Hospital of St John
Hospital of St John, Winchestercounty:
Hampshire
The place is described in text Leland 1535-43
And hard by on the same hand [entering ynto Winchestre by thest gate] a litle more weste is a fair hospital of S. John, wher pore syke people be kept. Ther is yn the chapelle an ymage of S. Brinstane, sumtyme Bisshop of Wynchester; and I have redde that S. Brinstane foundid an hospitale yn Winchestre.
Minns says:- St. Brinstan, or Beornstan, according to Dr. Milner, governed the See 931-984. He was renowned for his sanctity, and founded an hospital which was destroyed by the Danes.
founded by John Devenshe, 1275; near East Gate
