ENGLISH LAZAR HOUSES.
| BERKSHIRE. | |
| Reading | S. Mary Magdalene. Founded by Auchirius, 2nd Abbot,1134, for 13 Lepers. |
| BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. | |
| Aylesbury | SS. John & Leonard. Founded by Robert Ilhale andothers, temp Henry I. & II. Fell into decay previous to 1360. |
| High Wycombe | SS. Giles & Margaret. Founded ante 13 Henry III. |
| CAMBRIDGESHIRE. | |
| Cambridge | SS. Anthony & Eligius. Ante 1397. |
| Stourbridge | S. Mary Magdalene. Suppressed 1497. |
| CORNWALL. | |
| Bodmin | S. Laurence, for 19 Lepers. |
| Launceston | S. Leonard. |
| Liskeard | S. Mary Magdalene. |
| CUMBERLAND. | |
| Carlisle | S. Nicholas. Ante 1200, for 13 Lepers. |
| DERBYSHIRE. | |
| Chesterfield | S. Leonard. Ante 1195. |
| Derby | Maison Dieu. Temp Henry II. |
| " | S. Leonard. |
| Locko | S. Mary Magdalene. |
| DEVONSHIRE. | |
| Exeter | S. Mary Magdalene. In being 1163. |
| Honiton | S. Martin. Founded by Robert Chard, last Abbot of Ford. |
| Pilton | S. Margaret. Exists, though not for Lepers. |
| Plymouth | Holy Trinity & S. Mary Magdalene. |
| Plymton | S. Mary Magdalene. Founded in Edward II. |
| Tavistock | S. Mary Magdalene. |
| DORSETSHIRE. | |
| Allington | S. Mary Magdalene. |
| Long Blandford | |
| Lyme | S. Mary & Holy Spirit. Ante 1336. |
| DURHAM. | |
| Badele, near Darlington | Ante 1195. |
| Sherburn | Blessed Virgin, Lazarus, and his Two Sisters. Stillexisting. Founded by Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, 1181, for 65 Lepers. |
| ESSEX. | |
| Colchester | S. Mary Magdalene. Founded by Eudo, Seneschal ofHenry I. |
| Ilford | SS. Mary & Erkemould. By Abbess of Barking, c. 1190,for 13 Lepers. |
| Little Maldon | S. Giles. |
| Southweald | S. John the Baptist. Still going on as an almshouse. |
| GLOUCESTERSHIRE. | |
| Bristol | S. Lawrence. |
| " | S. Mary Magdalene. |
| " | S. John the Baptist. Founded by John Earl of Morton. |
| Gloucester | S. Margaret; or, the Lepers of S. Sepulchre. Ante 1320,for men and women. |
| S. George | S. Leonard. |
| Tewkesbury | c. John. |
| HAMPSHIRE. | |
| Southampton | S. Mary Magdalene. Founded 1173-4. |
| Winchester | |
| HEREFORDSHIRE. | |
| Hereford | S. Giles. |
| HERTFORDSHIRE. | |
| Baldock | Temp Henry III. |
| Berkhampstead | S. John the Evangelist. For men and women. |
| Hoddesdon | SS. Landers & Anthony. Founded 1391. |
| S. Albans | S. Mary. |
| " | S. John. |
| " | S. Julian. Founded by Geoffrey de Gorham, 16th Abbotof S. Alban’s. Temp Henry I., between 1109 and 1146, for 6 Lepers. |
| HUNTINGTONSHIRE. | |
| Huntingdon | S. Margaret. Founded by Malcolm IV., King of Scotland,who died 1165. |
| KENT. | |
| Bobbing | |
| Boughton-under-Blean | S. Nicholas. |
| Buckland-in-Dover | S. Bartholomew. Founded 1141. |
| Canterbury | S. Laurence. Founded by Hugh, Abbot of S. Augustine’sin 1137, or ante 1089. |
| " | S. Nicholas. |
| Chatham | S. Bartholomew. Founded by Gundulph, Bishop ofRochester, or by Henry I. Goes on as a hospital. The chapel remains and isstill used. |
| Dartford | S. Mary Magdalene. Founded c. 1380. |
| Dartfort | Holy Trinity. |
| Dover | S. Bartholomew. Founded c. 1141. |
