A history of the Hospital of St. John in Northampton / by R.M. Serjeantson.

  • Serjeantson, R. M.
Date:
1913
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Credit: A history of the Hospital of St. John in Northampton / by R.M. Serjeantson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ” After iny most hartye comeiidacons to yor good Lordship, I am gyven to nnder.staiid that yon liave of late molestyd my very loving frende Mr. Arthur Wake, in seeking to remove him from the possession of a certen Hospitall wdi he hathe in Northampton. What cause there ys to indnce yon so to do, I knowe not, but I presume so moch of his gret honesty that there is no cause gyven by him towards yon. Wherefore these are to praye yon in anye wyse from hens fnrthe to forbeare anye further to deale therein, and to suffer him quietly to enjoye the same without any your further let by anye nieanes, as you intende to have me'favorable in any your requests hereafter, and as you will gyve me cause to contynue your frende, and thinke well of you. And so I byd your L. hartely fare well, from your assured and lovinge frende.” This document is endorsed “ 1575. M[emorandum] of a lettre from the Erie of Leycester, for my brother Wake, to the Bishop of Lincoln.” Attached to this memorandum is another letter, from Wake’s brother. It begins :— “ Good cousin, I must crave at your handes so moche frendeship as for to sende me a copie of a licence for a spirituall person, or other, to enjoye his lyvinge in the realme notwithstanding his absence. So yt ys that my brother, Mr. Arthur Wake, Mr. of Artes, ys nowe and hath been this twelve-month in Jersey, with Mr. Paulet, (44*) captayne there, and intendith there to contynue. And there wilbe meanes made to the Quenes majestic for him that he maye enjoye his livinge not- withstanding his absence. Yf they had the byll made, he wolde have a copie, and wolde take advise for the sure making in lawe. My cosin Nicasius, or Mr. Windebanke, made one this last somer, for one Mr. Wylburne, who lykewise ys in Jersey. They wolde glad (the sentence is unfinished).” (45) Some ten years later, the townsmen of Northampton (taking advantage perhaps of the absence of the Earl of Leicester, in the Netherlands) made another attempt to get rid of Arthur Wake. Among the Domestic State Papers in the Public Record Office, is a petition (46) setting forth, with more or less accuracy, the history of our Northampton Hospital. It reads as follows :— (44*) Three I’aulets in aucccssion were Governors of Jersey, nnd ruled the Island with a rod of iron. Sir Hugli Paulet was one of the chief promoters of the Reformation and appears to have been a strong Presbyterian. He died in 1572, and was succeeded by his son. Sir Amias Paulet. He appointed his brother, George, bailiff of Jersey, in 168.'l, and his own son Anthony as Lieutenant-Governor. On his death in 1589, his son Anthony succeede<l him as Governor- (Le Qnesue’s Constitutional History of Jersey). (46) Domestic State Papers, Elizabeth, Addenda, vol. 24, No. 62. (46) Domestic State Papers, Elizabeth, vol. 175, No. 99,
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