particulary mentioned and described and then of the yearly
value of £450 and no more To hold to and to the use
of the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens
and their Successors for ever And his Majesty King
Edward by the same Letters Patent ordained that the
Hospitals therein mentioned when thus founded and
established should be one Body Corporate and Politic
for ever and should be called by the name of the
Governors of the Possessions Revenues and Goods
of the Hospitals of Edward the Sixth King of
England (that is to say) Christ Bridewell and
Saint Thomas the Apostle for ever and should
have one Common Seal for the use of the Hospitals
with power to make such Ordinances Statutes and
Rules as might be necessary for the good Goverment of
the said Hospitals.

That upon an Inspection of the several Books or
Records belonging to the said Hospitals respectively it
appears that soon after the foundation of the said
Hospitals respectively and until in or about the
year 1557 the affairs of such several Hospitals
were managed and transacted by or under the
direction of certain of the Aldermen of the said City
and of some other persons who appear to have been
appointed or admitted Governors of the said
Hospitals at Courts or Committees held for such
Hospitals respectively and that in or about the
said Year 1557 the said Hospital of Saint
Bartholomew was united to the rest of the said
Hospitals and such Hospitals from thenceforth
continued under the direction of such certain
Aldermen and other persons as Governors until
in or about the year 1564 in which Year it