| Harbledon | S. Nicholas. Founded by Lanfranc in 1084. For men andwomen. Still used, though not for Lepers. |
| Hythe | S. Andrew. Ante 1336. |
| Olford | Temp Henry III. |
| Ramsay, Old | SS. Stephen and Thomas of Canterbury. Founded byAdam de Charing. Temp Archbishop Baldwin. |
| Rochester | S. Catherine. Founded by Simon Postyn 1316. Stillgoing on, though not for Lepers. |
| Tannington | S. James. Ante 1189. |
| LANCASHIRE. | |
| Lancaster | S. Leonard Founded by John White, Earl of Moreton. |
| LEICESTERSHIRE. | |
| Burton Lazars | Blessed Virgin and S. Lazarus. Founded chiefly by Rogerde Mowbray, temp Stephen. |
| Leicester | S. Leonard. Founded by William, son of Robert Blanchmains,temp Richard I. |
| Stamford | Ante 1493. |
| Tilton | Founded by Sir Wm. Burdett. Annexed to Burton Lazarstemp Henry II. |
| LINCOLNSHIRE. | |
| Bassingthorpe | |
| Lincoln | Holy Innocents. Founded by Remegius, 1st Bishop, orHenry I. Annexed to Burton Lazars. |
| MIDDLESEX. | |
| Bloomsbury | S. Giles-in-the-Fields. Founded by Queen Matilda, 1101,for 40 Lepers. |
| Kingsland (Hackney) | |
| Knightsbridge | Holy Trinity? |
| London | S. James’. Westminster. Founded pre Conquest, for 14Leprous maids; 8 men added at a later date (site of S. James’ Palace.) |
| Savoy | |
| Smithfield | S. John of Jerusalem. Founded by Jordan Bristol and hiswife, 1100. |
| Southwark | |
| NORFOLK. | |
| Choseley | |
| Hardwick | S. Lawrance. |
| Langwade | |
| Little Snoring | Founded 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 existingas the Pest House.) |
| S. Mary Magdalene. Founded by Herbert de Lozingaante 1119. | |
| Without Fibriggate or S. Magdalene Gate. | |
| " | Nedham or S. Stephen’s Gate. |
| " | S. Giles’ Gate. |
| " | Westwyk or S. Benet’s Gate. |
| Racheness-in-Southacre | S. Bartholomew. Ante 1216. |
| Thetford | S. John. Temp Edward I. |
| " | S. Margaret. C. 1390. |
| Walsingham | |
| Yarmouth | Outside North Gate. Ante 1314. |
| NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. | |
| Cotes, near Rockingham. | |
| Cotton Far | S. Leonard. Founded by William I. |
| Northampton | S. Leonard. Founded by William I. 11th century. Menand women. |
| Peterborough | S. Leonard. Founded in the reign of Stephen. Ante 1154.Towcester S. Leonard. C. 1200. |
| NORTHUMBERLAND. | |
| Bolton | S. Thomas the Martyr or Holy Trinity. Founded by Robertde Ross of Hamlake. Ante 1225, for 13 Lepers. |
| Hexham | S. Giles. C. 1210. |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne | S. Mary Magdalene. |
| NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. | |
| Blythe | S. John the Evangelist. Founded by William de Cressy. |
| Nottingham | S. John. |
| " | S. Leonard. |
| OXFORDSHIRE. | |
| Banbury | S. John. Temp John. |
| Crowmarsh | |
| Oxford | S. Bartholomew. Founded by Henry I. Temp Henry I.Ante 1200, for 12 Lepers. |
| S. Clement’s | S. Bartholomew. |
| SHROPSHIRE. | |
| Bridgenorth | S. James. |
| Shrewsbury | S. Giles. Founded by Henry II. Men and women. |
| SOMERSETSHIRE. | |
| Bath | |
| Berrington | |
| Bridgewater | S. Giles. |
| Langport | S. Mary Magdalene. Ante 1310. |
| Selwood | |
| Taunton | |
| STAFFORDSHIRE. | |
| Penkridge | |
