Long Melford, Suffolk, England, UK: a sunflower (Helianthus) beside the east gateway, on Melford Green, to the gardens of the Hospital of the Holy and Blessed Trinity, greets bright early morning sunshine warming late Tudor brickwork, stone mullioned leaded light windows and high chimneys. The almshouses were built around a quadrangle in 1573 to accommodate 12 aged poor local men and a warden by former Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir William Cordell (1524-1581), who lived at nearby Melford Hall and was lord of the Manor of Melford. Sir William, a lawyer and judge, was a courtier during
Long Melford, Suffolk, England, UK: a sunflower (Helianthus) beside the east gateway, on Melford Green, to the gardens of the Hospital of the Holy and Blessed Trinity, greets bright early morning sunshine warming late Tudor brickwork, stone mullioned leaded light windows and high chimneys. The almshouses were built around a quadrangle in 1573 to accommodate 12 aged poor local men and a warden by former Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir William Cordell (1524-1581), who lived at nearby Melford Hall and was lord of the Manor of Melford. Sir William, a lawyer and judge, was a courtier during the reigns of both Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I. He served as Solicitor General and then as Master of the Rolls, the kingdom’s Head of Civil Justice and President of the Court of Appeal. Sir William is buried in Holy Trinity Church at Long Melford. In his will he left charitable bequests to both Oxford and Cambridge universities, including £20 to be distributed among poor scholars at both institutions “unto suche as be moste towardes in vertewe and learninge”.
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Location: Holy Trinity Hospital, Long Melford, Suffolk, England, UK.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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