 The loss of rent and tithes from its destroyed properties—and the opportunity to purchase now vacant land on which to build—led St. Mary's College to invest heavily in the redevelopment of the affected part of the town.On 4 March 1445, Robert Thurbern, the Warden of St. Mary's College, contracted two carpenters—John Hardyng and Richard Holnest—to build a timber-framed inn on the site