RELIGIOUS HOUSES still remain, it shall be used to provide a school.*' The income of the house seems to have benefited by Lord Somers' regulation, for a school was established there in 1705.'" The church, which seems to have been repaired about 1640,'^ escaped damage from the fires which occurred in the precinct in 1672 and 1734, and from the Gordon Riots,^^ to be destroyed with the rest of the hospital buildings in 1825, when the site was needed for the St. Katharine's Docks. A new church and hospital were then built in Regent's Park to continue Queen Eleanor's foundation, though numerous changes have made the house of the present day very unlike that of 1273.'* However, there still are sisters, bedesmen, bedes- women, brothers with religious duties to perform, and a master now also in holy orders, for Queen Victoria appointed clergymen in both the vacancies which occurred during her reign.**' Masters of St. Katharine's Hospital Gilbert, appointed 1257 Walter de Runachmore, clerk, appointed 1263 '« John de Sancta Maria, occurs 1264" Thomas de Chalke, clerk, appointed 1266'* Stephen de Fulborne, occurs 1269 " Thomas de Lechlade, appointed 1273,""* re- signed 1293 '"^ Walter de Redinges, appointed 1293'"^ John Sendale, occurs 1306 ^"^ and 1315 '"* Adam de Eglesfeld, appointed 1317 '"* Richard de LusteshuU, king's clerk, appointed 1318,"^ occurs 1326^°' "Stowe MS. fol. 54, 55.
- Ducarel, op. cit. 32.
" An action was brought at that time by the master, Henry Montagu, against the executor of the late master, Sir Robert Ayton, for dilapidations. Cal. ofS.P. Dom. 1640, pp. 283, 295, 482. Ducarel, op. cit. 31, 33. Thornbury and Walford, Old and New London, v, 273- " Ibid. V, 274. The master, sisters, bedesmen, and bedeswomen all seem to be non-resident. "» St. Paul's Eccl. Soc. Trans, v, xxxvi. " Ducarel, op. cit. 7. ^ Stowe MS. 796, fol. 47. " Cal. Rot. Pat. (Rec. Com.), 38. He is called ' Custos.' " Stowe MS. 796, fol. 47. »» Ibid. He is called ' Custos.' "" Ibid. "' Cal. of Pat. 1292-1301, p. 33. According to the Stowe MS. 796, fol. 47, Simon de Stanbrigge, canon of St. Paul's, was master of St. Katharine's in 1288. "' Cal. of Pat. 1 292-1 301, p. 33. '»' Stowe MS. 796, fol. 47. "" Cal. of Pat. I 31 3-17, p. 357. '°* Ibid. 1 31 7-21, p. 64. He was appointed by Queen Margaret. '»" Ibid. 164. "" Cal. of Close, 1323-7, p. 603. I 52 Roger de Bast or Basse, appointed 1327,*** occurs 1333 ^"^ William de Culshoe, occurs 1336" William de Kildesby, appointed 1339,^" occurs 1343 "^ Walter de Wetewang, occurs 1 347 ^^' William de Hygate, occurs 1348 "* Paul de Monte Florio or Monte Florum, occurs 135 I "* John de Clisseby, occurs 1363"^ John de Hermesthorp, occurs 1368,^^' I377>'^* 1380,"' I398,»^»and 1403 '^'i Richard Prentys, occurs 141 1 '^^ William Wrixham, D.D., occurs 141 3 ^ John Francke, occurs 1438 '^* Thomas de Beckington, LL.D., appointed 1440 1^^ John Delabere, occurs 1446 '^° Henry Trevilian, occurs 1 46 1,'" 1462,'^* 1464,1^' and 14691=" Lionel de Wydeville, clerk, occurs 1475 ^'^ William Wryxham or Wrexham, occurs 1484 "2 Richard Payne, clerk, occurs 1499"' '»* Ducarel, op. cit. 81. "" Cal. of Close, 1333-7, pp. 47, 63. He was no longer master in February, 1335, see Cal. of Pat. 1334-8, p. 76, where he is called Roger Wast. ""Ducarel, op. cit. 81. It is not clear whether the appointment was made in 1336 or whether he was master then. '" The king confirmed the appointment by Queen Philippa, 10 Jan. 1339. ^"^^ of Pat. 1338-40, p. 377- '" Ibid. 1343-5, p. 15 ; Cal Pap. Letters, iii, 88. '" Cal. of Pat. 1345-8, p. 364 ; Cal. Pap. Letters, iii, 219. "' Ducarel, op. cit. 8 1 . This may be the date of his appointment. "' Ibid. ^'^ Cal Pap. P^/. i, 416. "' Or perhaps was appointed then. Ducarel, op. cit. 82. '" Defi. Keeper's Rep. ix, App. ii, 66. Ducarel makes William de Kildersby master in 1377, but this must be a mistake. '" Cal of Pat. 1377-81, p. 599. '"Add. Chart. 10571. "' Anct. D. (P.R.O.), D. 973. '" Stowe MS. 796, fol. 47. Ducarel gives the date as 1402 when Hermesthorp was still master, op. cit. 82. Ducarel, op. cit. 83. There seems to be a mistake in the name, for a William Wryxham or Wrexham occurs 1484, according to the Cal. of Pat. 1476-85, p. 432, Ducarel giving William Wernham as master then. "* Or was appointed then. Ducarel, op. cit. 83. "' Ibid. 14. "« Stowe MS. 796, fol. 47. "' Ibid. ™ Cal. of Pat. 1 46 1 -7, p. 140. '" Pari R. (Rec. Com.), v, 521a. "Cal of Pat. 1467-77, P- 135- "' Ibid. 541. '" Ibid. 1476-85, p. 432. See above, n. 123. •" Stowe MS. 796, fol. 47. ) 67
