RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



In 1451 an indulgence of forty days for the 

 benefit of the poor was granted by Boulers, bishop 

 of Hereford. 1 A similar indulgence was granted 

 by Carpenter, bishop of Worcester, in 1450,* and 

 in 1455* and 1462* he issued indulgences in aid 

 of the repair of the bridge, which was doubtless 

 at times a heavy charge on the revenues of the 

 hospital. 



In 1534 the prior and three chaplains acknow- 

 ledged the royal supremacy.' In 1535 the gross 

 revenues amounted to 85 71. id.; of this sum 

 20 was derived from the rectories of St. Nicholas, 

 Gloucester, and of Newnham, the remainder 

 from tenements and lands in or near the city. 6 

 Only j3O os. ^d. was expended on the main- 

 tenance of thirty-two almsfolk ; the master and 

 five chaplains drew nearly 50 in salaries. 7 

 Another survey of the hospital was made under 

 the Chantries Act of 1 547,* and it was not con- 

 fiscated by the crown. In 1564 Queen Elizabeth 

 granted the hospital to the mayor and corpora- 

 tion of Gloucester for the support of a priest, a 

 physician or surgeon, and forty poor persons.* 

 It has had a continuous existence to the present 

 day. 10 



PRIORS OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW, GLOUCESTER 



Adam, occurs circa 1230 and in 1245" 



Walter, occurs 1248" 



John, occurs 1253" 



Walter, cire a 1260" 



John, circa 1270" 



Adam of Game, circa 1280" 



John lePessover, 1286" 



John 18 or William" de Abbenhall, 1295 



John de Okes, 1301 * 



John de Bicknor, 1326" 



Nicholas deHardwick, 1 32 9,** resigned 1356** 



Walter Gibbes, 1356" 



John Bullmyll,i385" 



Heref. Epis. Reg. Boulers, fol. 3. 



Wore. Epis. Reg. Carpenter, i, fol. 81. 



Ibid. fol. 1304-. Mbid. fol. 171. 



Dtp. Keeper's Rep. vii, App. ii, 287. 



Valor Eccles. (Rec. Com.), ii, 488-9. 



Ibid. 488 ; cf. Lcland, Collectanea, i, 79. 



Ibid. 490. * Cat. 5. P. Dm. i, 333. 



' Kelly, Direct. of Glouc. (ed. 1906). 

 11 Stevenson, op. cit. 1 34. " Ibid. 1 89. 



"Ibid. 209. "Ibid. 217. 



" Ibid. 243. ' Ibid. 269. 



" Ware. Epii. Reg. Giffard (Wore. Hist. Soc.), 292. 

 " Ibid. 46*. 



" On Pat. 23 Edw. I, m. 1 2, the successor is entered 

 as William de Abbenhale. William de Abbenhale was 

 deposed, Cal. of Pat. 29 Edw. I, m. 1 6. 



"Ibid. He died in 1326. Cal. of Pat. 20 Edw. II, 

 m. 1 6. 



" Ibid. 20 Edw. II, m. 14. 

 n Ibid. 3 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, m. 9. 



* Wore. Epis. Reg. Brian, fol. 15. * Ibid. 



* Cal. of Pat. 8 Ric. II, pt. ii, m. 19. On death of 

 Walter Gibbo. 



John Gloucester, 1404** 

 Thomas Carpenter, occurs 1413 and 141 8 r 

 William Wrecester, resigned 1425** 

 'Stephen Myle, 1425" 

 William Sobbury aliat Hoi way, 1460* 

 Richard Hey ward, ob. 1476" 

 John Hasfield, elected 1476," ob. 1487 " 

 Richard Baker, 1487" 

 Thorn Apowell, resigned 1510** 

 Andrew Whitmay, 1510,** occurs I534 17 



A seal of the thirteenth century represents the 

 martyrdom of St. Bartholomew, the saint stand- 

 ing between two executioners, one on the right 

 with a large knife, the one on the left flaying 

 him ; in base under a trefoiled arch the prior 

 kneeling in prayer to the right. 18 



36. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. MAR- 

 GARET, GLOUCESTER 



The hospital of St. Margaret and St. Sepulchre 

 at Gloucester was probably founded about 1 1 50,** 

 and at the beginning of the thirteenth century 

 the master, brethren, and sisters found kindly 

 benefactors among the citizens of Gloucester. 40 

 The brethren and sisters were lepers, and until 

 after the beginning of the fourteenth century the 

 master was probably the chaplain who served the 

 chantry. It lay within the parish of St. Peter's 

 Abbey, 41 and the abbot presented to the chantry.** 



In 1 309, on the appeal of the brothers, Bene- 

 dict of Paston, the official of Bishop Reynolds, 

 came on a visitation on 27 April. 4 * The master, 

 who had been deputed to fill the office by a former 

 official, was then broken down by age and ill- 

 health. He resigned, and a chaplain named 

 William Pouke was appointed by Benedict of 

 Paston, and entrusted with the custody of the 



"Ibid. 6 Hen. IV, pt. i, m. 17. On death of 

 John Bullmyll. 



" Stevenson, op. cit. 381, 383. 



" Wore. Epis. Reg. Morgan, fol. 42 d. 



" Ibid. fol. 43. 



M Ibid. Carpenter, i, fol. 154. On death of Stephen 

 Myle. 



" Ibid. Carpenter, ii, fol. 790". " Ibid. 



" Ibid. Moreton, fol. 18 d. M Ibid. 



" Ibid. Silvester de Giglis, fol. 66 d. 



54 Ibid. He was bishop of Chrysopolis, and acted 

 as suffragan. V.C.H. Worcester, ii, 43, ' Ecclesiastical 

 History.' 



" Dep. Keeper's Rep. vii, App. ii, 287. 



" Birch, Catalogue of Seals in British Museum, i, 568. 



" Alured, bishop of Worcester (1158-63), granted 

 the lepers the right of burial in their churchyard. 

 Hist, et Cart. Glouc. (Rolls Ser.), ii, 7. 



"Stevenson, Cal. of Records of Corporation of Glouc. 

 passim. 



41 Hitt. et Cart. Glouc. (Rolls Ser.), ii, 7. 



Ibid, iii, 31 ; cf. Wore. Epis. Reg. Gainsborough, 

 fol. 37. 



41 Wore. Epis. Reg. Cobham, fol. 10. 



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