Talk:Gray's Almshouses

Dates confusion
The dates in this article are a bit confusing. We have Gray born in 1570 & foundation in 1635 in the lead and then "town of his birth in 1935". I presume this is a typo but wanted to check.&mdash; Rod talk 11:33, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Oops, I thought I'd caught every instance that I'd done this. Thanks for the spot.  Harrias  talk 12:16, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Burning of Pope's Almshouse
Presumably @Harrias: I have a manygreats-grandmother who died in Pope's almshouse in 1868 so I was interested in the source of the statement that it was adjacent to Gray's and had been burned in one of the sieges of Taunton (ie about 1645), but although the link still works, the "history" there is just a link to a history of the chapel in Gray's almshouses and says nothing relevant. Probably the website has been re-jigged. Is it possible to find another source?
 * I have linked to the archived version of the page. Hope that helps. Harrias  talk 08:38, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Now I know that: "The construction helped the Almshouses to survive the English Civil War when the adjoining wooden ‘Pope’s Almshouses built in 1590, which formed part of the Eastgate fortifications, were burnt down by Lord Goring’s troops in the fighting. (Pope’s were rebuilt by Lady Portman and survived until 1932 when they were demolished and the proceeds used to fund Leycroft Close in Hamilton Road.)"Keepitshort (talk) 11:49, 6 September 2020 (UTC)