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of St. Thomas the Apostle
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in Southwarke in the
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Authorized by vertue of an Order of the Comittee
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of Governors of the said Hospitall bearing date the Twenty Fifth day of May 1703
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Appeared the Seaven and Twentieth day of the same Month at the Doore of the
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Church of St. Thomas and Declared to the Worppll.
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George Bramston
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Doctor of Lawes
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Surrogate to the Chancellor
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of the Right Reverend Father in God
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Peter Lord
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Bishopp
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Winton
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now comeing to hold in that Church the Annuall Visition
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of the said Bishopp for the
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Deacoury of Southwarke
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That the said Church is scituate
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within the scite of the said hospitall and by vertue of certaine Grants made by
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king Edward the sixth vested in the Maior Comonalty and Citizens of the
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City of
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London
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the Cheife Governors of the said Hospitall and is thereby exempted from all
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and all manner of Archiepiscopall Episcopall and Archdiaconall visitacon or
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Jurisdiccon whatsoever And that by reason thereof the said
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Thomas Wright
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Did
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in the name of the Governors of the said hospitall protest against any visitacon now
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designed or intended to be held or made in the said Church And declared that they
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absolutely dissent thereto.
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To which the said Surrogate Answered and Declared That he did not
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appoint this Visitacon to be held in the said Church neither does he come thither to
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exercise assume or Challenge any Jurisdiccon in or over that Church as it relates to the said
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hospitall nor to Occasion any Doubt Question or Dispute as to the Exemption of the said
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Church from such Visitacon or Jurisdiccon And that the visitacon now appointed to
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be held there had not been so appointed, but by reason that the Church of
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St. Saviour
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(where the same hath been hertofore usually held) is now repairing and not fitt for the
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performing of Divine service, and hearing a Sermon nor to hold any Visitacon therein
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And by reason of the shortnesse of the time since he understood the holding this
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visitacon in this Church as aforesaid would be opposed by the said Governors no other
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Church could be conveniently appointed And he further declared that if the said
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Intended visitacon be permitted by the Governors to be now held in the said Church
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of St. Thomas the same shall not be drawne into Example nor made use of as a
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President or ever given in Evidence for bringing or Subjecting the said Church
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to or under the visitacon or Jurisdiccon of the said Bishopp of
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Winton
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or his
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Successors nor shall in any sort lessen or prejudice the Right of the said Church
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to be exempt therefrom but that the Right of the sd Church to be Exempt from such visitacon and Jurisdiccon shall be and remaine of
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the same force and Effect as the same would have been if this visitacon
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should not have been appointed or held in the said Church as aforesaid.
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Geo: Bramston
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Mems that the Doores of the Church were kept shutt, till Dr. Bramston came
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and then the protest being made to him at the Church Doore, he went from thence into the
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Great Hall of the
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hospitall where he made and signed the abovewritten Declaracon
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And then Mr: Treasurer and some other Governors went back with him to the Church and
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permitted the Doores to be opened But by Agreement made with the Doctor The Old
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Church Wardens of this parish gave in no presentment nor were the New Church
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