APPENDIX B.
Reading edition
ENGLISH LAZAR HOUSES.
BERKSHIRE.
ReadingS. Mary Magdalene. Founded by Auchirius, 2nd Abbot, 1134, for 13 Lepers.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
AylesburySS. John & Leonard. Founded by Robert Ilhale and others, temp Henry I. & II. Fell into decay previous to 1360.
High WycombeSS. Giles & Margaret. Founded ante 13 Henry III.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
CambridgeSS. Anthony & Eligius. Ante 1397.
StourbridgeS. Mary Magdalene. Suppressed 1497.
CORNWALL.
BodminS. Laurence, for 19 Lepers.
LauncestonS. Leonard.
LiskeardS. Mary Magdalene.
CUMBERLAND.
CarlisleS. Nicholas. Ante 1200, for 13 Lepers.
DERBYSHIRE.
ChesterfieldS. Leonard. Ante 1195.
DerbyMaison Dieu. Temp Henry II.
"S. Leonard.
LockoS. Mary Magdalene.
DEVONSHIRE.
ExeterS. Mary Magdalene. In being 1163.
HonitonS. Martin. Founded by Robert Chard, last Abbot of Ford.
PiltonS. Margaret. Exists, though not for Lepers.
PlymouthHoly Trinity & S. Mary Magdalene.
PlymtonS. Mary Magdalene. Founded in Edward II.
TavistockS. Mary Magdalene.
DORSETSHIRE.
AllingtonS. Mary Magdalene.
Long Blandford
LymeS. Mary & Holy Spirit. Ante 1336.
DURHAM.
Badele, near DarlingtonAnte 1195.
SherburnBlessed Virgin, Lazarus, and his Two Sisters. Still existing. Founded by Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, 1181, for 65 Lepers.
ESSEX.
ColchesterS. Mary Magdalene. Founded by Eudo, Seneschal of Henry I.
IlfordSS. Mary & Erkemould. By Abbess of Barking, c. 1190, for 13 Lepers.
Little MaldonS. Giles.
SouthwealdS. John the Baptist. Still going on as an almshouse.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
BristolS. Lawrence.
"S. Mary Magdalene.
"S. John the Baptist. Founded by John Earl of Morton.
GloucesterS. Margaret; or, the Lepers of S. Sepulchre. Ante 1320, for men and women.
S. GeorgeS. Leonard.
Tewkesburyc. John.
HAMPSHIRE.
SouthamptonS. Mary Magdalene. Founded 1173-4.
Winchester
HEREFORDSHIRE.
HerefordS. Giles.
HERTFORDSHIRE.
BaldockTemp Henry III.
BerkhampsteadS. John the Evangelist. For men and women.
HoddesdonSS. Landers & Anthony. Founded 1391.
S. AlbansS. Mary.
"S. John.
"S. Julian. Founded by Geoffrey de Gorham, 16th Abbot of S. Alban’s. Temp Henry I., between 1109 and 1146, for 6 Lepers.
HUNTINGTONSHIRE.
HuntingdonS. Margaret. Founded by Malcolm IV., King of Scotland, who died 1165.
KENT.
Bobbing
Boughton-under-BleanS. Nicholas.
Buckland-in-DoverS. Bartholomew. Founded 1141.
CanterburyS. Laurence. Founded by Hugh, Abbot of S. Augustine’s in 1137, or ante 1089.
"S. Nicholas.
ChathamS. Bartholomew. Founded by Gundulph, Bishop of Rochester, or by Henry I. Goes on as a hospital. The chapel remains and is still used.
DartfordS. Mary Magdalene. Founded c. 1380.
DartfortHoly Trinity.
DoverS. Bartholomew. Founded c. 1141.
HarbledonS. Nicholas. Founded by Lanfranc in 1084. For men and women. Still used, though not for Lepers.
HytheS. Andrew. Ante 1336.
OlfordTemp Henry III.
Ramsay, OldSS. Stephen and Thomas of Canterbury. Founded by Adam de Charing. Temp Archbishop Baldwin.
RochesterS. Catherine. Founded by Simon Postyn 1316. Still going on, though not for Lepers.
TanningtonS. James. Ante 1189.
LANCASHIRE.
LancasterS. Leonard Founded by John White, Earl of Moreton.
LEICESTERSHIRE.
Burton LazarsBlessed Virgin and S. Lazarus. Founded chiefly by Roger de Mowbray, temp Stephen.
LeicesterS. Leonard. Founded by William, son of Robert Blanchmains, temp Richard I.
StamfordAnte 1493.
TiltonFounded by Sir Wm. Burdett. Annexed to Burton Lazars temp Henry II.
LINCOLNSHIRE.
Bassingthorpe
LincolnHoly Innocents. Founded by Remegius, 1st Bishop, or Henry I. Annexed to Burton Lazars.
MIDDLESEX.
BloomsburyS. Giles-in-the-Fields. Founded by Queen Matilda, 1101, for 40 Lepers.
Kingsland (Hackney)
KnightsbridgeHoly Trinity?
LondonS. James’. Westminster. Founded pre Conquest, for 14 Leprous maids; 8 men added at a later date (site of S. James’ Palace.)
Savoy
SmithfieldS. John of Jerusalem. Founded by Jordan Bristol and his wife, 1100.
Southwark
NORFOLK.
Choseley
HardwickS. Lawrance.
Langwade
Little SnoringFounded 1380.
Lynn (6)S. Mary Magdalene. Founded by Peter the Chaplain, 1145, for 1 Prior and 12 brethren; 3 to be Lepers.
