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particulary mentioned and described and then of the yearly
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value of £450 and no more To hold to and to the use
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of the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens
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and their Successors for ever And his Majesty King
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Edward by the same Letters Patent ordained that the
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Hospitals therein mentioned when thus founded and
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established should be one Body Corporate and Politic
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for ever and should be called by the name of the
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Governors of the Possessions Revenues and Goods
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of the Hospitals of Edward the Sixth King of
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England (that is to say) Christ Bridewell and
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Saint Thomas the Apostle for ever and should
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have one Common Seal for the use of the Hospitals
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with power to make such Ordinances Statutes and
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Rules as might be necessary for the good Goverment of
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the said Hospitals.
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That upon an Inspection of the several Books or
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Records belonging to the said Hospitals respectively it
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appears that soon after the foundation of the said
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Hospitals respectively and until in or about the
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year 1557 the affairs of such several Hospitals
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were managed and transacted by or under the
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direction of certain of the Aldermen of the said City
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and of some other persons who appear to have been
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appointed or admitted Governors of the said
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Hospitals at Courts or Committees held for such
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Hospitals respectively and that in or about the
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said Year 1557 the said Hospital of Saint
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Bartholomew was united to the rest of the said
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Hospitals and such Hospitals from thenceforth
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continued under the direction of such certain
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Aldermen and other persons as Governors until
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in or about the year 1564 in which Year it
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