'In 1618 William Lawes, the master, petitioned the justices for payment of a yearly sum of £10 formerly given to the hospital, and this was agreed to by the justices on condition that they should have the nomination of inmates, whose number was to be reduced to eight. It is probable that not long after this date the hospital ceased to exist and the mastership became a sinecure, the issues being applied in augmentation of the stipend of one of the cathedral vicars.': Hospitals: St James & St Mary Magdalen, Chichester', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 2 (1973), pp. 99-100. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=36616. Date accessed: 12 April 2007.