on 11 july 1516, granted the brothers at helsingør's carmelite priory permission to build a hospital for "poor, sick foreign seamen for rest and something, help and comfort". the building, located on present day hestemøllestræde to the south of the priory's chapel, was 25 and contained 8–m10 beds. after the dissolution of the priory in 1536 during the reformation, the carmelites were turned out. the hospital was sold to asgud mikkelsen who constructed a horse mill at the. herluff trolle, who had become seignor of krogen in 1544, acquired the property in 1550. he extended the one-storey hospital building westwards withy a two-storey townhouse. it is likely that trolle intended to expand the house further but he left helsingør when he was appointed to seignor of copenhagen castle in 1561. the house in helsingør was instead granted by herluff and birgitte trolle to the city's grammar school.