by a Rate Intitled a Rate or Assessment on the
Inhabitants and occupiers of lands Houses Shops
shods Tenements and Warehouses within the parish
of Saint Bartholomew the less London made and
Assessed by them the Church Wardens and Overseers
of the Poor and Inhabitants of the said parish whose
Names are thereunto subscribed pursuant to the
several Acts of Parliament made in that behalf
for three Months for or towards the Relief of the poor
of the said Parish as their necessary shall require
have assessed and rated the petitioners for such
Wards of the said Hospital at and after the rate of
Twenty pounds a Year for and towards the relief
of the poor of the said Parish as followeth that is to say
"The Mayor Commonalty and Citizens of the City of
"London Governors of the House of the Poor commonly
"called Saint Bartholomews Hospital near West
"Smithfield London of the Foundation of King Henry
"The Eight, For Lands on which stood Tenements
"and Houses by them pulled down and demolished
"the Tenements whereof were used to be charged in
"the poors rate £5..0.0 Quartely
and that the Parish have containued such Rate upon
such Wards for the Poor ever since to the detriment
and loss of the Charity And that about the Year
An Elaboratory also
hath been elected for the service of the Hospital only