A fraternity or brotherhood of S. Charity and S. John the Evangelist, of the Priests of London, was founded in 1442 by Thomas Symmeson, rector of All Hallows London Wall, William Cleve, chaplain of the chantry founded at the altar of St. John Baptist in the church of St. Mary Aldermary, and others for the maintenance of poor and infirm priests (MS. Han. 604, f. 12b, 12, and P.R. 20 H. VI. , set out in Trans. L. and M. Arch. Soc. V.188).
The hospital was by London Wall, opposite the north end of St. Mary Axe Street.
The church of St. Augustine Papey, lately annexed to All Hallows London Wall, with an adjoining messuage, etc., were given to the master and brethren as an endowment (ib.), and the hospital seems to have derived its name from the church (
There is among the Cottonian MSS. in the British Museum a book of the ordinances of the fraternity, much damaged by fire, and from this book it appears that the Master and Wardens of the Fraternity had made a brick wall closing in the chapel of seint Austyn called "Pappey chapell." Near the south-east corner of this brick wall was a "skuncheon," which stood partly on the common ground of the city, and was given in 1457 by the Mayor and Aldermen to the Fraternity (Cott. MS. Vitell. F. XVI. fo. 119).
Hospital suppressed temp. Edward VI.