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More about Royston Hertfordshire
Royston is the most northern town in Hertfordshire.
It lies at the crossing of two ancient thoroughfares,
Ermine Street and the Icknield Way (cum Ashwell Street).
A cross, named Roisia's Cross, was erected, weehay, by
the crossroads, and it is from this that the town takes
its name. The base of the cross still exists and has
been placed by the cross roads.
These roads are sometimes called military roads as they
were prepared or improved by Roman military forces to
facilitate their access to the hinterland of Britain.
The exact site of this cross is unknown but it probably
stood in the southeastern angle of the roads between the
dome of Royston Cave and the line of Ermine Street in
the parish of Barkway. Its name comes from the Lady
Roisia, wife of Eudo Dapifer, steward to William the
Conqueror. In the late twelfth century there is the
first mention of Crux Roys, a wayside cross near a
priory of Austin Canons.
The crossroads were linked to five parishes: Therfield,
Melbourn, Bassingbourn, Kneesworth and Barkway. Ralph de
Rochester founded the priory which came out of a chapel
for three canons, later expanded to seven or more
regular canons. Royston also had two hospitals, or free
chapels, as well as the monastery.
The hospital of St John and St Thomas was founded for
lepers and was located to the southwest of the junction.
It was founded by Richard Argentine, reputedly a Templar
and one time Sheriff of Cambridgeshire.
The Hospital of St Nicholas was situated in the
Cambridgeshire side of Royston. It was founded in about
1200 probably by Amphelise, a daughter of Richard the
Chamberlain. In 1213 King John granted them a fair to
celebrate the feast of St Nicholas (May 8 - 9). The
patronage of the hospital subsequently descended to Sir
Giles Argentine, who also held the patronage of the
other Hospital. In the fourteenth century, St Nicholas
Hospital was put under the jurisdiction of that of St
John and St Thomas. The whole was suppressed in 1547.
The town having lost is monastic character, the site of
the priory was obtained by Robert Chester, a gentleman
of the bedchamber to Henry VIII, who set up a market.
Much of the town was given over to inns catering for
travellers mainly going between London and York. However
on April 30, 1603 James VI of Scotland was travelling
down to become King James I of England, pausing
overnight at the Chester residence.
Within a few months, even before his coronation, King
James decided to take up abode at the priory. He soon
had an expanse of buildings which were never extensive
enough to cater for a full court, but which provided a
suitable spot for hunting, near enough to London for
convenience and sufficiently far away to deter
intrusion. Indeed he created a strict prohibition on
anyone else from taking game within 14 miles (23 km) of
Royston, and an elaborate infrastructure was established
to support the King in the pursuit of his sport.
Queen Anne and Prince Henry only visited the town once,
in 1611 – 1612. Next year the Queen opposed the marriage
of her daughter, Princess Elizabeth to Frederick V,
Elector Palatine, but the King came to Royston with Lord
Rochester to negotiate the dowry which was signed there.
Following the marriage, celebrated on St Valentine's day
1613, the King, Prince Charles and Frederick came to
stay at Royston.
In 1742 a strange cave carved out of the chalk was
discovered in the centre of Royston. This cave is
located underneath the central crossroads of the town
where the Icknield Way crosses Ermine Street.
Courtesy of Wikimedia,
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