A HISTORY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE 



man, he collated him to the office. 1 In 1388 

 the repair of the bridge was a further expense ; 

 it had been broken down by order of Thomas, 

 duke of Gloucester, and Richard II therefore 

 granted to the prior the right of taking tolls for 

 the next three years." 



When John Wyham resigned in 1454 there 

 were not enough brethren to elect a prior, and on 

 the commendation of Richard, duke of York, then 

 the patron, Bishop Carpenter collated William 

 Littleton.' In 1462 the hospital was so much 

 impoverished by misfortune that it was exempted 

 from payment of the tenth. 4 About two years 

 later Edward IV granted the advowson of the 

 hospital to his mother Cecily, duchess of York, 

 and on her presentation Bishop Carpenter col- 

 lated William Lovel, who rilled the office of 

 prior for eight years.' The poverty of the 

 house was very great, and the revenues were 

 utterly inadequate to maintain the objects of its 

 foundation.' In 1472 the duchess of York 

 obtained a licence from Edward IV to found a 

 chantry for three chaplains to celebrate divine 

 service daily in the chapel of the Virgin in the 

 parish church of Lechlade, 7 and William Lovel 

 was empowered to transfer the whole of the 

 possessions of the hospital to the chaplains of the 

 chantry. 8 Out of the revenues the sum of 

 ten marks a year was assigned by the duchess of 

 York to be paid to the chaplain of the chantry 

 of St. Blaise at Lechlade, which was founded at 

 the same time by John Twynho. 9 Accordingly 

 on 20 September, 1475, Bishop Carpenter 

 effected the appropriation of the hospital to the 

 chantry of St. Mary, 10 stipulating that the chap- 

 lains should keep the chapel of the hospital in 

 repair, and hold services there on the vigil and 

 feast of St. John the Baptist. 11 



PRIORS OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN THE 

 BAPTIST, LECHLADE 



Peter of Pevensey, ob. 1283" 

 William of Estham, 1283" 



' Cant. Archiepis. Reg. Courtenay, fol. 127 d. 

 3 Cal. of Pat. ii Ric. II, pt. ii, m. 32. 

 3 Wore. Epis. Reg. Carpenter, i, fol. 118^. 

 * Ibid. fol. 178. 5 Ibid. fol. 1 86. 



6 Dugdale, Man. vii, 683 ; Pat. 12 Edw. IV, pt. ii, 

 in. 28. 



7 Ibid. " Ibid. 



9 Ibid. 



10 Wore. Epis. Reg. Carpenter, ii, fol. zod. 30. 



11 Ibid. fol. 3 1 d. 



11 Wore. Efts. Reg. Gifard (Wore. Hist. Soc.), 283. 

 13 Ibid. 



Walter of Lambourne, occurs 1305 14 



John of Lechlade, elected I3I2 18 



William of Tewkesbury, elected 3 April, 



1330 



Adam of Alcester, elected 15 April, 1330" 



Walter, resigned I355 18 



Stephen of Newbury, I356, 1 ' resigned 1375" 



Richard, occurs 1384 21 and 1388" 



John Wyham, I442, 23 resigned I454 24 



William Littleton, 1454 25 



Thomas Hedley, occurs I464 26 



William Lovel, 1 464-72 S7 



44. THE HOSPITAL OF WINCH- 

 COMBE 



Leland stated that there was once a hospital 

 in the town, but when he visited it only the 

 name of ' Spittle remained in testimony thereof.' 28 



45. THE HOSPITAL OF TEWKES- 

 BURY 



There was a leper hospital at Tewkesbury in 

 I200. 29 



46. THE HOSPITAL OF HOLY 

 TRINITY, STOW ON THE WOLD 



The hospital of Holy Trinity, Stow on the 

 Wold, is said to have been founded before the 

 Norman Conquest. 80 It was intended for the 

 maintenance of poor women and a chaplain to 

 serve them. 31 



In 1535 the yearly revenues amounted to 

 25 4,. ^d 



14 Wore. Epis. Reg. Gainsborough, fol. 7. 



15 Ibid. Reynolds, fol. 58^. 



16 Cal. of Pat. 4 Edw. Ill, pt. i, m. 36. 



17 Ibid. m. 32. 



18 Wore. Epis. Reg. Brian, fol. 1 2 d. 



19 Ibid. fol. 15. 



10 Ibid. Wakefield, fol. I d. 



11 Cant. Archiepis. Reg. Courtenay, fol. 1 27 d. 

 21 Cal. of Pat. 1 1 Ric. II, pt. ii, m. 32. 



n Wore. Epis. Reg. Bourchier, fol. 89 d. 



" Ibid. Carpenter, i, fol. 1 1 8 d. 



"Ibid. "Ibid. fol. 1 86. 



" Ibid. 



18 Tanner, Notitia Monastica (ed. 1744), 152. 



89 Ibid. 148. so Ibid. 145. 



31 Ibid. Cal. of Pat. 21 Edw. Ill, pt. iii, m. 9. 



" Valor Eccles. (Rec. Com.), ii, 486. 



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