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1632. Item rec : from Mathewe Bee, gent. Execute of the last will 

 and Testam'. of John Carpenter, Clarke, late Minister of the parish of 

 St. Martin in the Citty aforesaid given vnto the Hospitall aforesaid by 

 the said Mr. Carpenter xli u . 



1633. Ordered that the poore henceforthe shall receive 12s. weekly 

 videlt. 12 pence a piece. 



It appears, as has been said, that the affairs of the Hospital 

 were administered without any alteration of the original customs 

 till after the Eeformation. Then, by the Charter of James I. it 

 was placed on its present foundation, the only deviation being 

 that instead of its governance by the Mayor, Sub-warden, and 

 brethren, in 1853 it was transferred to the Trustees of the 

 Salisbury Municipal Charities as then appointed, and in 1892, 

 under a new scheme approved by the Charity Commissioners, 

 the real estate of the Hospital was allowed to remain vested 

 in the Corporation of the Master and Poor of the Hospital of 

 the Holy Trinity, and the Trustees were permitted to take the 

 -annual rents thereof and dispose of the goods and chattels, and 

 other personal estate in such manner as they in their discretion 

 think best. 



In the municipal strong room are many documents relating to 

 the conveyance of properties given by John Chandeler of an earlier 

 date than the Hospital itself, by which the owners can be traced 

 •as far back as 1290. One I would especially note refers to what 

 is now the Star Inn, then called the " Eydedore," which, in the 

 absence of a better derivation, I would suggest as being the " Kay 

 d' or." 



In the latter part of the seventeenth century it seems that the 

 maintenance of the inmates was contracted for at Is. 6d. per head 

 per week, but it must be borne in mind that in addition to their 

 food they were supplied with fuel, clothing, and additional fare at 

 Christmas, besides an extra allowance on holidays, of which there 

 were eight in a year. 



1710. The old woman who attends at the Trinity Hospital is 

 to be allowed seven shillings a quarter for her trouble and each of 

 the brethren five shillings a quarter during pleasure. 



The charter granted by James the 1st to the the City of 



