RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



apparently, be held by an unmarried layman, as 

 an undated petition of the 15th century relates 

 that the hospital or free chapel of Braceford, 

 here said to be of the king's gift and foundation, 

 having fallen vacant by the marriage of Robert 

 Skerne, late possessor, the king had presented 

 Nicholas Calton, clerk." 



On 10 April 1505 ^^ William Monceux, wrho 

 described himself as chaplain of the hospital of 

 the chantry of the Blessed Mary in Burton Agnes, 

 made his w^ill, in which there is, howrever, no 

 allusion to the hospital. 



Chaplains or Keepers of the Hospital 

 John Barnetby, presented 1389''* 

 Robert Skyrne, occurs 1399 '"'' 

 William Kechyn, keeper, occurs 1413'° 

 William Foston, chaplain, occurs 1433^*' 

 John Nailston, chaplain, instituted 1433 ^ 

 William Monceux, chaplain, died 1505 ^ 

 Thomas Pierson, last chaplain, alive 1552-3' 



117. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. MARY, 

 BRIDLINGTON 



This hospital is said to have been founded by 

 the Prior and convent of Bridlington.* Alan de 

 Monceaux,* virith the consent of Maud his wife 

 and Robert their son, gave to the poor of this 

 hospital land in Hertburn (in Barmston in Holder- 

 ness), for the soul of Stephen, Earl of Albemarle, 

 and Hawise his wife ; and Walter Burdun,^ of 

 Winkton, gave to the use of the poor in this 

 hospital land in Hertburn, with a turbary. 



The hospital is again mentioned in a mandate, 

 15 September 1342,' addressed by Pope Cle- 

 ment VI to the Archbishop of York and the 

 Abbots of York and Selby, to receive Maud, 

 relict of Master John de Bramham, physician, as 

 a sister of the hospital. 



118. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. GILES 

 BY BROMPTON BRIDGE 



Considering the frequent allusions to this 

 hospital before the Reformation, remarkably 



" Early Chan. Proc. bdle. 75, no. 15. 



'« York Reg. of Wills, vi, fol. 1 39. 



''= Cal. Pat. 1388-92, p. 156. 



'*'' Ibid. 1 399-1401, p. 3. 



" Baildon, op. cit. i, 1 7. 



'" York Archiepis. Reg. Kemp, fol. 373. ' Ibid. 



' rork Reg. ofWiUs (Yorks. Arch. Soc), vi, fol. 1 39. 



' Exch. K.R. Accts. bdle. 76, no. 8. Thomas Pierson 

 had been assigned 100/. yearly, the full value of his bene- 

 fice, and was in receipt of this pension in 6 Edw. VI. 



* Cal. of Papal Letters, iii, 86. 



' Foulson, Hist, and Antiq. of the Seigniory efHolder- 

 ness, i, 225. Burton, Mon. Ebor, 245, places these 

 gifts in Winkton and not Hertburn, but his authorities 

 for his statements are in his yet unprinted Appendix. 

 Poulson's statement seems, on the face of it, correct. 



' Foulson, Hist, and Antiq, ofHoldemess, i, 225. 



' Cal, of Papal Letters, iii, 86. 



little is known about it. The former position of 

 the hospital is indicated by a farm called 

 St. Giles, on the south bank of the Swale. 

 At the present time there is no bridge near, and 

 it seems probable that when Catterick Bridge 

 was built (c. 1 421) an older bridge near St. Giles 

 may have been discarded. 



The hospital is alluded to under various 

 names,' but the formal designation appears to 

 have been that of the hospital of St. Giles, 

 juxta pontem de Brunton, or de ponte de Brunton. 

 In the chartulary of St. Agatha's Abbey, Easby," 

 tiiere are some transcripts of 13th-century deeds 

 relating to the possessions of the hospital, many 

 of which the brothers of St. Giles exchanged for 

 others with the canons of Easby. These lands 

 lay in Marske, Scotton, Newton Morrell, &c. 

 Unfortunately only one can be dated, as c. 1220, 

 from the name of a witness. The others are 

 undated, and the names of the witnesses are 

 omitted. They indicate, however, that the head 

 was called the custos or magister indiscriminately, 

 and that the brothers were fratres infirmi, who, 

 in the deed of c. 1450, speak of a grant being 

 made assensu capituli nostri, implying that the 

 establishment had the quasi-collegiate character 

 of a larger hospital. 



In Kirkhy's Inquest it is stated that there were 

 8 carucates of land in Brompton Brigg, of which 

 the master of St. Giles held 2 bovates.^" 



There is a seal appended to an indenture 

 dated 29 June 1376 (among Sir John Lawson's 

 manuscripts) between Richard of Richmond 

 and Elizabeth his wife of the one part and Sir 

 Walter de Wendeslaw master of the hospital of 

 St. Giles of Brompton Bridge and the brethren 

 and sisters of the same of the other part. It has 

 a figure (probably St. Giles) and two shields, [a) 

 vair a fesse (Marmion) [b) a bend between six 

 martlets (? Furnival). All that remains of the 

 legend is : . . . hospit . . . cateri ... It 

 should be noted that although the hospital is 

 called Brompton Bridge, the legend on the seal 

 is Catterick.^^ 



Masters or Wardens 



Robert, occurs 13th century (after c.1220) ^^ 

 John de Ellerton, occurs 1305 ■''' 

 Roger de Skitby, occurs 1338 " 



° In 1338 it is alluded to as the hospital of 

 St. Giles at Burgh (Brough) near Catterick, and in 

 1388 as the hospital of St. Giles near Richmond ; 

 Baildon, op. cit. i, 33. In 1352 it is called the 

 hospital of St. Giles near Catterick. 



' Egerton MS. 2827, fol. 11 1, 127, 269, 269^. 



^'' Kirkbfs Inq. (Surt. Soc), 1 74. Mr. Skaife, 

 the editor, identifies Brompton Brigg with Brompton 

 on Swale. 



" Infom. given by Mr. H. B. McCall, Kirk- 

 lington Hall, near Bedale. 



" Easby Chartul. (Egerton MS. 2827), f 1. 1 11, &c. 



" Baildon, op. cit. i, 33. " Ibid. 



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