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The Leper Hospital or St. Lazartts at Harehope. 



Printed materials for an account of the Hospital of St. 

 Lazarus at Harehope, Northumberland, are rather scanty ; 

 and Dugdale's Monasticon is at present out of reach. Its 

 charters ascend to the time of Henry II., who reigned from 

 1154-1188-9, and what we glean of their contents is from 

 scattered and imperfect sources. It was a branch of one of 

 the monastic establishments subjected to trial under the 

 Statute "De Quo Warranto," 18 Edward I. (1289) when the 

 Master was obliged to produce his evidences to substantiate 

 the validity and extent of its clainis and privileges. A copy 

 of the report of the pleadings in the original Latin is contained 

 in Hodgson's History of Northumberland, Part iii.. Vol. i., 

 pp. 122-3, and as it outlines its history, I here offer a 

 conspectus of it. 



'■^ Placita de Quo Warranto et de Rageman\^^ before H. de 

 Cressingham and his associate Justices of the lord the King, 

 itinerating at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the county of Nor- 

 thumberland, on the Morrow of St. Hillary, in the year of 

 King Edward, son of King Henry, xxi.* 



The Master of the Hospital of Barton St. Lazarus was summoned 

 to be present at this day to show by what warrant he claimed to 

 be free of toll, way-leave (passag'), taxations (geldis), suits, scutages, 

 Danegelds, amerciaments for murder and robbery, and from all fines 

 and amerciaments of the county, and suit of the county and wapentake, 

 for himself and his men of Harep, Dychehurn, Mitford, Newbiggingg, 

 Bewyh, Heglingham, Carleton, Oliple, Waringford, Langeton, Brampton, 

 Bremdon, Hygelf, Wapenden, Tytebugton, and Craulawe, without the 

 license and will of the lord [the King] and his progenitors, etc. 



And the Master, by his attorney, appeared and produced a certain 

 charter under the name of the lord Henry (Henry III.) father of the 

 lord the King (Edward I.) now reigning, granted in the 13th year 

 of his reign (1228) by which the same Henry the King conceded to 

 the Lepers of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, that all their lands and men 

 throughout the whole of England are free and quit of toll and way. 

 leave, and all customs of shires and hundreds and wapentakes and 

 pleas, and all disputes and tributes (geldis) and payments (scottis) 

 and scutage and Danegeld, and of all other burdens, and of pence 

 payments for murder and robbery, except alone trials for murder and 

 robbery, as the charter of Henry the King (Henry II.) his grandfather, 

 and the confirmation of his father reasonably bears witness. Subse- 



* The 21st year of Edward 1. was 1291, but St. Hillary's day was 

 January 13th 1290, old style. 



