Note 621 — LIII.—SITE OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. GILES.

Augmentation Office, Deed of Sale, E. 19. The Master of Burton Lazars apparently lost by the transaction, but from a letter, dated 1st April, 1535, written by Richard Layton to Cromwell, it would seem that at one time there was a distinct prospect of his faring still worse. “I sent for the Master of Burton Lazer as you desired, advertising him of the King’s pleasure commanding him to be here by Easter eve, and desire you to intercede for him with the King that he might obtain other lands for his lands of St. Giles’s. He came, and I have been with him divers times. I have persuaded him to put his sole trust in you and that he shall not go to the King in anywise before you bring him to His Grace. He is content to do so. When you wish that I should bring him unto you to make further declaration to him of the King’s pleasure, let me know.” (Calendar of Letters of Henry VIII., 26 H. VIII., p. 168).