Note 19 — Chapter I
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In Hereford also, St Giles' and the Sick Man's hospital were governed by the Corporation from the time of Rich. II. (Reports of Char. Com.), and in Exeter, the town rulers at one time exercised rights over St Mary Magdalen's hospital, and afterwards exchanged these for power over St John's hospital for lepers. Freeman's Exeter, pp. 68, 174, etc.