Notes — Chapter XIII
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107 Madox, Formulare Ang., p. 424.
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108 P.R.O. Ancient Deeds, A 11562.
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109 Charter Roll 17 John, m. 8.
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110 Communicated by the Town Clerk.
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111 Surtees Soc., 114, p. 278.
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112 Records of Nottingham, ii. 99.
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113 The word was retained after the Reformation, e.g. 1573, “paid to a pardoner that gathered for the hospital of Plympton” (T. N. Brushfield, Devonshire Briefs).
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114 Prynne, Usurpation of Popes, p. 1137, and Close 34 Edw. I, m. 1.
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115 Chron. and Mem., 67, i. 487.
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116 Soc. de l’Histoire de France, 1851, p. 194.
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117 Pilgrimages of Walsingham and Canterbury—Ed. Nichols, 1849, p. 63.
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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.