. London . for instance, still possesses a few of itsold timbered and gabled houses. But on the other side asmall portion of the old monastery churchyard yet remains,and, in a row of two or three cottages, each with a tiny gardenin front—a cottage-garden close to Smithfield—survives amemory of the garden which once stretched over thismonastery court. Some of the other foundations enumerated were onlyrecently founded when Fitz Stephen wrote, and rightly belongto Plantagenet London. But the noble foundation of theHoly Trinity, Aldgate, was due to Matilda, Queen of HenryI., who also founded St. G
. London . for instance, still possesses a few of itsold timbered and gabled houses. But on the other side asmall portion of the old monastery churchyard yet remains,and, in a row of two or three cottages, each with a tiny gardenin front—a cottage-garden close to Smithfield—survives amemory of the garden which once stretched over thismonastery court. Some of the other foundations enumerated were onlyrecently founded when Fitz Stephen wrote, and rightly belongto Plantagenet London. But the noble foundation of theHoly Trinity, Aldgate, was due to Matilda, Queen of HenryI., who also founded St. Giless Hospital, beside St. Giles-in-the-Fields. And the Priory of St. John of Jerusalem, the SAXON AND NORMAN 53 chief seat in England of the Knights Hospitallers, wasfounded in the year iioo, by Jordan Briset, and Muriel, hiswife. J5t. Katherines by the Tower was first founded by Matilda,wire of King Stephen. This, the most interesting of all theCity Foundations, has survived, in degraded form, to the. ST. [CATHERINES BY THE TOWER present day. Its appearance when it was pulled down sixtyyears ago, and as it is figured, was very much unlike theoriginal Foundation by Queen Matilda. Yet the life ofthis old place had been continuous. For seven hundred yearsit remained on the spot where it was first first founded $t. Katherines, as a Jiospitalcpaupcrum,for the repose of the souls of her two children who died and 54 were buried in the Holy Trinity Priory. It was to consist ofthirteen members— Brothers and Sisters. It was endowedwith certain estates which the Society, after this long lapse oftime, still enjoys ; the sisters had the right of voting atChapter meetings—a right which they still retain. TheHospital was placed in the charge or custody of the Prior ofHoly Trinity. A hundred years later there was a dispute as to the meaning of theright of custody, whichthe Priory maintainedto be ownership. Inthe end, Queen Eleanorobtained possession ofthe
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