S. Nicholas. Men and women.
Cowgate
Gaywood
Setchhithe
West Lynn
Norwich (6)SS. Mary and Clement. S. Austin’s Gate. (Still existing as the Pest House.)
S. Mary Magdalene. Founded by Herbert de Lozinga ante 1119.
Without Fibriggate or S. Magdalene Gate.
"Nedham or S. Stephen’s Gate.
"S. Giles’ Gate.
"Westwyk or S. Benet’s Gate.
Racheness-in-SouthacreS. Bartholomew. Ante 1216.
ThetfordS. John. Temp Edward I.
"S. Margaret. C. 1390.
Walsingham
YarmouthOutside North Gate. Ante 1314.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
Cotes, near Rockingham.
Cotton FarS. Leonard. Founded by William I.
NorthamptonS. Leonard. Founded by William I. 11th century. Men and women.
PeterboroughS. Leonard. Founded in the reign of Stephen. Ante 1154. Towcester S. Leonard. C. 1200.
NORTHUMBERLAND.
BoltonS. Thomas the Martyr or Holy Trinity. Founded by Robert de Ross of Hamlake. Ante 1225, for 13 Lepers.
HexhamS. Giles. C. 1210.
Newcastle-on-TyneS. Mary Magdalene.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.
BlytheS. John the Evangelist. Founded by William de Cressy.
NottinghamS. John.
"S. Leonard.
OXFORDSHIRE.
BanburyS. John. Temp John.
Crowmarsh
OxfordS. Bartholomew. Founded by Henry I. Temp Henry I. Ante 1200, for 12 Lepers.
S. Clement’sS. Bartholomew.
SHROPSHIRE.
BridgenorthS. James.
ShrewsburyS. Giles. Founded by Henry II. Men and women.
SOMERSETSHIRE.
Bath
Berrington
BridgewaterS. Giles.
LangportS. Mary Magdalene. Ante 1310.
Selwood
Taunton
STAFFORDSHIRE.
Penkridge
StaffordS. Leonard.
"Henry II.
SUFFOLK.
BecclesS. Mary Magdalene. C. 1327.
Bury S. EdmundsS. Peter. C. 1327.
DunwichMaison Dieu. (Chancel of Church remains.)
"S. James. Ante 1199.
EyeS. Mary Magdalene. C. 1330.
GorlestonExisting 1372.
IpswichS. James. Temp John.
"S. Mary Magdalene.
SudburyS. Leonard. Founded by John Colnays.
"S. Lazars. Founded by Amicia, Countess of Clare. Temp John.
SURREY.
NewingtonBlessed Mary and S. Catharine.
SUSSEX.
ArundelFounded by Henry of Arundel. Temp Edward II.
BeddingtonS. Mary Magdalene.
Bramber
ChichesterSS. John & Mary Magdalene. Temp Richard I.
HertingS. John the Baptist. Ante 1199.
ShorehamS. James?
WARWICKSHIRE.
CoventryS. James.
"S. John.
WarwickS. Michael. Founded c. Henry I. or Stephen.
WESTMORELAND.
ApplebyS. Leonard.
"S. Nicholas.
Kirby-in-KendalS. Leonard.
KirkbyBy Henry II.
WILTSHIRE.
DevizesFounded ante 1207.
CrickladeS. John the Baptist.
FugglestonSS. Giles and Anthony. Founded by Adelicia, 2nd Queen of Henry I., for men and women.
Maiden BradleyBlessed Virgin. Founded by Manasseh Biset. Temp Stephen or Henry II., c. 1154, for “pore Lepers and women.”
MarlboroughS. John? For Lepers.
WiltonS. John. Founded 1217.
"S. Giles. Founded by Alicia or Adelicia, 2nd Queen of Henry I. 1217.
WORCESTERSHIRE.
DroitwichFounded by William de Donére. Edward I.
YORKSHIRE.
BawtryS. Mary Magdalene. Founded by Robert Moreton, 1316.
BeverleyS. Nicholas (without Keldgate Bar). Ante 1286.
"" (without North Bar).
BroughS. Giles. Founded by Henry Fitz-Randolph of Ravenswood. Temp Henry III. ? For Lepers.
DoncasterS. James. Founded by Manasseh Biset, c. 1154. For women.
DoncasterS. Nicholas.
HedonHoly Sepulchre. Founded by Alan Fitz-Oubern, for men and women.
HullMaison Dieu?
Hutton Locras, or LowcrossS. Leonard. Founded by William de Bernaldby.
PontefractS. Mary Magdalene. Temp Henry III.
OtleyTemp Henry II., or Edward II.
RiponS. John. Founded by William I. 1068.
"S. Mary Magdalene. Archbishop Thurstan, 1139. Some parts, including chapel with its altar in situ, are left.
"S. Nicholas. Maude the Empress.
SheffieldS. Leonard.
WhitbyS. John the Baptist. Founded by Abbot William de Percy, 1109. For one Leper[A].
YarmS. Nicholas. Founded by Robert de Brus, c. 1180.
York (4)S. Mary Magdalene.
"S. Nicholas. Early c. 1110. For men and women.
"S. Oswald. Founded by Bishop Oswald, 1268.
This is not a complete list of all the Lazar Houses once existing in England, but has been hurriedly compiled from Dugdale’s Mon. Ang. vol. vi.; Lewis’ Top. Dic. of England; Promptorium Parvulorum; Historic Towns—Exeter, by Professor Freeman, and other sources.
JOHN HAGYARD, PRINTER, ST. NICHOLAS STREET, SCARBOROUGH.