| Stafford | S. Leonard. |
| " | Henry II. |
| SUFFOLK. | |
| Beccles | S. Mary Magdalene. C. 1327. |
| Bury S. Edmunds | S. Peter. C. 1327. |
| Dunwich | Maison Dieu. (Chancel of Church remains.) |
| " | S. James. Ante 1199. |
| Eye | S. Mary Magdalene. C. 1330. |
| Gorleston | Existing 1372. |
| Ipswich | S. James. Temp John. |
| " | S. Mary Magdalene. |
| Sudbury | S. Leonard. Founded by John Colnays. |
| " | S. Lazars. Founded by Amicia, Countess of Clare. TempJohn. |
| SURREY. | |
| Newington | Blessed Mary and S. Catharine. |
| SUSSEX. | |
| Arundel | Founded by Henry of Arundel. Temp Edward II. |
| Beddington | S. Mary Magdalene. |
| Bramber | |
| Chichester | SS. John & Mary Magdalene. Temp Richard I. |
| Herting | S. John the Baptist. Ante 1199. |
| Shoreham | S. James? |
| WARWICKSHIRE. | |
| Coventry | S. James. |
| " | S. John. |
| Warwick | S. Michael. Founded c. Henry I. or Stephen. |
| WESTMORELAND. | |
| Appleby | S. Leonard. |
| " | S. Nicholas. |
| Kirby-in-Kendal | S. Leonard. |
| Kirkby | By Henry II. |
| WILTSHIRE. | |
| Devizes | Founded ante 1207. |
| Cricklade | S. John the Baptist. |
| Fuggleston | SS. Giles and Anthony. Founded by Adelicia, 2nd Queen ofHenry I., for men and women. |
| Maiden Bradley | Blessed Virgin. Founded by Manasseh Biset. TempStephen or Henry II., c. 1154, for “pore Lepers and women.” |
| Marlborough | S. John? For Lepers. |
| Wilton | S. John. Founded 1217. |
| " | S. Giles. Founded by Alicia or Adelicia, 2nd Queen ofHenry I. 1217. |
| WORCESTERSHIRE. | |
| Droitwich | Founded by William de Donére. Edward I. |
| YORKSHIRE. | |
| Bawtry | S. Mary Magdalene. Founded by Robert Moreton, 1316. |
| Beverley | S. Nicholas (without Keldgate Bar). Ante 1286. |
| " | " (without North Bar). |
| Brough | S. Giles. Founded by Henry Fitz-Randolph of Ravenswood.Temp Henry III. ? For Lepers. |
| Doncaster | S. James. Founded by Manasseh Biset, c. 1154. Forwomen. |
| Doncaster | S. Nicholas. |
| Hedon | Holy Sepulchre. Founded by Alan Fitz-Oubern, for menand women. |
| Hull | Maison Dieu? |
| Hutton Locras, or Lowcross | S. Leonard. Founded by William de Bernaldby. |
| Pontefract | S. Mary Magdalene. Temp Henry III. |
| Otley | Temp Henry II., or Edward II. |
| Ripon | S. John. Founded by William I. 1068. |
| " | S. Mary Magdalene. Archbishop Thurstan, 1139. Someparts, including chapel with its altar in situ, are left. |
| " | S. Nicholas. Maude the Empress. |
| Sheffield | S. Leonard. |
| Whitby | S. John the Baptist. Founded by Abbot William de Percy,1109. For one Leper[A]. |
| Yarm | S. 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.
[A] Who gave to it the wood and thorny ground adjacent to the spot. The building being for the habitation of one Leper only, one Orme being the first, was necessarily small. Orme was supplied with his provisions daily from the Abbey. After him Geoffrey Mansell, a Leprous monk of Whitby also lived here in solitude. On his death the hospital ceased to be used as a Lazar House, and was enlarged for the reception of several poor people both healthy and sick, Robert de Alnett being appointed master of it.
JOHN HAGYARD, PRINTER, ST. NICHOLAS STREET, SCARBOROUGH.