Bocking
Community ID:
921
Alternate Names:
Maison Dieu
Region:
Essex
Modern Location:
Bocking
Corporate Status:
Hospital
Date Founded:
1440
Foundation Information:
John Doreward was given a license in 1440 to found a hospital for seven poor men to dwell in on two acres of land.
Assets/Property:
The hospital was worth 40s.
Secondary Sources:
2: 183 available online at ">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39860&strquery=Bocking"> [Victoria County History]
Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 6 Part 2
Hospital of Bocking, in Essex
Miscellaneous Information:
for poor men (Knowles). The hospital survived dissolution and later became an almshouse which was still in existence in the nineteenth century.
Admin. Notes:
Needs further verification to see whether women were at this foundation. EMS 5/08
Contributors:
WRL Project\
Date Started:
1440
Length:
157
