Note 502 — Chapter XI

There were endowments for at least ten almshouses in Hereford in 1642.

I. St Ethelbert's, an old foundation for ten poor people in the hands of the Cathedral authorities.

II. Sick Man's Hospital. A foundation partly managed by the Corporation and partly by the Vestry.

III. St Giles's, an old endowment in the hands of the Corporation.

IV, V, VI. Kerry's, Williams', and Price's Hospitals, endowed during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., and governed by the Corporation.

VII. Lingen almshouses founded 1609. } Under private management.

VIII. Coningsby Hospital founded 1617 for eleven old soldiers, mariners, or serving men.

IX. Mary Price's almshouses, 1636, for six poor widows or single women.

X. Weaver's almshouses, 1641. Under management of parochial authorities of All Saints'. Charity Commissioners' Rep. 32, Pt. II., pp. 6-56.