Monument record 811/0/7 - Hospital of St John and St Martin, Perio

Hospital founded at Perio (or Pirho) by 1282. It is called a free chapel in 1535, by which time it seems to have ceased being a hospital.

{1}Documentary evidence of the Hospital of St John and St Martin which was founded before 1282 and dissolved in 1535; it was granted to Cotterstock College in 1329 and by the time of Henry VIII it seems merely to have become a beneficed chantry being styled as a free chapel;

{2} It was a free chapel by 1535 with an income of £5.5; by then it had ceased to be a chapel;

{3} In the village of Perio was a small hospital dedicated to St John and St Martin. It is said to have been sited 0.75 miles from Southwick church; among the placenames of Cotterstock is that of 'Monks Sink' where it is said that there was a chapel; Monks Synke is located at TL03399195;

{5}Fieldname: Chapel Close at TL04359209; Monks Synke at TL03399195; Perio Chapel Close at TL04359209

{6, 7} Parch marks of rectangular buildings set around a possible courtyard; these may be a medieval hospital site?

{8} "Among the place-names found in Cotterstock is 'Monks Sink' where, according to local tradition there was a building with a Chapel dedicated to St John in connection with the College."

{9} An Estate map, anon. drawn c 1600, belonging to Col Caperon, Southwick Hall shows "Monks Synke" at TL 03399195 and "Perio Chapel Close" at TL 04359209.

{10} 'Monks Synke' seems to be applied on the Estate Map to a brook or ditch (which may have extended eastward towards Perio). In spite of the 'tradition' connected with it {8}, it seems more probable that 'Perio Chapel Close' commemorates the true site. This contains disturbances of D M V character (See HER no 811), one or two of which, although amorphous, are of sufficient size (and possible E-W orientation) to conceal the foundations of a Chapel.

<1> Knowles; Hadcock, 1971, Medieval Religious Houses England and Wales, p.291 (unchecked) (Book). SNN10192.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, TL09SW13 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> Serjeantson R.M.; Ryland W. (Editors), 1906, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.163+591 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100369.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.87/Site 13 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77379.

<5> 1600 (circa), Southwick Estate Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN47498.

<6> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:TL0492/168-9 (Photographs). SNN104822.

<7> 1984, Oral Report to SMR, G Foard 09/10/84 (Oral Report). SNN50436.

<8> Serjeantson R.M.; Ryland W. (Editors), 1906, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p. 555 (Series). SNN100369.

<9> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, F1 JB 04-JUN-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

<10> GSL, 1970, Field Investigators Comments, F2 GSL 18-AUG-70 (Note). SNN112507.

Record last edited

May 23 2023 4:12PM