A Cartulary of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Cartulary Of The Hospital Of St. John The Baptist, Vol. 2 Cartula7y qf St. Frz'deswz'de's was theirs no longer. The Hospital, which had already acquired quitrent of five shillings ou the tenement (see no. Obtained possession, but the rubric of one of the deeds in the Cartulary of 51. Frz'deswz'de's asserts that it was absque iusto tz'tulo, ui credz'tur. There must have been some composition between the two parties, and until 1338 we find St. F rideswide's in receipt of rent of seven shillings from two shops (see no. Which from the rental of 1328 we know to be the two shops under Burwoldscot Hall. The deeds of the Hospital throw no light ou this matter, nor do they mention the fact that some of the shops facing the street were not acquired by the H05pital. Of the six shops that fronted High Street, the Hospital had only three. Beginning at the east there was sh0p and solar, 13 feet wide according to the survey made in 1772, owned by the Hospital and always leased apart from the rest; then came the passage, 8 feet wide, which led to the Hall at the back; then sh0p of N ew College, 12 feet wide, which on the first floor extended over the passage then two shops, 20 feet wide, which were acquired by Magdalen in 1602 (see no. One of them having belonged once to St. F rideswide's; then two shops belonging to the Hospital, beneath chamber which was part of Broad gates. In Skelton's Oronz'a Antiqua (p1. 141) is plan of Amsterdam about 1730, which shows the size and position of Broadgates. A deed at Lincoln College says that it was bounded 011 the north at one part by Oliphant Hall, subsequently part of Lincoln, while deed no. 492 shows that in another part of its northern side it was bounded in 1469 by Brasenose. The property was sold in 1736 under the Act of 7 Geo. I, which allowed Colleges to sell tenements to the trustees of Doctor Radcliffe, and was by them transferred to Brasenose College. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.