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In 1514, Edmund Daundy, portman of Ipswich, founded a chauntry in this church for a secular priest to offer at the altar of St. Thomas, in behalf of himself and his relations, a mong whom he reckoned Thomas Wolsey, then dean of Lincoln; and his parents Robert and Jane Wolsey, then deceased: and gave this priest and his successors, his house in St. Lawrence parish, for a mansion; and his lands in Sproughton, Stoke, and Alnesborne, for a maintenance. Mr Daundy first built the Marketcross, and was one of the most respectable men of the town, in his time. All his daughters married gentlemen of good fortunes; and the issue of one of them, was the wife of Lord Keeper Bacon. It appears then, that Cardinal Wolsey was well allied; and as we meet with nothing that gives the least countenance to the common notion of his being the son of a butcher, it is very probable that his parents were not in such mean circumstances, as the Cardinal's enemies have taught the world to believe.

St. Margaret. This church was impropriated to the priory of the Holy Trinity Trinity church, from which probably the priory had its name, stood near St. Margaret's churchyard; and is mentioned in Domesday, as being endowed in the conqueror's time with twentysix acres of land. The strong foundation of this steeple was, many years ago undermined

and blown up with gunpowder. The priory was founded and chiefly endowed before 1177. by Norman Gastrode, for black canons of the order of St. Austin. Henry II. granted the prior and convert a fair and Holy-rood day. Sept. 14. to continue three days. Not long af ter the founding of this monastery, the church and the offices were burnt down; but they were rebuilt by John of Oxford, bishop of Norwich; whereupon Richard 1. gave the patronage of the priory to him and his successory. The grant of the fair was afterwards confirmed. by king John, who, moreover, gave to the priory all the lands and rents formerly belonging to the churches of St. Michael, and St. Saviour's in Ipswich. From this expression, it seems as if both these churches were even then dilapidated. It is not known where they stood; but there is a sort of uncertain tradition, which says, the church of St. Saviour stood behind St. Mary Elms; and that the church of St. Michael, which is said in Domesday to have had eight acres of land, stood somewhere near the church of St. Nicholas. The revenues of this priory in 26 Henry VIH, were valued at £88. 63. 9d. per annum, and were granted 36 of the same reign, to sir Thomas Pope.

The church of St. Margaret is not mentioned in Domesday, so that it was not then in being; but the church of the Holy Trinity being

wholly appropriated to the use of the prior and. convent, we think this church might be built for the use of the parishioners.

The parliamentary visitors who acted in Suffolk, by virtue of a warrant from the Earl of Manchester in the year 1648, and who from their hatred of painted glass, may be called, the Windowbreaking Visitors, took down from this church the twelve apostles in stone, and ordered between twenty and thtrty pictures to be taken down. This appears from the Journal of William Dowsing, of Stratford, who was principally concerned and had power of appointing deputies to visit and deface churches in Suffolk ; a part of which journal accidentaly came into our hands.

St. Mary at Elms. This church was given to Trinity priory by Alan the son of Edgar Aleto, and Richard the son of Alan. But there seems to have been no grant made of the impropriation, since the dissolution of that monastery. In Domesday book only one church is mentioned, as dedicated to St. Mary; which is supposed to be St. Mary at Tower. From hence we may conclude, that this church was not then built; but that it succeeded the dilapidated church of St. Saviour, as St. Helen's did that of St. John in Caldwell, and as St. Nicholas was built instead of St. Michael's church And if this be admitted, we will add one further

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conjecture, that it might probably be built upon the very spot where St. Saviour's church stood.

Opposite to this church, is an alms-house for twelve poor women, in pursuance of the will of Mrs. Ann Smyth, of London, widow, who left five thousand pounds for it; but there being a deficiency of assets, after adjusting all claims, the court of chancery appointed £4432, 5s. 2d for this purpose, which was laid out in south-sea annuities; and the ministers of St. Peter and St. Mary at Elms, in Ipswich, for the time being, were appointed trustees for it. The reverend Mr. Cornwallis and Mr. Bishop, then ministers of these two parishes, generously accepted the trust, without the least remuneration for their trouble.

St. Mary at Kay. This church was impropriated to the priory of St. Peter, and all the tithes belonging to it were granted (7 Edward VI.) to Webb and Breton. The church was new built since the year 1418, when Richard Gowty was a considerable benefactor to it; for by his will in that year made, he ordered his body to be buried in the church-yard of St. Mary at the Kay, in Ipswich, and gave Calyon. stone for the whole new church, which was to be built in the said church-yard.

North of this church, but within this parish, was a house of Black Friars Dominicans, called the Friars Preachers, who settled here in the

latter end of the reign of Henry III. It was founded by Henry Mansby, Henry Redred and Henry Loudham, granted 33 Henry VIII. to William Sabyn, but bought by the corporation and applied to several useful purposes. Here is an hospital for poor boys; a grammar school room; a public library; a bridewell; and a great part of it makes habitations for the poor of Mr. Tooley's foundation.

St. Mary at Stoke. "King Eadgar gave Stoke, a member of Ipswich," to the prior and convent of Ely. This gift includes the hamlet, (which takes in part of the parish of Sproughton) together with the advowson of the rectory, and the manor of Stoke-hall, now called StokePark. King Edgar's grant was executed with great solemnity, as appears from the deed itself, Ego Eadgarus, &c. Basileus-non clam in angulo, sed palam, sub Dio, subscripsi; and it was attested by his queen, St. Dunstan, archbishop, and many of the first officers and nobility of that time. This was given about the year 970, and is now in the dean and chapter of Ely, and holden of them by Nathaniel Acton, esq. There was a suit between the prior and convent, and Rodger de Munchensis, about this manor, in 14 Henry 11, which was decided in favour of the monks,

In this parish is the manor of Godlesford, now called Gusford hall; which manor with its

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