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THE KNIGHTS OF LAZARUS
IN LINCOLNSHIRE
Carlton-le-Moorland
Holy Innocents - Leper Hospital
Dugdales Monasticon Anglicanum (1655–1673) writes about the Hospital of Holy Innocents in Lincoln:
"Regimius, Bishop of Lincoln, is said to have been the first builder of the house for leprous persons near this city, to which he assigned thirteen marks yearly revenue "
This was annexed to the hospital of Burton Lazars, for the "better maintenance" of three of King henry VI Servants who happened to be Lepers.
Threckingham - (Church Effigy)
Hale - St John the Baptist Church
It is on record that "The Church of Hale was given to that of S Lazarus without the walls of Jerusalem by Simon de Gaunt and Alice his wife in the presence of King John who confirmed the gift in 1208".
Heckington - Saint Andrews Church
Braceborough - St Margaret Church
KNIGHTS OF LAZARUS FIGURES IN LINCOLNSHIRE
Lincolnshire & the Lepers: Learn Who Shared Their Chapter of History Here
Holy Innocents - Lincoln
Gilbert Thimbleby (Warden) - 1534
THRECKINGHAM - LINCOLN
James - 1319
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