Bridewell Royal Hospital:
Minutes of the Court of Governors
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26th April 1781 - 12th July 1792

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Image 91 of 51414th June 1782


Continued Friday 14th. June 1782

the said Court in the Place or stead of the Governor or
Governors last mentioned and shall and may in like manner
fill up all future Vacancies which shall happen so as that
12 Members of the said Court of Common Council and no more
so Nominated and sent to the said several Hospitals as
aforesaid may for the time being and for ever hereafter be
Governors in each of the said Hospitals of Sr. Bartholomew
Christ and Saint Thomas the Apostle and also that 12
Members of the said Common Council may be Governors
of the said United Hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem and
all and every the Person and Persons from time to time to be
Chosen by the said Court of Common Council upon any such
Vacancy as aforesaid after his or their Name or Names
shall be sent to the said Hospital or Hospitals where such
Vacancy or Vacancies respectively shall happen shall or
may Act as Governors of the same Hospitals respectively
and be Intitled to the like Priviledges and Advantages as
the Governors first to be Chosen and sent by the said
Common Council as aforesaid

Provided that nothing herein Contained shall
Prejudice the Rights of such Members of the Court of Common Council
as now are Governors of any of the said Hospitals or shall hereafter
become so by Election or Nomination of the Governors of such
Hospitals in the manner heretofore used and Accustomed over
and besides the 12 Members of the said Court who shall be
Governors by Virtue of this Agreement

And Lastly for removing all doubts touching
the Observance and Performance of this Agreement and of
the Matters and Things herein Contained by all the Parties
hereto and their Successors It is hereby further Agreed by
and between all the Parties aforesaid that this present
Agreement and all and every the Matters and Things herein
Contained shall be humbly Submitted to the consideration




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