Ewelme Hospital Deeds

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Ch. Bucks. 1409-40; Derby 57; Hants. 189-93; Oxon. 4295; Wilts. 371
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1523-1800
  • Language of Material
    • English, and Latin.
  • Physical Description
    • 40 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Forty deeds relating to Ewelme Hospital, including property in Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Derbyshire.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Ewelme Almshouse Charity was founded in 1437 when William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, founded an almshouse in Ewelme (Ewelme Hospital).

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The deeds were given to the Library by Mrs Winifred Powell in 1950.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A full description is available in the Library.

Related Material

See also Ewelme Deeds and Papers (MSS. D.D. Ewelme a. 1-8, b. 1-19, c. 1-170, d. 1-56, e. 1-4).

Subjects

Almshouses