NHER 14463 (Monument) - Site of medieval leper hospital (King's Lynn, poorly located)

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Summary

A medieval will records the site of a leper hospital at 'Cowgate', the location of which is unknown. The hospital was dissolved in the mid 16th century.

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Location

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Civil Parish KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

'Cowgate' (site unknown).
Lazar house mentioned in Stephen Guyborn's will of 1432; dissolved at Dissolution. Nothing is known of its founder or date.
Information from (S1).

This leper hospital is also mentioned in Margaret Frenghe's will of 1352 when she bequeathed 12d to the lepers of Cowgate.
See (S2).
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 15 May 2019.

  • <S1> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 61 NW 22.
  • <S2> Monograph: Hillen, H. J. 1907. History of the Borough of King's Lynn. p 250.
  • --- Publication: Knowles, D. and Hadcock, R. N. 1971. Medieval Religious Houses of England and Wales. pp 324, 363.
  • --- Publication: Messent, C. J. W. 1934. The Monastic Remains of Norfolk and Suffolk. p 38.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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Record last edited

May 15 2019 3:35PM

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