RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



The 11th-century seal^' is a vesica, 2§in. by 

 i| in., with a figure of St. Peter standing with 

 his keys and blessing. The legend is : — 



+ SIGILL' hospital' SCl PETRI EBORACI 



A 13th-century seaF* of the official of the 

 exchequer of the hospital is a vesica, 2^ in, by 

 ifin., showing St. Leonard standing and hold- 

 ing crozier and book. To his left hand is a 

 shield of England. Below is the official kneel- 

 ing. The legend is : — 



S' OFFiai SCACCAR' HOSP' SCI LEONARD' EBOR' 



177. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. MARY 

 BOOTHAM, YORK 



This hospital was founded by Robert de Pi- 

 keryng, Dean of York. The original intention 

 was to found a chantry in a chapel of St. Mary, 

 which Pikeryng intended to build for divine 

 worship at Bootham, by York, where the Car- 

 melite prior and friars formerly dwelt, and for 

 that purpose he obtained licence from Edward II, 

 dated 28 January 1315, to endow the chantry.*' 



The chantry was enlarged in 1318 into a 

 hospital for six aged and infirm chaplains, and 

 Robert de Pikeryng further endowed it with the 

 church of StiUingfleet,^^ a vicarage being ordained 

 in the church in 1330.^ The dues from the 

 hospital to the vicar of Stillingfleet were com- 

 plained of as too burdensome by John Ashfordby, 

 the master, and Archbishop Kemp issued a com- 

 mission to inquire into the matter.^' In 1452 

 there was an inquiry as to the patronage of the 

 hospital.*' The jurors stated that Richard 

 Egglesfeld, esquire, and Elizabeth his wife had 

 presented Marmaduke Constable, clerk, on 

 24 July 1452, to the office of custos, vacant by 

 the death of John Ashfordby the last custos, on 

 the 1 2th of that month ; that William Eure, kt., 

 had presented Ashfordby by the right and title 

 of Isabella, the eldest daughter of Robert le Bruse, 

 the patron while he lived ; and that Richard 

 Egglesfeld and Elizabeth his wife, the second 

 daughter of Robert le Bruse, were then the true 

 patrons. Marmaduke Constable was therefore 

 instituted on 27 July.'" 



For some reason William Eure, kt., in Sep- 

 tember 1483'^ granted the advowson of the 



" Cat. of Seals B.M. 4404, Add. Chart. 7466. 



" Ibid. 4406, Ixxv, 44. 



" Ca/. Pat. 131 3-17, p. 213. He had previously 

 (20 Sept. 1 3 14) obtained licence for the alienation to 

 him in mortmain by the Carmelites of York of land 

 in Bootham upon which they at one time dwelt. The 

 grace was granted for 200 masses to be celebrated in 

 consideration thereof. Pat. 8 Edw. II, pt. i, m. 21. 



" Cal. Pat. 1 317-21, pp. 259-60. 



" York Archiepis. Reg. Melton, fol. 252. 



" Ibid. Kemp, fol. 24. 



" Ibid. fol. 462^. »» Ibid. 



" Ibid. Rotherham, i, fol. 39^. 



hospital of the Blessed Mary * in le Horsfair,' 

 of which he was patron, to Queen Anne, con- 

 sort of Richard III, who presented Dom. William 

 CerfFe, monk of Meaux, to the mastership, vacant 

 by the death of William Eure. On 22 February 

 i486 '* Sir William Eure exercised his patronage 

 by appointing Robert Bothe, LL.D., to the 

 mastership, vacant by the cession of Brother 

 William Cerffe, to whom a yearly pension of 

 20 marks was assigned. The hospital appar- 

 ently formed a shelter for blind priests, among 

 others.^' 



On 4 January 1535 W. Frankelyn, priest, 

 wrote to Cromwell'* that an endeavour had 

 been made to discover the titles of the hospital 

 of our Lady in Bootham, called the Horsefair, 

 in vain. The archbishops' registers had then 

 been searched, and the names of Brus, Nevill, 

 Pykering, Eure, Marshall, and Egglesfeld were 

 found among those who had presented as founders, 

 but by what title could not be said. In 1556 

 it was reported of 'thospitall of our Ladie in 

 Bowthome called Horse Faire ' that ' the same 

 standith as yet not dissolved, and John Golding, 

 clerk, is master of the same, and the goods 

 therof was not taiken awaie then as Sir Thomas 

 Leder and Sir Water (sic) Langcaster, being 

 brethren of the same hospitall, haith declared 

 unto us, lijf. jd.' " 



Masters 



Richard de Grymston, occurs 1318 '° 



Hugh called Walgh de Pykering, priest, 



appointed 13 August 1330,'' resigned 

 Richard de Killum, succeeded 25 July 1331 '* 

 John Pulhore, resigned 1338'' 

 Walter de Harpham,*" succeeded 1338,*^ 



exchanged 1347 ** 

 John de EUerker, 1347 *' 

 Robert Worschipp, succeeded 17 June 1349** 

 Robert de Boxeby, 31 March 1360,*' died 



"Ibid. fol. 122. 



" Will of Thomas de Howm (1406) 'pauperibus 

 capellanis cecis del Horsfaire in suburbiis Ebor ' ; 

 B. H. Cooke, Some Early Civic Wills of York, 41. 



" L. and P. Hen. VIII, viii, 13. In 26 Hen. VIII 

 the hospital was valued at ^^37 gross, and ^11 6s. SJ. 

 dear. Dugdale, Mon. Angl. vi, 782. 



^ Invent. ofCh. Goods, Torks. (Surt. Soc), 113. 



" Cal Pat. 1317-21, p. 259. 



" York Archiepii. Reg. Melton, fol. 183. 



'Mbid. fol. 184. 



"Ibid. fol. 216. 



'" He had licence, 10 Feb. 1342-3, to reside on 

 his benefice of Middleton, diocese of York. Ibid. 

 Zouch, slip between fol. 153 and 154. 



" York Archiepis. Reg. Melton, fol. 216. 



" Cal Pat. 1345-8, p. 347. 



" Ibid. 



*' York Archiepis. Reg. Zouch, fol. 30^. 



" Ibid. Thoresby, fol. 106. 



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