A woolstapler in Barchester, who died in 1434, leaving his estate to found an almshouse, later known as Hiram’s Hospital, for “twelve superannuated woolcarders, all of whom should have been born and bred and spent their days in Barchester”
A woolstapler in Barchester, who died in 1434, leaving his estate to found an almshouse, later known as Hiram’s Hospital, for “twelve superannuated woolcarders, all of whom should have been born and bred and spent their days in Barchester”