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<p n="15">by a Rate Intitled a Rate or Assessment on the<lb></lb>
Inhabitants and occupiers of lands Houses Shops<lb></lb>
shods Tenements and Warehouses within the parish<lb></lb>
of Saint Bartholomew the less London made and<lb></lb>
Assessed by them the Church Wardens and Overseers<lb></lb>
of the Poor and Inhabitants of the said parish whose<lb></lb>
Names are thereunto subscribed pursuant to the<lb></lb>
several Acts of Parliament made in that behalf<lb></lb>
for three Months for or towards the Relief of the poor<lb></lb>
of the said Parish as their necessary shall require<lb></lb>
have assessed and rated the petitioners for such<lb></lb>
Wards of the said Hospital at and after the rate of<lb></lb>
Twenty pounds a Year for and towards the relief<lb></lb>
of the poor of the said Parish as followeth that is to say<lb></lb>
"The Mayor Commonalty and Citizens of the City of<lb></lb>
"London Governors of the House of the Poor commonly<lb></lb>
"called Saint Bartholomews Hospital near West<lb></lb>
"Smithfield London of the Foundation of King Henry<lb></lb>
"The Eight, For Lands on which stood Tenements<lb></lb>
"and Houses by them pulled down and demolished<lb></lb>
"the Tenements whereof were used to be charged in<lb></lb>
"the poors rate £5..0.0 Quartely<lb></lb>
and that the Parish have containued such Rate upon<lb></lb>
such Wards for the Poor ever since to the detriment<lb></lb>
and loss of the Charity And that about the Year<lb></lb>
An Elaboratory also<lb></lb>
hath been elected for the service of the Hospital only</p>
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