Holy Jesus Hospital: Difference between revisions

In 1605 the tower and Friary buildings were given by [[James I of England]] to [[George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar]]. In that same year Home was also made a Knight of the Garter and received his Earldom of Dunbar. Bourne quotes one of his sources as saying, "a Scot did beg it (the Hospital) of King James; after that took the lead off it and sold it; but it was cast away before it came to it's market."<ref name="google1">[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=B1wJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=holy+jesus+hospital+newcastle&source=web&ots=vIw1_NtUt2&sig=0-yRGQyKzYh3QR4hwqDjH5yMf28&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPA137,M1] The History of Newcastle Upon Tyne: Or, The Ancient and Present State of that Town, Henry Bourne,Published by J. White, 1736, Original from Oxford University, Digitized 8 Aug 2007</ref> Also in that year Home consolidated all the lands given to him into a free Earldom, Lordship of Parliament and Barony of Dunbar. The site was one of many Home acquired under the patronage of the king including the Manor and Castle of Norlan and the Castle of St Andrews. Home died in Whitehall, London, in 1611 without a male heir and thus his Earldom and Barony became extinct. A Captain Dykes became the next owner of the land. Bourne wrote 'He (George Home) sold also some stones to Sir Peter Riddel, who with them built the south end of his fine house; but now it belongs to Captain Dykes, and his posterity hath no right.'<ref name="google1"> </ref> The site disappears from the historical record until 1646 when it is recorded as being owned by the council.