Thomas Wright< no role > Clerke of the Hospitall of St. Thomas the Apostle
in Southwarke in the County of Surrey Authorized by vertue of an Order of the Comittee
of Governors of the said Hospitall bearing date the Twenty Fifth day of May 1703
Appeared the Seaven and Twentieth day of the same Month at the Doore of the
Church of St. Thomas and Declared to the Worppll. George Bramston< no role > Doctor of Lawes
Surrogate to the Chancellor of the Right Reverend Father in God Peter Lord< no role >
Bishopp of Winton now comeing to hold in that Church the Annuall Visition
of the said Bishopp for the Deacoury of Southwarke That the said Church is scituate
within the scite of the said hospitall and by vertue of certaine Grants made by
king Edward the sixth vested in the Maior Comonalty and Citizens of the City of
London the Cheife Governors of the said Hospitall and is thereby exempted from all
and all manner of Archiepiscopall Episcopall and Archdiaconall visitacon or
Jurisdiccon whatsoever And that by reason thereof the said Thomas Wright< no role > Did
in the name of the Governors of the said hospitall protest against any visitacon now
designed or intended to be held or made in the said Church And declared that they
absolutely dissent thereto.

To which the said Surrogate Answered and Declared That he did not
appoint this Visitacon to be held in the said Church neither does he come thither to
exercise assume or Challenge any Jurisdiccon in or over that Church as it relates to the said
hospitall nor to Occasion any Doubt Question or Dispute as to the Exemption of the said
Church from such Visitacon or Jurisdiccon And that the visitacon now appointed to
be held there had not been so appointed, but by reason that the Church of St. Saviour
(where the same hath been hertofore usually held) is now repairing and not fitt for the
performing of Divine service, and hearing a Sermon nor to hold any Visitacon therein
And by reason of the shortnesse of the time since he understood the holding this
visitacon in this Church as aforesaid would be opposed by the said Governors no other
Church could be conveniently appointed And he further declared that if the said
Intended visitacon be permitted by the Governors to be now held in the said Church
of St. Thomas the same shall not be drawne into Example nor made use of as a
President or ever given in Evidence for bringing or Subjecting the said Church
to or under the visitacon or Jurisdiccon of the said Bishopp of Winton or his
Successors nor shall in any sort lessen or prejudice the Right of the said Church
to be exempt therefrom but that the Right of the sd Church to be Exempt from such visitacon and Jurisdiccon shall be and remaine of
the same force and Effect as the same would have been if this visitacon
should not have been appointed or held in the said Church as aforesaid.

Geo: Bramston< no role > Surr

Mems that the Doores of the Church were kept shutt, till Dr. Bramston came
and then the protest being made to him at the Church Doore, he went from thence into the
Great Hall of the [..] hospitall where he made and signed the abovewritten Declaracon
And then Mr: Treasurer and some other Governors went back with him to the Church and
permitted the Doores to be opened But by Agreement made with the Doctor The Old
Church Wardens of this parish gave in no presentment nor were the New Church