Duchy of Lancaster: Counterparts of Leases of the Hospital of Savoy

DL 47

1572-1799

The records are the counterparts of indentures of lease of the lands of the Hospital of Savoy. They relate to the hospital's lands in the Savoy itself and in Northamptonshire, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Lancashire and Westmorland. They are in the name of the master and chaplains of the hospital of Savoy and were kept by them as evidence of transaction. The counterparts are signed and sealed by the lessee and the lessee's copy of the leease was sealed with the common seal of the hospital of Savoy.

A few assignments and surrenders of leases and cancelled grants of the offices of auditor and porter can also be found in the series.

Not Public Record(s)

English

• Duchy of Lancaster, 1399-1399
• Hospital of Savoy, 1517-1702

11 bundle(s)

Open unless otherwise stated

From 1920 Duchy of Lancaster

Topics

Crown lands and estates

Series is accruing

The Hospital of Savoy was founded in 1517 on the site of the old palace of Savoy, which had been destroyed in the Peasants' revolt of 1381. The site had been granted by the Duchy of Lancaster under the Duchy seal on 3 April 1511. the hospital was dissolved in 1553 but was refounded on 3 November 1556. At this foundation the hospital was again endowed with lands to provide for its upkeep. The hospital was finally dissolved in 1702 and thenceforward its lands were administered as part of the land revenues of the crown. The Duchy of Lancaster disputed this, expecially with regard to the land within the preceint of Savoy itself. The question was settled, after a long dispute with the officers of the Land Revenues of the Crown, by an act of Parliament in 1772.