Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . Gloucester. 49 corner of the city during the siege, suffering much from the kings William Massey is said to have lived here in 1643, and Judge Powellin the reign of James II.^ The White Friars or House of the Carmelites, Leland tells us, stoodin the suburbe without the North-Gate. 2 It is said to have been foundedby Queen Eleanor, Sir Thomas Gifford, and Sir Thomas Berkeley, orone of them, about 1269. Whatever remains there were in 1643 were thendestroyed, and the materials were used for repairing the city w
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . Gloucester. 49 corner of the city during the siege, suffering much from the kings William Massey is said to have lived here in 1643, and Judge Powellin the reign of James II.^ The White Friars or House of the Carmelites, Leland tells us, stoodin the suburbe without the North-Gate. 2 It is said to have been foundedby Queen Eleanor, Sir Thomas Gifford, and Sir Thomas Berkeley, orone of them, about 1269. Whatever remains there were in 1643 were thendestroyed, and the materials were used for repairing the city walls. THE GLOUCESTER HOSPITALS There were four hospitals in or near Gloucester, three of which arementioned by LYSONS VIEW OF ST. BARTHOLOMEWS. St. Bartholomews stands in what is still called the Island, becausethe Severn in older times flowed on all sides of it. St. BartholomewsHospital was founded in the reign of Henry II. by William Mjparty, aburgess of Gloucester, as a hostel for a guild of workmen who werebuilding Westgate Bridge, under the direction of Master NicholasWalred. In the reign of Henry III. the Church of St. Nicholas wasattached to it, and the mmates had the privilege granted to them of electingtheir own prior. It had then become a refuge for decayed workmen wnowere not less than 52 years old. Many charters relating to St. Bartholomews Hospital appear in the Corporation Records and the Abbey Registers; and it is to be hoped that 1 See an excellent Daper on the Grey Friars by the Rev. W. H. Silvester Davies inTrans, xiii., pp. 173-187, and the view in Fosbrookes Gloucester. 2 Trans., xiii., p. 237. 3 Jrans., xiv., p. 237. 5 Vol. XXVI. 5Q Transactions for the Year 1903. one of o
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