The story of the "Domus Dei" of Stamford : hospital of William Browne / by H.P. Wright.

  • Wright, Henry Press
Date:
1890
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Credit: The story of the "Domus Dei" of Stamford : hospital of William Browne / by H.P. Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Thomas Stoke, although he declined, for reasons un- known, to administer the will of his sister, took, as we shall find, the founding of the Hospital under his especial care; and faithfully carried out the wishes and intentions of his brother-in-law, the large-hearted man of God, to whom Stamford will be for ever indebted for one of its noblest charities. seized of the manor of Swynestede, and also of five tenements &c., in Witham, and of one tenement or inn, in Stamford, called ‘ Le Swans,’ and of one tenement, called ‘ Le Bell,’ of one tene- ment situate in Staunford aforesaid, upon ‘ Le Clement,’ and of 80 acres of arable land and 12 acres of meadow, &c., in the vill and fields of Stamford, &c. And he gave and granted the aforesaid manor of Swynestede, 5 tenements in Witham, 3 tenements and 80 acres of land, and 12 acres of meadow in Stamford, &c., to the aforesaid William Brown and the aforesaid Margaret, his wife. To have to them for the term of the life of the same; and after the decease of the aforesaid William and Margaret, all the aforesaid manor, &c., remain to John Elmes and Elizabeth his wife. To have to them for the term of the life of the aforesaid Elizabeth ; and after the death of the aforesaid Elizabeth, to remain to William Elmes, son and heir of the aforesaid John and Elizabeth. To have to them and to their heirs of their bodies, &c., to remain to John Elmes, brother of the aforesaid William, &c., to remain to the right heir of the aforesaid Elizabeth, &c. The aforesaid William Brown died, and the aforesaid Margaret out-lived him, &c. Afterwards the aforesaid Margaret died. After whose death the aforesaid John Elmes, and Elizabeth his wife, as in right of the same Elizabeth, entered, &c. “ And they say that the aforesaid Elizabeth is yet alive, &c. “ The aforesaid Margaret died on the 28th day of October last past [A.D. 1489], and that Elizabeth, wife of John Elmes, is daughter and next heir of the same Margaret; and she is of the age of 48 years, &c.”