Continued Thursday 25th. Novr. 1779.

thereto Whereupon the said James Harper< no role > was Ordered to be
Presented to the said Lord Bishop of London to desire his
Lordship wod. Collate him the said James Harper< no role > into the
said Living the Presentation thereto having Lapsed to his Lordship
for that turn only by reason of the said Derbyshire Myers< no role > not
having been able to obtain Institution to the said Living within
Six Months from the death of the last Incumbent for want of
the Hospitals Seal to be Affixed to such Presentation as aforesaid
which his Lordship was Pleased to Comply with for the reasons
before mentioned and at the request of the Right Honble Thomas
Harley< no role > President of the said Hospital

That at a Committee holden for the said Hospital on the
9th. day of October 1767 upon the Proposal and Application of
George Wyatt< no role > Carpenter and Edward Gray< no role > Bricklayer It was
Ordered that a Lease should be Granted to them of a Piece of
Meadow Ground at Kingsland in the County of Middlesex
containing two Acres and one Quarter or thereabouts To hold
for the Term of 61 Years from Christmas then next under the
Rent of a Pepper Corn for the first two Years of the said Term
They Paying all Parliamentary and other Taxes and for
the Remainder of the said Term at and under the Yearly Rent
of £37.. Payable Quarterly free and clear of all Parliamentary
Taxes and other Deductions whatsoever and laying out on the
said Premises or some part thereof the Sum of £2000 at least
in Substantial Brick Buildings within the first two Years
of the said Term under the Inspection and with the Approbation
of the Hospitals Surveyor and at another Committee holden for
the said Hospital on the 28th. day of September 1775 on the
Petition of the said George Wyatt< no role > and Edward Gray< no role > therein
taking Notice of the above Agreement and that they had built
13 Houses on the said Ground and expended a much larger
Sum than the said £2000 and therefore Praying that instead of
including the whole Ground in one Lease that the governors
would be Pleased to Grant them separate Leases agreeable to the
description and Arrangement of the different Lots by them then