A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



by the excommunication of the unknown 

 marauders." 



Being a lay foundation (though the master 

 was always supposed to be in holy orders), 6 the 

 hospital continued to exist after the dissolution, 

 and the patronage fell into the hands of the 

 sovereign, as appendent to the manor of Barnard 

 Castle. 7 In 1866 the property was put into the 

 hands of trustees, and the hospital is now incor- 

 porated with the North Eastern County School. 8 



MASTERS OF BARNARD CASTLE HOSPITAL 



John de Mortham, d. or res. 1304' 



John de Horton, app. 1304 



John de Harewood, occ. April, 1355 10 



Christopher Hilton, occ. 1497 u 



Richard Leigh, occ. I536, 12 21 March, 



1557-8 ; 13 d. c. 1562" 

 Edmund Treasurer, c. 1562 15 

 Christopher Jackson, app. by the Lord Chan- 



cellor, 17 December, I596 16 

 John Chapman, occ. icSg 17 

 Peter Ferron, occ. 1 705 18 

 Rev. E. Browell, D.D., occ. 15 July, 1756" 

 Rev. A. Wood, M.A., app. 3 August, I763 20 

 Rev. W. Lipscomb, app. 1783, d. i842 21 

 Rev. J. Davidson, app. 1842, d. 1847 

 Rev. G. Dugard, app. 1847, d 



22. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. EDMUND, 

 BISHOP AND CONFESSOR, GATES- 

 HEAD 



This chapel or hospital was founded by Bishop 

 Farnham in or about 1248, and was dedicated 

 to the honour of St. Edmund, bishop and con- 

 fessor, and St. Cuthbert. The establishment 

 consisted of a master and three other priests, 

 whose duties were simply to celebrate the divine 

 offices and to pray for the soul of the founder, his 

 predecessors, and his successors. Each of the 

 subordinate chaplains was to receive from the 

 master the sum of 2ds. yearly. The bishop en- 

 dowed his new foundation, which was almost 

 invariably called the chapel of St. Edmund, with 

 the vill of Ulkistan, the old lordship of Gates- 



6 Dur. Epis. Reg. Hatfield, fol. 62. 



6 Arch. Aeliana (New Ser.), vi, 45. 



' Ibid. ' Char. Com. Rep. 1902. 



9 This and the following name are given from in- 

 formation kindly supplied by E. Wells, esq. 



10 Dur. Epis. Reg. Hatfield, fol. 62. 



11 Surt. Hist. Dur. iv (i), 121. 

 11 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.) 



" Wills and Invent. (Surt. Soc.), i, 160. 



" Arch. Aeliana (New Ser.), vi, 46. 



16 Ibid. 



16 Dugdale, Man. Angl. (ed. 1846), vi, 760. 



" Char. Com. Rep. 1902, p. 2. 



18 Ibid. 19 MS. Allan, 6, 2. " Ibid. 



" Char. Com. Rep. ut supra. 



M Ibid. " Ibid. 



head, Benchelm Wood which contained 43 acres,, 

 and 29 acres of land in ' Alluresacyres ' ; in lieu 

 of all which he granted certain other lands tO' 

 the church of Durham. 1 He also united with it 

 the chapel or hospital of the Holy Trinity, 

 Gateshead, which had fallen into great poverty. 2 

 The bishop of Durham for the time being was 

 to be patron of St. Edmund's. 3 



By an undated charter, probably of the early 

 fourteenth century, John of the Kitchen [de 

 Coquina], burgess of Gateshead, gave land to 

 the hospital ;* and in 1316 was proved the will 

 of John of the Kitchen, chaplain (possibly the 

 same person), by which he left an annual rent of 

 half-a-mark to ' the house of the Holy Trinity 

 and St. Edmund the Confessor." 



In the Nova Taxatio of the temporal and 

 spiritual goods of the Durham clergy in the four- 

 teenth century the temporalities of the ' Hospital 

 of St. Edmund the Archbishop ' were valued at 

 5 marks. 6 



Martin of St. Cross, master of Sherburn, whose 

 will is dated November, 1259, bequeathed some 

 vestments to St. Edmund's Chapel ; 7 and other 

 benefactors must have followed his example, for 

 in February, 1325-6, the hospital possessed two- 

 gold chalices and a goodly store of vestments and 

 books, some of the best of which were gifts from 

 John of Denton, late master. The inventory 

 which was taken after his death shows that the 

 buildings of the hospital included a chapel, hall,, 

 kitchen, &c., and that the brethren owned oxen' 

 and other live stock, and had, besides a good 

 supply of corn in the granary, 72 acres of land 

 sown with wheat. There is no hint of any 

 accommodation for poor or sick persons. 8 In 

 addition to the goods of the house the late 

 master's executors delivered up to his successor,. 

 Roland de Jorz, bishop of Armagh, 'a certain 

 writing of the ordination of the chapel of 

 St. Edmund.' 



There was in the hospital as early as 1382 10 ' 

 a chantry of the Holy Trinity, which was still in 

 existence in 1430." It may have been a relic of 

 the incorporated hospital of the Holy Trinity. 



I Found. Chart. Bourne, Hist. Newcastle, 1 69 ;. 

 Ordinatio, ibid. 170. 



' See above, Hosp. Holy Trinity. 



3 Ordinatio, Bourne, Hist. Newcastle, 1 70. 



4 Chart, printed, Brand, Hist. Newcastle, i, 469 n. 

 6 Ibid. 470 . From an old deed, then in Brand's- 



possession. 



6 Ibid. 469 . From an MS. in the Exchequer. 

 Brand says that in the Taxatio of 1292 the temporali- 

 ties of ' the Hospital of Gateshead ' were valued at 

 ji8 ; but this may possibly refer to the Hospital of 

 St. Edmund the King, q.v. 



7 Wills and Invent. (Surt. Soc), i, 7. 



8 Amongst other household stores are mentioned 

 two 'nappae' [? tablecloths] for the boys. 



8 Reg. Palat. Dun. (Rolls Ser.), iii, 83. 

 10 Half. Burv. (Surt. Soc.), 88. 



II Randall's MSS. Brand, Hist. Newcastle, i, 471 - 



118 



