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The Guild or Gild of St John the Baptist was an English medieval religious guild in Deritend - an area of the manor of Birmingham within the parish of 
The Guild or Gild of St John the Baptist was an English medieval religious guild in Deritend - an area of the manor of Birmingham within the parish of Aston
Aston is an area of inner Birmingham, England. Located immediately to the north-east of Central Birmingham, Aston constitutes a ward within the metropolitan authority. It is approximately 1.5 miles from Birmingham City Centre.
History
Aston wa ...
. It maintained the priest of St John's Chapel, Deritend
St John's Church, Deritend was a parish church in the Church of England in Birmingham, which stood from 1735 until it was demolished in 1947.
History
A church was established in 1380 when the villagers in Deritend were given the right to build ...
as its own chaplain, paying his stipend of £5 per year, and also supported a grammar school with its own schoolmaster.
The Guild survived the investigations of the commissioners established by Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...
in 1545 to examine the religious endowments that remained after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but was suppressed along with its associated chantry under Edward VI in 1547. All of the guild's property was sold in 1549, except for the chapel itself. The late 14th century guildhall survives as the Old Crown Inn
The Old Crown Inn is a grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in ...
, the oldest remaining building of medieval Birmingham.
The order also built the Guildhall in nearby Henley in Arden.
References
Bibliography
*{{Citation, last=Gill, first=Conrad, year=1952, title=Manor and borough to 1865, volume=1, series=History of Birmingham, publication-place=London, publisher=Oxford University Press Guilds in England History of Birmingham, West Midlands