RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



HOSPITALS 



104. THE HOSPITAL OF BAGBY 



This hospital is said to have been in existence 

 about 1290, and to have been a dependency of 

 the hospital of St. Leonard, York.^ Gundreda, 

 wife of Nigel de Albini and mother of Roger de 

 Mowbray, granted to the hospital of St. Leo- 

 nard land in Bagby,'' as did Emma daughter of 

 Gikel de Alverton. The site of the hospital 

 can yet be traced in a field west of the village. 

 A farm-house, about half a mile distant, bears the 

 name of ' Spittal Hill.' ^ 



105. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. GILES 

 BEVERLEY 



The origin of this hospital is unknown. Ac- 

 cording to Leland it was founded ' by one 

 Wuse,' * before the Conquest. In the reign of 

 John, Ranulph was ' procurator ' of the hospital, 

 and he and the brethren of the house granted to 

 Robert son of Roger Botte a toft in Middleton 

 on the Wolds.' In 1226* Archbishop Gray 

 granted certain tithes in Skiteby to the hospital. 

 Archbishop Giffard appointed Walter de Scrape- 

 toft rector of the hospital on 20 August 1274,' 

 and inserted ia his register is a return made by 

 the hospital,' relating that it was bound to have 

 five chaplains who daily celebrated for the souls 

 of Alexander de Santona, Stephen de Crancewice, 

 William Daniel, and Walter Godchep. The 

 patrons of the hospital are recorded as the arch- 

 bishop, for a messuage and 2 bovates of land in 

 South Burton ; William Constable of Holme ; 

 William, lord of Raventhorpe, for all the land 

 belonging to Riding ; Richard, lord of Bentley, 

 for land in Bentley ; Alexander de Santona and 

 Robert Godland, Richard de Anianbi, for land in 

 Riplingham ; Stephen de Crancewic and Robert 



' Dugdale, Mon. Jngl. vi (2), 780. 



'Ibid. 609. 



' Grainge, The Vale of Mowbray, 171. 



* Leland, stating that there were four hospitals in 

 Beverley [there were more], says ' S. Giles, where one 

 Wuse, as it is thought, afore the Conquest was. It 

 was belonging to the Bishops of Yorke only to such 

 tyme that Bishop Giffard intitled it to Wartre, a 

 Priorie of Canons in Yorkshire. It came a late to the 

 Erie of Rutheland, and he suppressid it ; ' Itin. i, 47 

 [1533]. The site of the hospital was without New- 

 biggin bar ; Poulson's Beverlac, 778. 



'B.M. Add. Chart. 5720. Thomas, the priest, 

 occurs as' rector 'c. 121 3 (Cott. MS. Nero D, iii, 

 fol. 57), and Hugh as 'master' in the 14th century 

 (Cott. MS. Claud. D, xi, fol. 168). 



^Archbp. Gray's Reg. (Surt. Soc), 8. 



^ Archbp. Giffard's Reg. (Surt. Soc), 259. Hugh 

 occurs as warden in 1 269 ; Baildon, Mon. Notes i, 1 1 . 



^ Archbp. Giffard's Reg (Surt. Soc), 259. 



de Cave, for land in Middleton ; the Prior of 

 Bridlington for land in ' Frestingtorp ' ; and 

 Robert de Perci for the same in Eskburn. It is 

 added that the hospital was only bound by charter 

 for the maintenance of two sick men, for the 

 land of Bentley. Probably this return was made 

 in consequence of the hospital being in an un- 

 satisfactory state, and by a decree dated 29 Sep- 

 tember 1277, ^^^ archbishop, lamenting the 

 condition into which the hospital had fallen, by 

 the advice of his cathedral chapter, and with the 

 consent of the master of the hospital, annexed it 

 with all its property to be subject to the canons 

 regular of the priory of Warter. The priests and 

 conversi who were then there were to be main- 

 tained in the hospital or at Warter according to 

 the ordinance of the prior and convent. This 

 ordinance of Archbishop GifFard was confirmed 

 by Edward I in 1285-6.' 



On I September 1279^" Archbishop Wick- 

 wane visited the hospital in person, and issued a 

 series of injunctions as to its management. The 

 Prior and convent of Warter were in future to 

 have four priests of good conversation in the 

 hospital, who by example of life might have a 

 wholesome influence over others, honourably 

 maintain the property of the hospital, continu- 

 ously celebrate there, and preserve the due 

 observances of the hospital. The two sick and 

 feeble priests, lately found there, together with 

 the four others were to be kept there. Fifteen 

 beds and as many sick persons were to be main- 

 tained by the house over and above the ten 

 poor folk, who, according to their charters, 

 received their food, and their charters were to be 

 observed according to their exact tenor, so that 

 the goods of other sick and poor were not to be 

 thrown in common, in any manner, nor the 

 charters in any way exceeded. In future no 

 victuals were to be sold from the hospital. The 

 poor of the hospital who had no charters were to 

 have a competent amount of straw on Christmas 

 Day, and three or four eggs, according to the 

 arrangement of the presidents. From every 

 manor where geese [auce) were reared, the same 

 sick were to have on the feast of the blessed 

 Michael yearly in the hospital two geese and the 

 fifth part of a cheese. Sufficient soup, as was 

 accustomed, was to be served to them daily. 



The fifth lagena of ale brewed for Christmas, 

 and the fifth ox from the larder, the fifth sheep, 

 and the fifth pig of the larder, except the hide, 

 tallow, sheepskins and fat, and the lard, the said 

 sick persons were to have. The prior and con- 

 vent were to maintain the infirmary with the 



'Chart. R. 14 Edw. I, no. 39. The presence of 

 ' conversi ' in the hospital may be noted. 

 "York Archiepis. Reg. Wickwane, fol. zc,b. 



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