The Lord Leycester Hospital (often known simply as the Lord Leycester) is a retirement home for ex-Servicemen in Warwick
The Lord Leycester Hospital (often known simply as the Lord Leycester) is a retirement home for ex-Servicemen in Warwick, England, that is located next to the West Gate, on High Street. The Hospital comprises the medieval Chapel of St James the Great, living quarters (including the Master's House), a Guildhall (with anterooms) and a Great Hall. Also contained within the establishment are the Master's Garden and the Museum of the Queen's Own Hussars. The hospital is a grade I listed building. The surrounding grounds are separately listed. Roger de Newburgh, 2nd Norman Earl of Warwick built the Chantry Chapel of St James in 1126. In the late 14th century the 12th Earl of Warwick rebuilt it. He granted the benefice of the Chapel to the Guild of St George, a guild created on 20 April 1383 under licence from King Richard II. The Guild of St George was later joined there by the Guild of the Blessed Virgin, which had been based at the Collegiate Church of St Mary, forming the United Guilds of Warwick. Living quarters and reception, meeting, and dining halls were added to the chapel as a consequence. The 16th Earl of Warwick built the Guildhall in 1450. King Henry VIII dispersed the United Guilds in 1546. However, Thomas Oken, Master of the Guilds, had already transferred their property to the Burgesses of Warwick. The 1st Earl of Leicester acquired the buildings in 1571, founding therein a hospital for aged or injured soldiers and their wives, under royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I, run by 12 resident "Brethren" (originally soldiers) under the charge of a "Master", and funded from the income of various estates. This lasted until 1950.
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