LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT* Asterisk denotes that buildings remain in much the same condition as shown. ¶ The seals are copied mainly from impressions in the British Museum. | |||
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1. |
St. John’s Hospital, Oxford [After M. Paris, B.M. Roy. 14 C. vii. f. 221.] |
J. Charles Wall |
1 |
2. |
A Pilgrim [B.M. 17 C. xxxviii. f. 39, xiv. cent.] |
J. Charles Wall |
6 |
3. |
Domus Conversorum, London [Idem.] Home for Jews, founded 1232. Site occupied by Rolls Chapel, Chancery Lane. |
J. Charles Wall |
20 |
4. |
*Poor Priests’ Hospital, Canterbury [From Ancient Cities Series.] |
B. C. Boulter |
23 |
5. |
*The Bede-House, Stamford |
J. Charles Wall |
29 |
6. |
Seal of the Lazar-House, Mile End |
J. Charles Wall |
47 |
7. |
The Leper and the Physician [Trin. Coll. Camb. O.I. 20, by permission of the Librarian.] Represents, perhaps, the examination of a suspected person. |
J. Charles Wall |
59 |
8. |
Elias, a Leper-monk [Notes on Painted Glass in Canterbury Cathedral; from window in the Trinity Chapel, partly new, partly fragments of old glass.] |
J. Charles Wall |
64 |
9. |
A Leper [Exeter Pontifical, B.M. Lands. 451 f. 127; xiv. cent. MS., marginal sketch possibly xv. cent.] |
J. Charles Wall |
68 |
10. |
“The Memorial of Matilda the Queen” [After Matthew Paris, Hist. Major, Corp. Chr. Coll. Camb., MS. xvi, xxvi, by permission of the Librarian.] Memoriale Matildis reginæ scilicet hospitale Sancti Egidii quod est Londoniæ. |
J. Charles Wall |
71 |
11. |
*Tomb of Rahere in St. Bartholomew’s, Smithfield |
J. Charles Wall |
76 |
12. |
Memorial Brass of John Barstaple [By kind permission of Mr. J. W. Arrowsmith.] |
— |
84 |
13. |
*St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Bristol [By kind permission of the Proprietor of the Western Daily Press.] |
S. J. Loxton |
89 |
14. |
Seal of St. Bartholomew’s, London |
J. Charles Wall |
93 |
15. |
Seal of Knightsbridge Hospital Depicts Blessed Virgin and Child with St. Leonard. Inscribed: Sigillum: ospici sci: lenarde (?): kynght brigge. |
J. Charles Wall |
103 |
16. |
Seal of St. Alexis, Exeter |
J. Charles Wall |
107 |
17. |
Seal of St. John’s, Exeter |
J. Charles Wall |
107 |
18. |
Seal of St. John’s, Stafford |
J. Charles Wall |
108 |
19. |
Plan of St. Mary’s, Chichester [Dollman’s Domestic Architecture.] |
J. Charles Wall |
112 |
20. |
Plan of St. Nicholas’, Salisbury Drawn by Mr. J. Arthur Reeve, architect. By kind permission of Canon Wordsworth. |
— |
113 |
21. |
Sherburn Hospital, near Durham [Hutchinson’s Durham, 1787.] The gateway and chapel remain. |
— |
118 |
22. |
Plan of St. Mary Magdalene’s, Winchester [After Schnebbelie.] |
J. Charles Wall |
119 |
23. |
*Chapel of Abbot Beere’s Almshouse, Glastonbury |
J. Charles Wall |
124 |
24. |
Seal of the leper-women of Westminster |
J. Charles Wall |
147 |
25. |
*Ancient Hospital Altar at Glastonbury [By kind permission of Mr. George Gregory, Bath, from Rev. C. L. Marson’s Glastonbury.] In the chapel of the almshouse founded or re-founded by Abbot Beere. |
— |
165 |
26. |
A Leper with clapper and dish [After a Miniature in the Bibl. de l’Arsenal, Paris, MS. 5060; xiii. cent.; from La Vie Privée d’Autrefois, “L’Hygiène,” A. Franklin, 1890.] |
— |
177 |
27. |
Document and Seal of Holy Innocents’, Lincoln [B.M. Harl. ch. 44 A. 29.] |
J. Charles Wall |
180 |
28. |
Alms-box, Harbledown Hospital Erasmus dropped a coin into it on his visit to Harbledown. |
J. Charles Wall |
192 |
29. |
*Bell-turret of St. Mary Magdalene’s, Glastonbury [From Ancient Cities Series.] |
E. H. New |
198 |
30. |
Seal of St. Anthony’s, London [Gent. Mag. 1784 ii.] |
J. Charles Wall |
208 |
31. |
*Gateway of St. John’s, Canterbury [From Ancient Cities Series.] |
B. C. Boulter |
241 |
32. |
Seal of St. Mary Magdalene’s, Bristol |
J. Charles Wall |
252 |
33. |
Seal of St. Mark’s, Bristol |
J. Charles Wall |
254 |
34. |
Seal of St. Clement’s, Hoddesdon |
J. Charles Wall |
256 |
35. |
Seal of St. Katherine’s, Bristol |
J. Charles Wall |
260 |
36. |
A Pilgrim’s Sign [Collectanea Antiqua.] Canterbury souvenir found at York. |
— |
265 |
37. |
Seal of St. Bartholomew’s, Rochester |
J. Charles Wall |
271 |
About This Book
The book surveys the origins, organization, and functions of medieval English hospitals, describing foundations, endowments, governance, and the range of house types from pilgrims’ hospices and almshouses to leper-houses and infirmaries. It uses documentary evidence, seals, plans, and illustrations to portray daily routines, charitable practices, funding and legal arrangements, and the religious observances that shaped administration. Architectural features and surviving fabric are examined alongside accounts of care for travelers, the poor, the sick, and the aged, presenting these institutions as integral elements of local welfare and community structure in the Middle Ages.