Kepier Hospital was inspected in 1535 as part of Henry VIII 's Valor Ecclesiasticus survey of monasteries . It was shown to be the richest hospital in the diocese , devoting 25 % of its gross annual income of £ 186 0s . 10d . to almsgiving . Kepier maintained four choral chaplains and 10 inmates , and distributed doles to the poor at the gates of £ 16 5s . a year . Henry ordered the closure of the lesser monastic houses ( including Kepier ) prompting the doomed Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion . The Master of the Hospital supported the Bishop of Durham in opposing the Pilgrims , but its ( lay ) steward Sir John Bulmer was executed for participating in the rebellion . Legislation of 1539 extended the suppression to some hospitals , which included Kepier , but spared Sherburn Hospital and Greatham Hospital . Kepier and its lands were granted to Henry 's Secretary of State , Sir William Paget , although these soon reverted to the Crown and thence to a succession of lay owners including the Scotsman John Cockburn of Ormiston
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Kepier Hospital