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Credit: Leprosy and local leper hospitals / by Henry Barnes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![IV circa A.D. 1291, p. 332, the share (porcio) of the Master of the Hospital of St. Nicholas is put down at £1 OS. od. At an ordination held in Carlisle Cathedral by Bishop Haiton (R. p. 66) Quatuor temporum mense Junii 1303, amongst the deacons ordained was Andreas de Wytseby, prebendus Hospitalis Sancti Nicholai extra Karleolum per dimissorias domini Eboracencis. About this time (Edward I) a dispute seems to have arisen as to the patronage of the Hospital, and an inquest was held. The result is given in Placita de quo Warranto p. 122. As it throws some light upon the history and revenues of the Hospital and does not appear to have been noticed in any of the local histories, 1 append a full translation. The king (Edw. I) by the mouth of William Inge who appears as plaintiff against the Bishop of Carlisle, claimed the patronage of the Hospital of St. Nicholas in the suburb of Carlisle. Inasmuch as king John, grandfather of the king was [not] * seized thereof in fee of right, in time of peace, and conferred it upon Robert Fitz Ralph, his clerk, who held it on his presentation, and drew revenue there- from as from land etc. to the value of etc. and he offers to verify his right. And the Bp. by his attorney comes and defends his case when, etc. And says he claims nothing in the patronage of the aforesaid Hospital, but says that when it happens that the Hospital is vacant, the brethren, inasmuch as they have the right of election from their own body, chose a fit person, and present him to the Bishop as the Diocesan of the place, and he institutes him and he claims nothing else in the said Hospital. And William Inge says the brethren of the Hospital have not the right of election from their own body, nor the Bishop any jurisdiction in the said Hospital for the institution of any master, but that the said king John and his prede- cessors the Kings of England, were wont to confer the said Hospital when it was vacant; and demanded an inquest to be held for the king. And the Bishop demands an inquest. Therefore let an inquest be held. * Ncc, which appears in the original must surely be a misprint. The [O]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22279805_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
