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ther with a grammar school which he intended as a nursery for his great college in Oxford, but this noble foundation was scarce completed, before the disgrace of that prelate; and the site of the college containing by estimation six acres, was granted 23 Henry VIII. to Thomas Alverde; and in 9 Fac. 1 to Richard Percival, and Edmund Duffield. The college was soon demolished, no part of it was left standing except one gate which yet remains. They dug up the very foundation, insomuch that the first stone was not long since found in two pieces, worked into a common wall in Woulform's lane, with a Latin inscription to this effect in the year of Christ 1528, and the twentieth of the reign of Henry VIII, king of England, on the fifteenth of June, laid by John, Bishop of Lincoln. This was John Longland, who was also employed by the cardinal to lay the first stone of his college, in Oxford. But though this attempt did not succeed, the cardinal occasioned some good by it; for we may reasonably suppose that this put king Henry VIII. upon founding the grammar school, and endowing it with what was, at that time, a very handsome allowance for a master and usher.

The water from Stoke hills was brought hither for the use of the convent, before the year 1491.

The journal of the visitors before mentioned,

as 'at St. Peter's, was on the porch the crown of thorns, the sponge and nails, and the Trinity in stone, and the rails were there, all which I ordered to brake in pieces.'

In the suburbs beyond the river stood the church of St. Austin, near the green of the same name. It is often called a chapel; but it had in the conqueror's time eleven acres of land and procurations were paid for it by the prior of St. Peter's so that it was parochial, and impropriated to that priory. It was in use in 1482; the houses and land on the south side of the Orwell, belonging to St. Austin's parish; not far from this church, and perhaps almost opposite to it, stood St. Leonard's hospital: it is now a farm-house, belonging to Christ hospital, in this town.

St. Stephen's is a rectory, the presentation to which devolved with the Christ church estate to the family of Fonnereau,

In Brook street in this parish Charles Brandon duke of Suffolk, had a mansion, where the coach and horses Inn now stand. The Tankard ale-house, next door, formed part of a play-house; opposite to which sir Anthony had a chapel for the use of his family.

Here was also in Ipswich a church of St. Gregory, which was impropriated to Woodbridge priory; but this is all we know of it., And in the abuttals of a messuage, the antiqua

ted church of Osterbolt is mentioned in 21 Edward 111. By which it seems to have stood somewhere not far from St. Clement's steeple ; and as the East-gate formally stood there, it might possibly have the name of Osterbolt from that circumstance; and this being allowed, as the church of St. Clement is not mentioned in Domesday, it is not improbable this might be bailt, instead of that dilapidated church.

In the precincts are the churches of Thurleston, Whitton and Westerfield.

Thurleston, the manor of Barnes here, with the impropriation and advowson of the vicarage, belonged to St. Peter's priory. The manor and impropriation were granted to cardinal Wolsey, 19 Henry VIII, and in 19 queen Elizabeth to Thomas Seckford, esq. they afterwards belonged to the heirs of Edmund Hammond, esq. The church was in use since the year 1500; but the vicarage being united to the rectory of Whitton, the church was neglected after that time, and was for some time used as a barn.

Whitton church is sometimes called Whitton chapel, but improperly for it has been instituted into as a parochial church, upon the presentation of the bishop of Ely, ever since the year 1299, and probably long before. It is dedicated to St. Botolph. If any of the churches now in being, were built in the conqueror's

time (which may well be questioned) we think this bids as fair to be one of them as any; and the neighbouring church of Thurleston seems to be of the like kind.

Westerfield church is in the hamlet or Wykes-Ufford. The patronage of this church and Whitton are said in old writings to belong to the bishop of Ely, in right of a manor he then had in Bramford. The manor of Westerfield, in 1596, belonged to John Dameron, who gave it by will to his grandson Anthony Collet.

The Market, Prior to 1810, was held in the narrow street called the Butter-market, running parellel to Tower street, which being found inconvenient, it was removed.

In 1810, five public spirited gentlemen of this town undertook to erect a new market at their joint expence, which was completed in November, 1811. This is at no great distance from the old butter-market. It is composed of an outer and inner quadrangle, round each of which runs a range of buildings, supported by stone columns, that afford accomodation and protection from the weather to persons who attend the market ane pay a small annual or weekly rent. In the centre of the interior duadrangle is a fountain, the pedestal surmounted with a pyramid of Portland stone, forming an obelisk about twenty feet in height. On each side of the pedestal a bason is cut into the solid stone,

and supplied with water from a lion's head above. By these means the water which before ran waste through the town, is made to contribute to the ornament and convenience of the market The whole undertaking, which cost about £10,000, was executed from the designs and under the direction of Mr. William Brown, architect of Ipswich, and is highly creditable to his professionable abilities. Adjoining this is an enclosed cattle market, an arrangement truly desirable in every populous town, the work of the same proprietors. The market days are Tuesday and Thursday for small meat, Wednesday and Friday for fish, and Saturday for all kinds of provisions.

THE COUNTY GAOL-Here has been erected with such attention to the health and morals of the prisoners, as to call forth the warmest approbation from the late Mr. Neild, many years the coadjutant with the late Mr. Lettsom

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same applies to that at Bury The boundary wall of the former encloses about an acre and a half of ground, and is twenty-four feet high. The turnkey's lodge is in the front, and has a leaden roof, on which executions take place. From the lodge, an avenue ninety-eight feet long leads to the keeper's house in the centre of the prison, from which the several courtyards are completely inspected. The prison,

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