Adeliza, Abbess of Barking; Knowles lists only male personnel.
The hospital was still in use in the 19th century as evidenced by an 1840 inquiry. (Char. Commrs. Rep. xxxii, pt. 6, p. 874.)
The chapel is presently the oldest standing building in Ilford town center.
The Hospital Chapel of St Mary the Virgin and St Thomas the Martyr of Canterbury, Ilford, Essex :;
The Story of St. Mary's Hospital Chapel, Ilford.
Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 6 Part 2
Hospital of Ilford, in Essex
The Victoria History of the County of Essex2: 186-88 available online at ">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39864&strquery=ilford"> [Victoria County History]
A Potted History of Ilford: including it's association with Barking of which, until 1888, it was a part
Ilford: A History
Ilford past and present, including an account of Aldborough Hatch, Barkingside, Chadwell, Hainault forest, Seven Kings ...
Little Ilford, St. Mary the Virgin, 1984.
While the hospital managed to evade dissolution, the last abbess lost wardenship of the hospital in 1405, despite having her claims ratified by King Henry IV in 1400.
