St John's Hospital (Cirencester, Gloucs.)

  • St John's Hospital, Cirencester, Gloucs
Date:
Early 17th century - mid 17th century
Reference:
MS.5375
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

'A note of such rents as belongeth to Saint John's hospital as followeth ...'.
Tenants included Sir William Master (d. 1662) [of Cirencester], and 'Robert Charington of Calmesson at Bisly'. Calmsden and Bisley are near Cirencester.
Dated between 1622 and 1662.

Publication/Creation

Early 17th century - mid 17th century

Physical description

1 f. Membrane. 495 × 158 mm.,

Acquisition note

Provenance unknown.

Biographical note

The hospital, an almshouse founded by Henry I, is recorded as owning land at Bisley (The Victoria History of the County of Gloucestershire, Vol. 11, 1976, p. 20).

Finding aids

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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