The great lords of this period who were founders are led by two distinguished kinsmen and counsellors of Edward III—each a HENRY of LANCASTER and Steward of England. The father, when he was becoming blind, erected St. Mary’s at Leicester for fifty poor (1330), and his son doubled the foundation. RICHARD, EARL of ARUNDEL—the victor of Sluys—began to found the Maison Dieu, Arundel, in 1380, but he was executed on a charge of treason; and the work ceased until his son, having obtained fresh letters-patent from Henry V (1423), set himself to complete the design. Several notable veterans of the French campaign may be mentioned as hospital builders, namely, MICHAEL de la POLE (Kingston-upon-Hull), SIR ROBERT KNOLLES (Pontefract), WALTER, LORD HUNGERFORD (Heytesbury) and WILLIAM de la POLE (Ewelme); when the latter became unpopular and was executed as a traitor, his wife Alice—called on her tomb _fundatrix_—completed the building and endowment of God’s House. (Pl. XVII.) [Illustration: _PLATE VIII._ HOSPITAL OF ST. CROSS, WINCHESTER GATEWAY AND DWELLINGS BUILT BY CARDINAL BEAUFORT] Although the benevolence of bishops now chiefly took the form of educational institutions, some well-known prelates [p081] erected hospitals. BUBWITH—Treasurer of England under Henry IV—planned St. Saviour’s, Wells, but it was not begun in his lifetime. BEAUFORT—Lord Chancellor and Cardinal—refounded St. Cross, but, owing to the York and Lancaster struggle, the design was not fully carried out. His rival CHICHELE—the faithful Primate of Henry V—built not only All Souls, Oxford, but the bede-house at Higham Ferrers. There is a tradition that while keeping the sheep by the riverside he was met by William of Wykeham, who recognized his talents and provided for his education. He afterwards desired to found a college in the place where he was baptized, and of this the almshouse formed part. WILLIAM SMYTH—founder of Brasenose—restored St. John’s during his short episcopate at Lichfield. When translated to Lincoln, he turned his attention to St. John’s, Banbury, and bequeathed £100 towards erecting and repairing its buildings, in addition to £60 already bestowed upon it. “This man,” says Fuller, “wheresoever he went, may be followed by the perfume of Charity he left behind him.”