St Thomas's Hospital:
Minutes of the Court of Governors
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20th February 1678 - 16th July 1735

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the lands & Tenemts: belonging to this Hospitall be applied to her
the sealing and Executeing the same.

Order for
[..] cases
[..] ments Etc


Upon consideration had of the report of the Grand Comittee of
Governours of this Hospitall that severall tennts: of lands & Tenemts:
belonging thereunto have (contrary to the Covents & Condicons
conteined in the respective deeds and Indrs: of Lease thereof presum'd
to make undr: leases Grants and Assignemts: of the same without
notice first given of such their doeings to the Clerk of this House
for the time being (whom they ought to have imployed to pen the
same respectively) by which meanes of ten times the Fines due to
the House upon Alienacons have been wrongfully deteined great
Encroachmts: upon the lands and possions of this Hospitall; and
purchasors of Estates and Interests in lands and Tenemts: belonging
to the same by such Clandestine Grants, under leas & Assignement
as aforesaid, have been frequently defranded

[..] for ye
same as afore-
said.


Ordered that it be referred to the perticuler care of the
Clerke of the House to make discovery of all such Audr: leases
Grants and Assignements of any lands and Tenemts: belonging to
this Hospitall as contrary to any of the Covents or Condicons
Conteined in the respective Indrs: of lease and Deeds by which the
same are respectively holden have heretofore beene or shall herea-
fter be made, without notice first given to the said Clerke and his
being imployed to pen the same, who is also hereby impowred, from
time to time to take such course at Law or in Equity for the procuring
satisfaccon to the house in the premisses and for the prventing the
like inconveniences for the time to come as he in his discretion
shall think fitt, and further the said Clerk is required to deliver
a printed Coppy of this Order to each tennant of any lands or
Tenemts: belonging to this Hospitall to the end that none of them
may hereafter plead ignorance or in advertance in Excuse of such
their injurious practices as aforesaid but all of them may Governe
themselves in the premisses according to their respective obligacons
to the house for the future at their utmost perills.

here ends the ordered that were made whilst the Judgement
was in for [..] against the Cities Charter.

These should have been Entred fol (33)




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