. A Short account of the ancient and modern state of the city and close of Lichfield. ure of St John, round themargin is inscribed, Sigillum comune HosptaiiSt. John Bap. Lich. The hospital was visited by Bishop Wright,1638; by Bishop Hacker, 16C2; Bishop Lloyd,1696, and Bishop Frederick Cornwailis, 1752;since when there has been no visitation. * One of the complaints against the old foundation tobishop Smith was, there had not been (according to thecanons) any certain teaching or instructing youths in grammar,gratis, especially the poor boys, by reason of the insulTu ietvyof the masters, and t
. A Short account of the ancient and modern state of the city and close of Lichfield. ure of St John, round themargin is inscribed, Sigillum comune HosptaiiSt. John Bap. Lich. The hospital was visited by Bishop Wright,1638; by Bishop Hacker, 16C2; Bishop Lloyd,1696, and Bishop Frederick Cornwailis, 1752;since when there has been no visitation. * One of the complaints against the old foundation tobishop Smith was, there had not been (according to thecanons) any certain teaching or instructing youths in grammar,gratis, especially the poor boys, by reason of the insulTu ietvyof the masters, and the smallness of their stipend. 178 st Johns hospital. Hugh Old ham, afterwards bishop of Exeter,was the first master on Smiths foundation ; hefounded and endowed the grammar school atManchester. Lewis Bailye, Bishop of Bangor, was master1621, Sneyd Davies author of several poems&c. 1751, Theophilus Buckeridge, , 1769. The present master is Edward Outram canon residentiary of the cathedral ,Rev. Cowpei ihwaite Smith: salary eightpounds per The hospital was erected in 1495, and is oneof the earliest specimens of architecture, afterthe introduction of chimnies; previous to theirinvention, the fire was made iu the centre of theapartment, and the smoke escaped through anaperture left in the roof for that purpose. Over the eutrance are the arms of BishopSmith, impaled with those of the see; and on a st Johns hospital. 179 tablet the following inscription. Hosp. Sti. Johannis Bapt. quod venerab. vir olim hujus sedis episc. Dnns. Gulielmus Smith, Pro magistro et tredecim pauperibus, Anno MCCCCLXXXXV extruxit. Idem coll. iEnean Ox. munificentissimus fundator. In cujus memoriam, hanc tab. posuit Edv. Maynard, hosp. magr« 1720. The chapel which was also intended for a school, is an older structure, but has undergone some change; the pews bear a date of 1619, which is that of their erection in the church of St Mary, from whence they were remove
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