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36. Nicolas Bubwith.
NIcolas Bubwith being Bishop of London and Treasurer [ 1408] of England, left both those places for Salisbury, which also he was content to forsake to accept Welles, within the compasse of one yéere after he was first consecrate to London. This man being at the Counsell of Constance, was appoin∣ted one of those thirty persons that were ioyned with the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the election of Pope Martin the fifth. He built 〈◊〉〈◊〉 almeshouse vpon the North side of Saint Cuthberts church, endowing it with good possessions for the reliefe of many 〈◊〉〈◊〉 persons: They were much increased afterwards by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Storthwayth, somewhat also by Bishop Bourne and other: So that now it maintaineth 24. poore people. He 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vnto our church the parsonage of Bucklaud Abbatis: He built our Library ouer the Cloysters, and a little Chappell for mor∣row masse ouer against the great pulpit. In that Chappell (built belike for the place of his buriall) he founded a Chaun∣try, and dying October 27. 1424. was there enterred. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 supposed he was a great benefactor and contributor toward the building of the Northwest tower at the West ende of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Church: which his armes fixed vpon diuers places of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 same doo partly shew. It is deliuered also, that he gaue 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vnto the Church, which I find to be the gift of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Button the second, and not his, as before is declared.