 



died 1496 

 Thomas Wimeston, 27 instituted 1496, died 



1501 

 Thomas Smytheson, 28 instituted 1501, died 



1506 

 Thomas Copland, 29 S.T.P., instituted 1506, 



resigned 1510 

 Edward Champion, 30 instituted 1510, died 



1528 

 Thomas Thornham, 31 instituted 1528, died 



1548 

 John Saunderson, 32 instituted 1548 



25. HOSPITAL OF ST. MARGARET, 

 NEWPORT PAGNEL 



This hospital is only mentioned once in a 

 will dated 1240." Its date of foundation, its 

 purpose, and the time when it finally dis- 

 appeared are alike unknown. 



3 Bull, History of Newport Pagnel, 220. 



4 Line. Epis. Reg. Inst. Sutton, f. io8d. 

 = Ibid. 



" Ibid. Inst. Dalderby, I76d. 



' Bull, History of Newport Pagnel. 



* Line. Epis. Reg. Inst. Bek, 113. 



Ibid. Inst. Gynwell, 260. 

 2 Ibid. 269d. 



21 Ibid. Inst. Bokyngham, i. 421. 

 " Ibid. 433d. " Ibid. 453d. 



2* Ibid. ii. 384. 

 *' Ibid. Inst. Russell, ii8d. 

 2 Ibid. 



2' Ibid. Inst. Smith, 3S4d. 

 2 Ibid. 36sd. " Ibid. 38id. 



30 Ibid. 390. 



31 Ibid. Inst. Longland, 196. 



32 Ibid. 27od. 



*'> Madox, Formulare Anglicanum, 424. 



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