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Hospital of St James and St John

Brackley, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England

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    Brackley, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire NN13 6FB England
    Coordinates: 52.02840, -1.14730
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About the year 1150, Robert le Bossu, 2nd Earl of Leicester, gave to one Solomon, a clerk, an acre of land at Brackley whereon to build a house for showing hospitality to the poor, together with a free chapel and graveyard. His son, Robert Blanchmaines, earl of Leicester, granted 2½ acres adjoining the site of the house and other lands exempt from tolls and dues within the parish of Brackley. The house and chapel were dedicated in honour of St. John the Evangelist, but afterwards re-dedicated in honour of Ss James and John.



In 1484, the patron, Viscount Lovell granted control of the hospital to William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. Waynflete had founded Magdalen College, Oxford in 1458, and Magdalen College School, Oxford in 1480. He made the former hospital part of their property, and by 1548, it was Magdalen College School, Brackley. St James' chapel became the school chapel, in which use it remains today. It is the oldest building in Great Britain in continuous use by a school.



The oldest part of the chapel is the west doorway, which is late Norman. Most of its windows are slightly later, being Early English Gothic lancet windows. The trio of stepped lancets above the west doorway are late 13th century.



About the year 1150, Robert le Bossu, 2nd Earl of Leicester, gave to one Solomon, a clerk, an acre of land at Brackley whereon to build a house for showing hospitality to the poor, together with a free chapel and graveyard. His son, Robert Blanchmaines, earl of Leicester, granted 2½ acres adjoining the site of the house and other lands exempt from tolls and dues within the parish of Brackley. The house and chapel were dedicated in honour of St. John the Evangelist, but afterwards re-dedicated in honour of Ss James and John.



In 1484, the patron, Viscount Lovell granted control of the hospital to William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. Waynflete had founded Magdalen College, Oxford in 1458, and Magdalen College School, Oxford in 1480. He made the former hospital part of their property, and by 1548, it was Magdalen College School, Brackley. St James' chapel became the school chapel, in which use it remains today. It is the oldest building in Great Britain in continuous use by a school.



The oldest part of the chapel is the west doorway, which is late Norman. Most of its windows are slightly later, being Early English Gothic lancet windows. The trio of stepped lancets above the west doorway are late 13th century.



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