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That Edward the 6th by his Letters Patent bearing Date the 26th.
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Day of June in the 7th. Year of his Reign Constituted and Appointed the
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Mayor & Comanlty & Citizens of the
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& their Successors
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to be Governors of the Possessions Revenues and Goods of the Hospitals
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of
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Edward King
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of England the 6th. of
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Christ Bridewell & St. Thomas the
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Apostle
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and to be for that purpose a Body Politick & Corporate with
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liberty to purchase
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7. Mar. &. 6.
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That on the 7th. of March following the Mayor Etc purchased a certain
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House & Premises called the
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Grey Fryars
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which were part of the dissolved
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Monastery of the
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which sd. Premises are in the Parish of
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Christ Church
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Jno Lawson
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That soon after the Mayor Etc Appropriated & converted the said House
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& Premisses into an Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of the
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of poor persons belonging to the
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called
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Christ Hospital
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That the Governours of the sd. Hopsital in the Year 1583, purchased a
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certain Parcell of Ground contiquors to & Adjoining to the said Hospital
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which was Parcell of the said dissolved Monastery upon which were then
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Standing certain Houses which after the sd. Purchase were Lett out to Tenants
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and the Rents arising thereby Appropriated to the Use of the Hospital & so
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continued down to the time when the Houses were pulled down as is hereafter
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mentioned.
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That about the Year 1732 the said Houses being in Decay and it being
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found necessary to enlarge the sd Hospital the Houses were by the direction
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of the said Governours pulled down and a certain Building called the Sick
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Ward built upon the Ground whereon the Houses before Stood, which
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Sick Ward now part of
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the Hospital
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inserted by
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Respondents
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{That such Tenants (as Occupiers of sd. Houses) were always rated &
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paid towards the Relief of the Poor of said
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, as
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well as all other Parochial & Ward Rates & Assessments & Served
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the Several Offices in Comon with the other Inhabitants thereof, down to
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said Year 1732 when said Houses were so pulled down and demolished
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as aforesaid.
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That the Sick Ward is Used for the reception of such of the Children of the
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Hospital who become Sick and for no other purpose & that the Governours have
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no other Stock or Estate in or Upon the said Sick Ward save & expect the Beds
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and other like furniture for the Accomodation of the Sick .
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