Bridewell and Bethlem
Hospitals London}

At a Court held at the said
Hospital of Bridewell on Thursday
the 28th. June 1792 .

Wm. Pickett< no role > Esqr . Alderman

The Right Worshipful Brass Crosby Esqr. Alderman President
The Right Worshipful Richard Clark< no role > Esqr . Alderman Treasurer
Henry Cranke< no role > Esqr . Auditor General

John Jackson< no role > Esqr .Silas Palmer Esqr .Robert Precious Esqr .
John James< no role > Esqr .Mr. John Thorne< no role > Thomas Nixon< no role > Esqr .
Robert Hunter< no role > Esqr .The Revd. Moses WightWilliam Wilson< no role > Esqr .
Edward Matthews< no role > Esqr .The Revd. Thomas Bowers< no role > Mr. Francis Rivington
Mr. Richard TillJohn Frost< no role > Widmore Esqr .George Samuel Wegg< no role > Esqr .
William Waddington< no role > Esqr .Robert Bland Esqr . M. D.John Birch< no role > Esqr .
Edward Bigg Esqr .John Holliday< no role > Esqr .Richard Holford< no role > Esqr .
Edward Atkins< no role > Esqr .Edward Parry< no role > Esqr .Mr. Mathew Stainton
Mr. Thomas Whipham< no role > Meredith Price Esqr.Mr. Peter Perchard
Cecil Pitt Esqr .Benjamin Tebbs Esqr .Samuel Thorpe< no role > Esqr .
William Chamberlayne< no role > Esqr .Mr. William Powell< no role > Granville Sharp Esqr .
John Read< no role > Esqr .Henry Evans< no role > Esqr .Robert Ray< no role > Esqr .

The Minutes of the last Court were Read and Confirmed.
The Court proceeded to take into further consideration the Report of the Select Committee

The Porter of Bridewell

The Porter of Bridewell
His Duty

Is to receive into his Custody all prisoners under a legal commitment, and not
otherwise and immediately to indorse on the back of the Warrant the day and hour
when such prisoner was received and subscribe his name close to such indorsement
and number the Warrants on the front as they come in to enter in a Book provided for
the purpose the number of the Warrant the name of the Prisoner committed by whom when
on whose Oath and for what cause and after such entry to copy all Warrants of
Committment which shall come in from eight o Clock in the Morning until four in the
afternoon on or before Six o' Clock of the same day to the Steward to be entered in his
Book and to carry those which shall arrive betwixt 4 o' Clock in the afternoon and 8 the
next Morning to the Steward by ten o Clock to be entered in like manner and then carefully
to fill the said Warrnats in numerical order to enter in the Margin of the said Book by
what authority each prisoner was discharged and also whether corrected.

To view and inspect the prisoners well and cause his Man the Matron Beadles and
others to do the same and ascertain whether any of the Prisoners have been in the Prison
before at what times under what name or description also as for as possible how such
Prisoners have been employed and what have been their habits of life since their former
discharge and register the same in his Book. In cases of escape to acquaint the president
and Treasurer thereof and use his best endeavours to relate the Prisoner

He is see that the Men's prison be well washed once a week with Vinegar fumigated