RELIGIOUS 
ward, though there was a regular succession 
of masters, nothing further is known of the 
history of the house.! The brethren probably 
died off gradually and their places were not 
filled up; and the later masters held the 
hospital in plurality with other benefices after 
it had become a sinecure. Its name does not 
appear in the Chantry Certificates, but at 
Cardinal Pole’s visitation in 1556 it was 
alleged that it had been ‘violated and occu- 
pied by laymen a great while in the time of 
the schism.’ ? 
In the petition to Parliament of 1302 it 
was stated that the hospital owned only 67 
acres of land and a rent of 26s., all in lay 
fees, and held in capite of the king, and no 
spiritualities.? In 1535 the value in rents, 
etc.. was £16 6s. 8d. clear,* and the same 
amount is mentioned in 1556.° 
Masters oF St. LEonarp’s HosPIrAt, 
BEDFORD 
William,® resigned 1288 
Walter of Torksey,” appointed 1288, re- 
signed 1294 : 
Robert Cuppe,® appointed 1294, died 1310 
Gerard of Eaton,® appointed 1310, died 
1314 
John of Woodweston,’° appointed 1313 
William of Woodweston," appointed 1349, 
resigned 1356 
William of Bedford,'* appointed 1356 
William of Willington,"* died 1392 
‘Thomas Fisher, appointed 1392,"* resigned 
1398 
Thomas Ulf,* appointed 1398, resigned 
1436 
John Leget,’® appointed 1436, resigned 
1441 
William Barford,’ appointed 1441 
William Edwards,’* resigned 14.70 
1 See list of masters. 
2 Strype, Eccl. Mem. iii. 485, 
3 Rolls. of Parl. (Rec. Com.), i. 154. To this 
they were to add land of £10 value. 
4 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), iv. 190. 
5 Strype, Eccl. Mem. iii. 485. 
8 Linc. Epis. Reg., Memo. Sutton. 
8 Ibid. Inst. Sutton, 99. 
® Tbid. Inst. Dalderby, 265. 
10 [bid. 272d. John de Woodweston’s insti- 
tution is dated before the death of Gerard; he 
must have been the coadjutor appointed in the 
impotence of the latter. 
11 Ibid. Inst. Gynwell, 382. 
13 Tbid, Inst. Buckingham, 358d. 
16 Tbid. 372d. 
16 Ibid. Inst. Grey, 72. 
17 Ibid. Inst. Alnwick, 182. 
18 Ibid. Inst. Chedworth, 178. 
7 Ibid. 
12 Thid. 396. 
14 Thid. 
HOUSES 
Richard Hyndeman,!® appointed 1470 
Edward Exmowe,”° died 1480 
Thomas Shenkwyn,” appointed 1480, re- 
signed 1493 
Richard FitzJames,® appointed 1493, re- 
signed 1497 
Bernard Andrew,” appointed 1497, re- 
signed 1499 
Hugh Oldham,” appointed 1499, resigned 
1505 
Richard Elwyn,” appointed 1505, resigned 
1513 
Reginald Bray,” appointed 1513, resigned 
1517 
John Pitts,?” appointed 1517, occurs 1535 
17. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. MARY 
MAGDALENE, LUTON 
This hospital is said to have been founded 
by Saint Thomas of Canterbury, on the 
authority of a charter issued by the brethren 
and sisters in October 1465.72 Another 
charter dated 1377 ”° refers to the same house ; 
there is no other mention of it earlier or later. 
It was evidently a hospital for the sick, 
served, like many other such foundations, by 
brethren and sisters who followed some form 
of the rule of St. Augustine. The charter 
of 1465 is a quaint and most pretentious 
document,*° offering indulgences on quite a 
19 Ibid. He had just been master of St. John’s, 
20 Ibid. Inst. Russell, 150d. 2 Tbid. 
22 Tbid. 154d. Bishop of Rochester 1497. 
23 Ibid. Inst. Smith, 438. 
2 Ibid. 441. Rector of Shillington and Bishop 
of Exeter 1505. 
25 Tbid. 450. 28 Ibid. 459d. 
27 Ibid. Inst. Wolsey and Atwater, 52d, and 
Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), iv. 190. 
29 Add. Ch, 28882. 
28 Ibid. 28786. These references are given in 
Rev. H. Cobbe, Luton Church, 74. 
30 The object of the charter was to appoint a 
new proctor to collect alms, and to revoke all 
previous appointments. The indulgence granted 
by the popes was for eight years and forty days, 
and covered such offences as forgotten compacts, 
broken vows (on condition that they were re- 
sumed), injuries to father or mother (offensus 
patra et matri), forgotten penances, etc. ; forty 
days from the Archbishops of Canterbury, be- 
ginning with St. Thomas the founder, with 
a share in all present and future privileges of 
the church of Canterbury; and forty or thirty 
days from all the other bishops. Besides this, 
benefactors of the hospital were to share in the 
benefit of as many as 32,000 masses and 47,000 
psalters granted by the order of Sempringham ; 
20,000 masses by the Cistercians and Premonstra- 
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