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Continued Thursday 9th. June 1774
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Dunbar Mary
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her Legacy
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of £100 to Incurables reported
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and reced
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Upon Reading an Extract of the Will of
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Mary Dunbar
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in the
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bearing date the
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2d. day of January 1773
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in
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the Words following, that is to say, Also I Will and Direct the sum of
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£100 to be paid to the said
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Benjamin Joscelyne
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in 12 Months after my
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decease upon this special Trust and Confidence nevertheless that he the
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said
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his Exors or Admors shall and do lay out &
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Invest the said Sum of £100 in some or one of the Publick Stocks or
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Funds or put or place out the same upon Government or nat Security
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in his or their Name or Names and pay the Interest Dividends Profits
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and Annual produce there of unto the
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of Bethlem Hospital
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to be by them for ever paid and applied in and towards the Support
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of the poor Incurables in the said Hospital" and it being Represented
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to the Court that Mr.
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Benjamin Joscelyne
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the Sole Executor was desirous
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of paying the said Legacy to the
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of the
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instead of being at the trouble of Investing the same in the Public
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Funds and from time to time receiving and paying over the Dividends
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This Court doth Order that Mr
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treasurer
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be desired to Receive the
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said Legacy of £100 from the said Mr Joscelyne and that he
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give a Discharge for the same and it is further Ordered that the said
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£100 be carried to the Account and placed to the Credit of the Poor
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Incurables harboured in the said Hospital
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Christs Hospl.Their Joint
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Petition with
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to The Lord Mayor &
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for an Addl Term to be granted
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them of a Pascel of Ground in
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Water course Lane read and
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Ordered
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Upon Reading the Petition of the
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of
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Christs Hospital
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and of
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the Hospitals of
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To the Right Honourable the Lord
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Mayor Alderman & Commons of the
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in Common Council Assembled
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setting forth" That the Mayor and Commonally and Citizens of the
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by their Indenture of Lease bearing date the 2d. July 1717 In Consn. of the Govrs. of the
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sd. Hospitals having surrendered to be concelled a Lease dated the 9th. May 1671
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Granted to
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John Fowke
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Citizen and Alderman of London of a Piece or Parcel of
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Ground with the Appurts in
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in the Parish of
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the East
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within the
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for 71 Years from Michs. then next at the Yearly
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Rent of £4 wherein was about 27 Years to come at Michs. 1715 wherein formerly
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stood a Messe which was destroyed by the Fire in 1715 And in Consn. of the said
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Govrs. having rebuilt the sd. Messe an Additional Number of Years being for
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that purpose the made to the said Govrs. they sd. Mayor and Commonally and
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Citizens of the
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demised All that piece of Ground in Water course Lane
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whereon stood the said Messe before the Fire then in the Occupation of
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Richd. Tidlen
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Contg. in Breadth in the front next Water course Lane from certain Ground belonging
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to the sd. Hospitals on the North side to other Ground of the City's on the South
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17 Feet 7 Inches and backwards 16 Feet and in length on the South side 76 Feet
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3 Inches and on the North side 74 Feet To hold the said Piece or parcel of
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Ground with the sd. Messe & the Appurts unto the sd. Mayor & Commonalty &
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Citizens of the
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Govrs. of the Hospitals aforesd. from Michas 1751 for
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61 Years at the yearly Rent of £4 which Lease will expire on the 10th October 1776
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That the sd. Piece of Ground & Messe being an Accomodation to the sd. Hospitals in
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respect to their Estates adjoining thereto The Petitioners therefor humbly pray that
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this Honble Court will be Pleased to take the Premes into Consn. & to Grant the
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Petrs. such further term & on such conditions as to this Honble Court shall seem
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meet" It is Ordered that Mr.
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treasurer
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or the Clerk do concur with the
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and Clerk of Christs Hospital in procuring a Lease from the
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Corporation of London of the before mentioned Premises
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