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Your Peticonrs: therefore most humbly his each your sacwer
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Majesty That you would be pleased to withdraw your said Commee
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That the said Governor: may without any apprehension of your
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Majesties displeasure you on cheerfully in the discharge of the trust in
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them reposed And that all the said Hospitalls may be
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ered and
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managed (as they have always hitherto been) in such manner as may
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redone to the Honour of your Peticonrs: and to the Incouragement
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of the Citizens of your
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and other well disposed
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persons largely to constitute to the Support of these noble and
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necessary Charities as they have done it times past.
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And Etc.
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At the Court at
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St. James's
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the 17th. day of Aprill 1703.
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Present
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The Queens most Excellent Majesty in Councill.
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Upon Reading this day at the Board the peticon of the Major Comonalty and Citizen
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of London Governors of the possessions Revenued and Goods of the Hospitalls of
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Christ Bridewell
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and Sr. Thomas the Apostle relateing to the dismissing Doctor
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Richard Torlesse
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Physician
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and Mr.
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Thomas Elton
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Surgeon
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from the Service of the Hospitall of St. Thomas And humbly praying that the
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Governors of the said Hospitall may supply the places of the said Doctor and Surgeon notwithstanding
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her Majesties Order in Councill of the 23d. of March last, It is Ordered by her Majesty in Councill
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That it be, as it is hereby Referred to Mr. Attorney Generall and Mr. Sollcitor Generall to
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Examine the A
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of the said Peticon (A Coppy whereof is hereunto annexed) and also the
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Complaint of the said Doctor Torlesse and Mr: Elton for being removed from their said Employmts:
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And to report their Opinion upon the
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Matter to her Majesty at this Board.
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Edward Southwell
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To the Queens most Excellent Majesty.
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May it Please your Majesty.
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In Humble Obedience to your Majesties Order in Councill made the 17th. day of this Instant April
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Wee have Considered of the annexed peticon of the Mayor Consonalty and Citizen of the
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Governors of the Possessions Revenues and Goods of the Hospitalls of Edward
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the Sixth King of England of
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Christ Bridewell
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and
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whereby they do
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beseech your Majesty to discharge your Majestyes Order made the Three and twentieth day of
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Marc. last Comanding them not to proceed to Elect a Doctor and Surgeon in the placed of
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Richard Torlesse and Mr.
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Thomas Elton
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who were lately removed by the Governors of the Hospital
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of St: Thomas in Southwarke And that they way be at Liberty to Elect a Physician and Surgeon
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for the said Hospitall The want whereof hath been greatly Inconvenient to the poor lame sick and
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diseased people harboured in the said Hospitall And Wee have heard the Councell for the Petrs.
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as also for the said Doctor Torlesse and Mr. Elton And do humbly Certify your Majesty That
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the said King Edward the Sixth by his Letters patents be areing date the 12th. day of August in
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the fifth yeare of his Reinne did Grant to the said Maior Comonalty and Citizens of the
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and their Successors The Scite of St. Thomas Hospitall in Southwarke
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(then lately dissolved) and severall Messuages thereto the Intent the said late Hospitall
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should for ever be a House for the Poor there to be relieve and Justained and be
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the Sixth And thereby the said late King did Order and direct that the said Maior
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Comonalty and Citizens of London and their Successors out of the Rents Pson and profit
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of the said Premisses so granted to them should from time to time for ever provide and Maintain
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in the said House of the Pser (amongst other Ministers and Servants) and Apt and Experience
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Surgeon to sure the Sick and Infirme there and Apply the reside of the Profitts for the
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Support of the poor there.
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That the said Ring Edwd. the Sixth by other Lotters Patents having date the 21st.
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