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Mayor being named first in the Charters of the Foundations of this and the other
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Great Hospitals in and about London He was Advised That upon the Death of the
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president of any of those Hospitalls a respect was to be had to the Chair And
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that the Mayor for the time being ought be Consulted as to the time for Holding a Court to
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Choose a New President To the end that he may be present at it if he please
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And this happening to be session Week he could not attend a Court on Thursday
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That Evening and the next Morning his Lordship was attended by Mr. Trear
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Mr. Raper and Mr. Lockwood And Mr. Treasurer shewed his Lordp. and some of
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the Aldermen an Extract from the Reportory of our General Courts beginning
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1 o. March 1649. Whereby it appeares that upon the Choosing of every Presiden
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since that time. Mr. Treasurer for the time being was in the Chair and Hold the Court
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and that there is not the least mention made of any Application to my Lord May
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for the Appointing of those Courts And therefore the Appointing of a Court by the
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Grand Committee for Thursday next was done as they apprehended in pursuance
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of Antient practise used in the said Hospital And not out of any Disrespect to
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the Chaire Whereupon his Lordp. said the practise had been otherwise at the
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other Hospitals and more particularly at Christs Hospital which was Founded
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and Incorporated together with this Hospital and
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But however
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tho' he could not attend himselfe on Thursday next at this Hospital the
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Governors should not be Dissappointed of the Court Summoned for that Day And
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gave a Letter under his hand dated the 27th. February to Mr. Trear whereby he
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desired Mr. Treasurer to Hold the said Court (he being engaged that Day at the
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Sessions in the
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) a Coppy of which Letter is as followeth Vizt.
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Guildhall
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27 o. Feb: 1721.}
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To
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Wm. Cole
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Esqr. Trear of
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. Sr. I being Engaged on
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Thursday next at the Sessions in the
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Do desire you to Hold a Court
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that Day at
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for the Election of a president in the
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Room of Sr.
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Deced.
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Mayor
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Mr.
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Treasurer
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by Direction of the Court took the Chair
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The Orders and Proceedings of the Three last General Courts held the 10d. of May
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and the 10th. and Nineteenth of January last were read and Approved.
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Mr. Treasurer Acquainted the Court That the Two last General Courts were
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called particularly on Occasion of the Bill then Depending in the
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for a New Bridge between Lanebeth and
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Westminster
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near Peter borough House
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and therefore no Report was made from the Grand Committee to those Courts
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or any other Business done therein.
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That pursuant to the Direction of the last Court their petition had been
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presented to the House of Common and Council were Ordered to be Hoard for
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the Hospital That Mr. Reeves and Mr
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Peer Williams
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were Imployed as Council who
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Attended the House Two Days with Dr. Jurin Mr. Machin and many others as Witnesses
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on the part of the Hospital to have made out the Allegations of your Peticon But the
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House upon Hearing only some Part of the Witnesses for the
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(whose
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petition came first on) thought fit to Drop their further Proceeding on the said Bill
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And Mr. Trear particularly informed the Court That Dr. Jurin had been very
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diligent and Spent much time in making Observations himselfe and causing others
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to be made at
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and at the Place Designed for the
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in order
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to shew the Prejudicial Consequences of such New Bridge.
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