A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



rebuilding or repair of the hospital, chapel, and 

 other buildings. 



John Cooper died in 1610, and John Slacke, 

 M.A., was collated to the mastership by Arch- 

 bishop Matthew. Slacke, however, was denied 

 entry into the premises by John Bradley and 

 others who had been tenants tmder Cooper and 

 had paid him £i) a year rent for the same. But 

 after considerable litigation the new master 

 obtained possession, and according to his own 

 statement 'builded up the decayed Chappell, 

 repayred the Windowes with Stone, Iron and 

 Glasse, made new Seats and the Pulpitt and 

 bought the Bell now in the Chapell.' 



When John Slacke set forth his account of 

 this hospital and chapel, with details of all the 

 post-Reformation litigation, written in 1635, he 

 stated that all the profits then coming to the 

 master both by pensions and rents were ^^ 14 ioj., 

 and that two poor widows lived in the hospital, 

 each of whom received 20s. a year. 



At the end of his record or chartulary he 

 enters three names as his benefactors : Arch- 

 bishop Matthew (1606-28), Archbishop Harsnett 

 (1628-32), and ' Anthony Morton Esq. who was 

 buried in the Chappell.' 



The last sentence runs — ' There is a free 

 Rent of a pounde of Peper to be payed out of the 

 Hospitall yearely to the Mortons, whos Ancestors 

 were founders of this Hospitall.' ^' 



A later master of this hospital became a 

 celebrated ecclesiastic — John Lake, Bishop of 

 Chichester 1685-9, ^^° ^^ ^"^ '^^ *^^ seven 

 bishops sent to the Tower by James II. The 

 chapel afterwards became again desecrated 

 through the scandalous inaction of later non- 

 resident masters. When the late Canon Raine 

 came to Blyth and first saw this chapel in 1834 

 it was used as a carpenter's shop. It was soon 

 afterwards (1839) restored by Mr. Greaves of 

 Hesley Hall.i« 



The income of this hospital foundation now 

 amounts to about j^i20 a year ; the chaplaincy 

 and mastership has been held by the Rev. Henry 

 Kendall since 1 900 ; it continues to house and 

 support two widows. 



Masters of Bawtry 



Roger, 1280" 



Thomas de Langtoft, 1289'° 



"Karl. MS. 7385 ; 'An account of the Hospital 

 of St. Mary Magdalen, near Scroby, in Nottingham- 

 shire, by John Slacke, Master of that Hospital.' It 

 was printed by T. Heame in 1725, as one of several 

 appendices to Peter Langtoffs Chron. (ii, 389-438). 

 It is supposed that Thomas de Langtoft, master of 

 this hospital in the reign of Edward I, was a brother 

 or near relative of Langtoft the chronicler, who was 

 a canon regular of Bridlington, Yorks. 



>* Raine, ff/V/. of Blyth, 179-80. 



"Harl. MS. 6970, fol. 81. 



"Ibid. fol. 107. 



Roger, 1299" 



Adam Usflet, c. 1320" 



Elyas de Thoreston, resigned 1361 ** 



John de Grandle, 1361 " 



Henry Barton, resigned 1363 " 



Roger de Nassington, 1363" 



Robert del Strete, occurs 1390" 



William Myrfyne, occurs 1403 ** 



Roger Malton, died 1421 ** 



William Sadeler, 1421 '° 



Thomas Wirell, c. 1450" 



John Hawkins, c. 15 10'' 



William HoUgill, occurs 1527 " 



Richard Pygott, occurs 1534*^ 



William Clayburgh, S.T.P., 1549" 



John Houseman, resigned 1584" 



James Brewster, 1584" 



John Cooper, 1590 '^ 



John Slacke, 1610" 



25. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. EDMUND, 

 BLYTH 



There was an ancient leper-house immediately 

 without Blyth, probably at the northern entrance 

 to the town ; it was dedicated to the honour of 

 St. Edmund. Only a single reference to it has been 

 found. It was probably, like many of these small 

 lazar-houses near the gates or entrances of towns, 

 unendowed and entirely dependent on alms. 

 Henry III, when tarrying at Blyth in January 

 1228, granted to the proctors of this house {nunci't 

 leprosorum hospitalis Sancti Edmundi extra Bltam) 

 letters of protection sine termino, whereby the 

 king asked his baili£Fs and faithful subjects, when 

 their messengers came seeking alms for the 

 support of the infirm, that they would admit 

 them kindly and hasten to extend charity to 

 them, so that in addition to eternal reward they 

 might receive their king's gratitude.^ 



26. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN 

 THE EVANGELIST, BLYTH 



A hospital dedicated to the honour of St. John 

 the Evangelist was founded on the south side of 

 Blyth in the township of Hodsock in the reign of 

 King John, by William Cressy, lord of Hodsock. 

 It was designed for a rector or warden and three 



"Harl. MS. 6970, foL 133, 



" Langtoffs Chron. ii, 40 1 . 



= Harl. MS. 6969, fol. lb. 



"Ibid. fol. 51 



" Pat. 14 Ric. II, pt. i, m. 3. 



" Pat. 5 Hen. IV, pt. i, m. 28. 



"Had. MS. 6069, fol. 120. 



" Langtoft' s Chron. ii, 401. 



" Ibid. 399. » Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 1 77. 



« Harl. MS. 6969, fol. 137. * Ibid. fol. 1 83. 



" Ibid. " Lanpofes Chron. ii, 408. 



"Ibid. 433. "Pat. 12 Hen. Ill, m. 6. 



" Ibid. 

 " Ibid. 



"Ibid. 

 " Ibid. 



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