RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



hospital." In 1 407-8, as the result of an 

 inquisition, the jurors stated that there was no 

 hospital of St. John the Baptist of Whitby of 

 the foundation of the king or his progenitors,"' 



175. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. 

 NICHOLAS, YARM 



According to Tanner this hospital was founded 

 by some member of the Brus family before 

 1185.^"" It seems, however, more probable that 

 the founder, if not Alan de Wilton himself, two 

 -of whose charters are printed in the Monaiticon^ 

 was at least a member of that family, and that 

 members of the Brus family, as chief lords, con- 

 firmed and added to the grants made by others. 



Alan de Wilton (who died in 1230—1)' 

 granted to God, blessed Mary, blessed Nicholas, 

 and to the hospital of Yarm and the brothers 

 there, 12 bovates of land in Hutton-juxta- 

 Rudby, Upleatham, and Middleton-juxta-Leven, 

 for the maintenance of three chaplains and 

 thirteen poor persons in the hospital. 



Peter de Brus I (who died 1222)' confirmed 

 to God, blessed Mary, and the hospital of St. 

 Nicholas, and the brothers there, the free 

 multure at all his mills and pasturage for their 

 cattle which Robert de Brus (the founder of 

 Guisborough) granted them. Peter de Brus I 

 also confirmed the grants by one Ailwin, by 

 Adam de Brus his father, by William de Wilton, 

 and by Marmaduke de Thweng. He also gave 

 eight tofts in Yarm, one of which is described as 

 'juxta castellarium.' 



By a second charter * Alan de Wilton granted 

 the hospital of St. Nicholas to God, St. Mary, 

 and St. John the Evangelist, of Healaugh Park, 

 and the canons there, for the health of his own 

 soul, and those of Avice his wife, and Mary his 

 late wife, his brothers, sisters, ancestors, and 

 successors ; those of Peter de Brus I and Joan 

 his wife, William the son of Peter de Brus, and 

 for the good estate of Walter [Gray], Arch- 

 bishop of York, Matthew, Archdeacon of Cleve- 

 land ; Thomas, Alan's brother ; Peter de Brus II 

 and his wife, and William de Tamton and his 

 wife. 



This grant of the hospital by Alan de Wilton 

 certainly points to him as its founder, and the 

 mention of the two Peters de Brus is so ex- 

 pressed as to imply that Peter de Brus and his 



^Cal. Pat. 13 17-2 1, p. 413. 



" Chart. R. 9 Hen. IV, no. 40, 



"■"iVoft-ft-tf, 675. 



' Dugdale, op. cit. vi, 636. It would seem that 

 the chronological order of the four charters printed 

 there should be i, iv, ii, iii. 



' See as to this family Guisborough Chartul. \, 88 n. 



' Yorks. Arch. Journ. xiii, 258. His charter here 

 summarized is no. iv in the Monasticon, vi, 637. 



' Dugdale, Mon. Angl. vi, 636, no. ii. 



son William were dead, which would limit the 

 date of this grant of the hospital to Healaugh 

 Park as between 1222, when Peter de Brus I 

 died, and 1230, when Alan de Wilton died. 



This grant of the hospital was confirmed by 

 Peter de Brus II," together with a number of 

 grants made to it subsequently, it would seem, 

 to those confirmed by Peter de Brus I. The 

 Healaugh Chartulary contains copies of several 

 gifts of land in neighbouring villages. 



Upon the gift of the hospital to Healaugh 

 Park the prior and convent granted the war- 

 denship* to Nigel de Rungeton ' and Geoffrey, 

 son of Hugh of Yarm, saving to the convent 

 the supreme wardenship. Nigel de Rungeton 

 and Geoffrey were to find a chaplain to celebrate 

 in the hospital and a clerk to serve him, besides 

 seven poor persons to be fed and clothed there. 

 The first witness to this deed is Thomas de 

 Wilton, the brother and successor of Alan de 

 Wilton. This, again, points to the hospital 

 having been of the foundation of that family. 



A rental of 2r. at Lackenby, referred to in 

 the foregoing grant, was given by Hugh de 

 Lackenby to God, St. Mary, blessed Nicholas, 

 and the brothers and sisters of the hospital, out 

 of certain lands (named) in Lackenby for main- 

 taining a lamp to burn before the great altar in 

 the church of St. Nicholas of the hospital during 

 the performance of divine service.* 



Some time between 1262 and 1280, when 

 Ralph de Irton, who was a witness, was Prior of 

 Guisborough, William de Percy of Kildale 

 granted to the Prior and convent of Healaugh 

 Park the chapel of St. Hilda at Kildale with its 

 endowments, the obligation being that the 

 canons of Healaugh Park should maintain two 

 chaplains to serve the chapel.' William de 

 Percy died in 1295 and was succeeded by Ernald 

 de Percy IV,^" who obtained a return of the 

 gift which William de Percy dudum con- 

 cessit, and made a re-grant by which the prior 

 and convent were to maintain one chaplain at St. 

 Hilda's, and out of that part of the original en- 

 dowment lying in Crathorne were to maintain a 

 chaplain at St. Nicholas Hospital, who was to 



' Dugdale, Mon. Angl. vi, 637, no. iii. 



• B.M. Egerton Chart. 516. 



' There is an earlier grant (?c. 1212) by William 

 son of John de Rungetona to Peter son of Thomas, 

 his heirs and assigns, of the ' dominium cura et 

 custodia hospitalis S. Nicholai de Jarum ' without 

 reserve, except the right for himself, his children, 

 brothers and sisters, to be received into the house if 

 they should at any time wish. B.M. Egerton Chart. 



* Healaugh Chartul. fol. 112. The witnesses 

 are ' Magistro H. custode hospitalis Sci. Nicholai de 

 Varum, Wo. et Rico, capellanis ; Roberto de Sampsone 

 clerico, et aliis.' 



' Healaugh Chartul, fol. 104^. 



" Atkinson, Hist, of Cleveland, 307. 



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