A HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE 



possessions of the late gild of Corpus Christi.*' 

 This was resisted by the master and wardens, and 

 a Special Commission was issued to inquire into 

 the matter. The result was that in February 

 1582-3" William Alarshe and William Plum- 

 mer, representatives of the original grantees, con- 

 veyed the house or gild of Corpus Christi, with 

 all its lands and tenements, to the recorder and 

 town clerk of York, as trustees for the mayor and 

 commonalty of the city of York, to be by them 

 ' ymployed to the mayntenaunce and relief of 

 the pHDore.' The charity has ever since that 

 time been in the hands of the Corporation. '^ 



Masters 



Robert Mason, LL.D., occurs 1478 " 

 John Barnard, died 1551 '^ 

 William Pynder, died 1559" 

 Anthony Iveson, occurs 1579-80'' 



The 15th-century seal" is a vesica 2^ in. by 

 if in., with a seated figure of St. Thomas the 

 archbishop in a canopied niche, blessing and 

 holding his crozier. The legend is : — 



sigill' hospitalitatis sti thome (de) 

 mikelg . . th . . 



Trinity Hospital, Fossgate, York. — This 

 hospital, situated in the parish of St. Crux, was 

 founded by John de RouclifF in virtue of Letters 

 Patent dated 12 February, 45 Edward III.'* 

 The formal ordination of the hospital by Arch- 

 bishop Thoresby is dated 27 Augiist 1373.'° 

 There was to be a chaplain, who was to be 

 called master or custos, and to whom was to be 

 committed the charge of the hospital, its inmates, 

 and its goods. There were to be thirteen poor 

 infirm persons, and two poor clerks keeping their 

 schools in the hospital, at the choice of the 

 master. The hospital was founded in honour of 

 Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin 

 Mary, but afterwards became known as the 

 hospital of the Holy Trinity. The hospital not 

 having been adequately endowed by its founder, 

 the Merchants' Company of York took it under 

 their charge and financed it," and as a charity 

 under their care it still exists at the present day. 



In 1411, the old chapel having fallen into 

 ruin, possibly injured through flooding of the 



" Reg. Corpus ChrisH Guild, York, p. xiii. 



" Ibid. p. xiv. «> Ibid. 



" Rig. Corpus Christi Guild, 270. 



" Ibid. 225. » Ibid. 226. 



"Ibid. 233. 



" Cat. of Seals, B.M. 4409, Ixxv, 47. 



"See Yorh. Chant. Surp. (Surt. Soc), 7611., from 

 which It appears that the hospital originated in a gild 

 in honour of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Blessed 

 Virgin Mary. 



^ York Archiepis. Reg. Thoresby, fol. 169. 

 "As a religious foundation it was dissolved in 

 3 Edw. VI ; Drake, £ior. 301. 



35c 



river, a new one with a new altar was erected, 

 and Archbishop Bowett *' licensed the master, 

 brothers, and sisters of the hospital of Our Lord 

 Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary (then 

 comprising besides the master two chaplains, two 

 clerks, and thirty sick poor) to have mass cele- 

 brated therein. It is clear from this that the 

 foundation must have been largely increased be- 

 fore 1422-3, when Drake" states that it came 

 into the hands of the Merchant Adventurers of 

 York. 



Masters 



Thomas Werkesworth, instituted 1378,*' re- 

 signed 1387 " 



Thomas de la River, succeeded 1387'" 



Thomas de Neuby ■*' 



William Ottelay, instituted 1394,^' occurs 

 1429" 



John Berningham, resigned 1431 *' 



Richard Saunderson, succeeded 1431,'" occurs 

 1438" 



John Fox, instituted 3 February 1438-9 " 



William Clyveland,"' died 1504 



Robert Wilberfosse, succeeded 1504," died 

 1 5 1 2 " 



Thomas Shawe, succeeded 1 5 1 2," died 1 5 1 9 " 



Robert Jacson, succeeded 15 19," occurs 

 1522-3" 



Thomas Pykering, occurs 1546°" 



The 14th-century seal" is a vesica, 3 in. 

 by 1 1 in., with an elaborate design of the corona- 

 tion of our Lady. The legend is : — 



-f- s' COE HOSPITALITER (sic) FRATRV^ 8 SOR0» 



beate marie virgi ivxta port fosse ebor. 



St. Anthony's Hospital in Peaseholm. — 

 This hospital arose out of a gild of St. Anthony, 

 certain members of which obtained, in 1446,3 



" York Archiepis. Reg. Bowett, fol. 100. 



" Ehor. 301 ; see also Yoris. Chant. Sum. (Surt. 

 Soc.), 76. A considerable grant was made in 1397 ; 

 Inq. a.q.d. file 427, no. 36. 



" York Archiepis. Reg. A. Nevill, fol. 27. 



" Ibid. fol. 95. «lbid. 



" Reference omitted by the late Mr. Fallow. 



" Reg. Corpus Christi Guild, York, ion. 



" Ibid. 



*»York Archiepis. Reg. Kemp, fol. 386. The 

 well-known treasurer of York. 



" Ibid. 



" York Reg. of Wills, iii, fol. 530. 



" York Archiepis. Reg. Kemp, fol. 396. 



" Reg. Corpus Christi GuiU, York, 78 n. 



" York Archiepis. Reg. Savage, fol. 40^. 



" Ibid. Bainbridge, fol. 36*. 



" Ibid. »' Ibid. Wolsey, fol. 50. 



"Ibid. ^ ^ 



'' Subs. R. (P.R.O.), bdle. 64, no. 300. 



^ Yorks. Chant. Surv. (Surt. Soc.), 76. 



*• Cat. 0/ Seals, B.M. 4407, lixv, 45. 



