St. Mary's Spital
An Augustinian priory and leper hospital founded in 1197 by [Walter Brune]? and his wife Roesia. The area of Spitalfields is named after it.
References:
- Excavations at the Priory and Hospital of St. Mary Spital, Christopher Thomas, Barney Sloane and Christopher Phillpotts, Museum of London, £32.00
Not to be confused with St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington.
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