Court day Continued March the 5th 1733

Committee's report touching
Mr Lutman's house}

The Committee appointed att the last Court for viewing Mr Lutmans house now
made their report that the same wanted to be repaired Thereupon Mr John Hindes< no role >
Mr Lutman's Son was called in who proposed to take a Lease for 21 yeares & would pay
the same rent as his Mother now does in Case the Company would do such repaires
as he required Thereupon Mr Edward Bowcher< no role > and Mr Deane ware desired to
Meet Mr Hindes-att the house to take an account of what the said Mr Hindes
would have done in order for the Company's Concurrence Thereto

Clerk laid the State of the
Company's affairs before ye Court}

The Clerk now laid before this Court a state of the Company's affaires pursuant to the
order of last Court

Letter to Godalaring concernd
the Almsmen}

Att this Court the Clerk read a Letter from Godalming Almshouse Complaining that
some of the poor men there could not subsist without having further releife And that the
parishes would not maintaine them without going into the Workhouse Thereupon &
on reading the said Letter the Clerk was ordered to write an Answer to Laurence Collins< no role >
the Chaplaine that if the poor Men could not subsist on what was allowed them they
must go to the parish for the Company would not allow them further Subsistance and the
parishes must nominate others to be Chosen in their Rooms

Tuesday Aprill the 2d: 1734

Att a Court of Assistants held att the Hall

present Mr Richard Norman< no role > Master
Mr Thomas Haddon< no role > Warden

Assistants

Mr Thomas Bowcher< no role > Sir William Ogborne< no role > Mr Samuel Boughton< no role > Mr Thomas Boddell< no role >
Mr Thomas Wilmor< no role > Mr Edward Bowcher< no role > Mr Mathew Deane< no role > Mr John Prater< no role > Major
Benjamin Osgood< no role > Mr Benjamin Barlow< no role > Coll John Williams< no role > and Mr John Russell< no role >

Quarteridge

William Coates< no role > paid Quarteridge to Lady day last0:2:6

Benger to Coates

Jonathan Benger< no role > Son of Abraham Benger< no role > Citizen and Clothworker of London bound to
William Coates< no role > Citizen and Carpenter of London for seven yeares Consideracon money
twenty pounds, ten pounds part there of Charity money paid by the Treasurer of Christs
Hospitall

May day Gift

Ordered That Richard Bannister< no role > James Harris< no role > and William Tyson< no role > be appointed to fetch
May to the Hallon May day next

Clerk to appeare & prepare
Answer to Bill in Chancery
att the suite of Atterney Genall}

Att this Court the Clerk read a Bill or Informacon in Chancery Wherein his Majestys
Attorney Generall was Plaintiff from the relacow of the Churchwardens & Overseers
of the Freedom part of the parish of Old gate against Valentine Brewis< no role > one of the surviving
Executors of the last Will & Testam [..] of Sir John Cass< no role > deced (who was formerly a Member
of the Company) and against The Churchwardens and Overseers of Hackney and also ag [..]
The Master Wardens and Assistants of this Company Defts and upon hearing the said Bill
or Informacon read And this Company knowing the said sir John Cass< no role > had by his Will directed
20 Almshouses to be built in the Ward of Portsoaken London for 20 poor Members of this
Company Therefore this Court dath now order and direct the Clerk of this Company to appeared &
prepare a proper Answer to the said Bill or Information against the next Court for the
Comapany's Approbacon there to