Possibly one of our ancestors?
46. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. NICHOLAS AND ST. KATHARINE, CANTERBURY
William Cokyn, citizen of Canterbury, founded this hospital in the
parish of St. Peter in or before the time of Archbishop Hubert, but
afterwards caused it to be united with the hospital of St. Thomas,
Eastbridge, the union being confirmed by a bull of Innocent III dated
1203. Edward It in 1314 confirmed to the united hospitals the grants
made to them by Cokyn. (fn. 1)
134. Ralph BALDWIN (12770)<129> was born circa 1544.<130> He married
[widow]
Maryan BREECH (12771) on 15 May 1564 at St. Peter's Church, Canterbury, Kent,,
England.<131> He resided in 1574 at Cogan House, St. Peter's Street,
Canterbury,
Kent,, England. '. . .Cogan House in St. Peter's Street. . .a very ancient stone
house still survives on the street front, with part of an aisled hall
behind it of a
date sometime before 1250. . .The first mention of a dwelling here is
c. 1200 A.D. in
'Rental D' of the Christ Church rentals published by Dr. URRY. The
frontage of the
plot (D365) is given as 36 ft. (10.92 m.), which corresponds with the present
frontage of No. 53 St. Peter's Street. . . .Shortly before the year
1203, William
COKYN purchased the property. . .and founded there a hospital. . .two
later members
of the founder's family lived in Cogan House in the mid-fourteenth
century. . .most
extensive alterations to the house however, were made by one John
THOMAS about 1529.
He pulled down the rear part of the aisled hall and built the Tudor wing. The
remaining part of the hall was divided into two floors, and beautiful panelling
added. THOMAS was a hosier and 'pointmaker,' his hobbies appear to have been
hunting and bear-baiting. Point making was a lucrative trade at this period, as
metal tags or points were extensively used on laces by gentlemen of
fashion. The
'parchemin' panelling, which is still in such wonderful condition, is
carved with a
design of foliage and grapes on every panel, and is more Continental
than English in
style. . .
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