
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The Trinities Site of the College and Hospital of the Holy Trinity, founded in 1385 by Sir Robert and Lady Constance Knowles for a master, six chaplains, thirteen poor persons and two servants. The College was dissolved in 1548 but the almshouses were in use until the twentieth century.
Sir Robert Knowles and Lady Constance Knowles founded the College and Hospital of the Holy Trinity in Pontefract in 1385 to provide for a master, chaplains, poor persons, and servants, reflecting their significant contributions to medieval charitable institutions.
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