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<p n="32">To the Right Honoble the Lord Mayor & the rest of the<lb></lb>
Worshipful his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the<lb></lb>
City of London at the General Quarter Sessions of the<lb></lb>
Peace for the same City Assembled.</p>
<p n="33">The Humble Petition and Appeal of the<lb></lb>
Mayor Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London<lb></lb>
Governors of the House of the Poor commonly called St. Bartholomew<lb></lb>
Hospital near West smithfield London of the Foundation of<lb></lb>
King Henry the Eight.</p>
<p n="34"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That St. Bartholomews Hospital situate in<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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Parish of St. Bartholomew the less is of Antient & Royal Foundation Granted<lb></lb>
& Established by King Henry the 8th for the Relief of Sick Lame Wounded &<lb></lb>
diseased Poor, wherein some Thousands of Poor objects are Annually Relieved<lb></lb>
and Cured</p>
<p n="35">That soon after the great Fine of London, Houses & Shops were made<lb></lb>
in the Buildings within the Cloisters & Precinct of the Hospital, for the<lb></lb>
Convenicnce of the Inhabitants of London (then in great distress for Houses)<lb></lb>
who Occupying the same as Tenants to the Hospital for their own benefit<lb></lb>
Became Rateable & chargeable to the Poors Rates.</p>
<p n="36">That about the Year 1730 some of the Antient Buildings & Wards of<lb></lb>
the Hospital & some of the sd Houses & Shops (having become reuinous) were<lb></lb>
pulled down & since which by the Donation of Governors & other Benefactors,<lb></lb>
four large Pyles of Buildings have been Progressively elected & are now<lb></lb>
used for the Hospital, one of which Pyles or Wings contains a Hall<lb></lb>
Compting House & other Rooms wch are used for Meetings of the Governors<lb></lb>
Receiving Rents, Examining & Admissions of patients, & the other three Pyles<lb></lb>
of Buildings are used for Wards for the patients & their Nurses only.</p>
<p n="37">That one of the sd. Pyles or Building of the Hospital being finished<lb></lb>
about the year 1758 the Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor & inhabitants<lb></lb>
of the Parish of St. Bartholomew the less by a Rate Intitled a Rate or<lb></lb>
Assessment on the Inhabitants & occupiers of Lands Houses Shops Sheds<lb></lb>
Tenements & Ward houses within the Parish of St. Bartholomew the less<lb></lb>
London made & Assessed by them the Churchwardens & Overseers of the<lb></lb>
Poor & Inhabitants of the sd. Parish whose names are thereunto subscribed<lb></lb>
pursuant to the several Acts of parliament made in that behalf for<lb></lb>
three Months for or towards the relief of the poor of the sd. Parish as<lb></lb>
their necessity shall require have Assessed & Rated Your Petitioners for<lb></lb>
such Wards of the sd. Hospital at & ofter the Rate of £20. a year for<lb></lb>
& towards the Relief of the poor of the sd. Parish as followeth.. that is to<lb></lb>
say "The Mayor Commonalty & Citizens of the City of London Governors<lb></lb>
of the House of the poor, commonly called St. Bartholomews Hospital</p>
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