Martin Pattislee or Pattishull appointed 1224 Ralph Brito " 1229 John Mansell " 1247 John de Kirkby " 1265 John de Berwick " 1286 Stephen de Mawley " 1312 Richard de Clare " 1312 Richard de Swinnerton " 1334 Richard de Merimouth " 1338 Richard de Kingston " 1342 Thomas de Clopton " 1349 Reginald de Bryan " 1349 Thomas de Bembre (founder of the chantry) " 1350 Henry de Buckingham " 1361 Richard de Beverley " 1367 John de Carp " 1398 Roger Tortington " 1408 Peter de Altebello " 1412 Walter Medford " 1416 Gilbert Kymer " 1427 Walter Herte " 1467 Hugh Oldham " 1485 Thomas Rowthel " 1508 Henry Hornby " 1509 Reginald Pole " 1517 Nicholas Wilson " 1537 COLLEGE DISSOLVED " 1547 CHAPTER IV ST MARGARET'S HOSPITAL About a quarter of a mile to the north-west of Wimborne stands the chapel of #St Margaret's Hospital#. The date of the foundation of this hospital is uncertain; tradition has it that it was founded by John of Gaunt, son of Edward III., but this is without doubt wrong, as documents--the character of which seem to indicate an early thirteenth-century date--have been found, from which it appears that this hospital existed at that time, and was set apart for the relief and support of poor persons afflicted with leprosy. This disease was at one time so common in England that a great number of lazar-houses were erected in the country, and many were well endowed; but when, after a time, the disease became less violent, many abuses crept in, persons not really suffering from the disease pretended to be lepers in order to get pecuniary benefits, and hence in many cases the leper hospitals were suppressed, or converted to other purposes. At the present day we find in many places, as here at Wimborne, that they are used as almshouses. [Illustration: ST MARGARET'S HOSPITAL.]