St. James Infirmary Blues London's St. James Hospital, a religious foundation for the treatment of leprosy. His references list an article by Kenneth Lodewick. That article states, giving no reference or source for the idea, that the phrase "St. James Hospital" refers to a hospital of that name in London. There is some difficulty in this because the hospital in question closed in 1532 when Henry VIII acquired the land to build St James's Palace. Another possibility suggested by Higginbotham on the basis of his claim that the song "St. James Infirmary" dates at least from the early nineteenth century, is the Infirmary section
Monarch (1800 ship) a convoy of three East Indiamen, "Northampton", "Monarch", and . The French, bound for Brest, continued on their route without giving chase. "Monarch" arrived at The Downs on 30 March. "Monarch" underwent a thorough repair in 1813. She then served as a London-based transport into 1818. The "Register of Shipping" for 1819 showed her trade as London–"Yeatn". The volume for 1820 showed it as London–India. On 31 August 1820 "Monarch"s register was cancelled, demolition having been completed. Citations References Monarch (1800 ship) Monarch was built at Quebec in 1800. She sailed to England where under new ownership she proceeded to