Continued Wednesday 13th. February 1765

of his Subjects the Mayor Commonalty and Citizens of London who
diligently Travailed for the good Provision of the Poor and every Sort of them &
that by such means as neither the Child in his Infaney shall want virtuors
Education and bringing up neither when the same shall grow unto full Age shall
lack Matter whereon the same may virtuously Occupy himself in some good
Occupation or Science Profitable to the Common Weal neither the sore nor Sick
when they shall be Healed shall be Permitted nor Sufferrd to Wander as Vagabonds
in the Common Weal but shall likewise be put to Labour and good and
whole some Exercize and so to be made profitable Members of the same His
Highness for the Advancement of that good work was Pleased to be the Patron
of that Godly Foundation and by His Letters Patent in due form to be made
to grant to the said Mayor Commonalty & Citizens and their Successors for Ever

All that his Graces Manor House and Place called Bridewell with the
Appertenances and all Houses Edifices Buildings Gardens Void Grounds
Profits and Commodities to the same belonging. And was also pleased to
promise and Grant to the said Mayor Commonalty and Citizens That he by
his Letters Patent would give and Grant to them and to their Successors for Ever
All the Manors Messuages Lands Tenements & Hereditaments as well
Spiritual as Temporal that did belong to the late Hospital of the Savoy
(Except the Principal House and Buildings within the Precinct of the
same and the Messuages or Tenements near the same House called the
Savoy Rents ) together with the Implements of Household Necessarys &
other Household Stuff and Furniture belonging to the said late Hospital
or Church of the Savoy (Except a Great Bell and one Little Bell and one
Chalice for the Communion) And in Consideration thereof the said Mayor
Commonalty & Citizens for themselves and their Successors did (among other
Things) Covenant and Grant with the said King his Heirs and Successors
that they should within as Convenient Time as might be set up & Erect within
the said Manor House and Place of Bridewell good and Profitable Occupation
& should Train & set on Work in the same such of the Poor which they then had
or should thereafter have & receive within any of their New Erected Hospitals of
Christ Church & St. Thomas in Southwark as should have Strength to Labour
in some Kind of Occupation as they should be most apt for And his said
Majesty was pleased to give and Grant to the said Mayor Commonalty &
Citizens and their Successors Licence and Authority to purchase Lands
Tenements and Hereditaments for the Use of the said Several Hospitals to the
Yearly Value of 4000 Marks over and above the Manors Lands Tenemts.
& Hereditaments abovesaid And they Covenanted with the King that the
whole Yearly Profits and Revenues of the said Manors Lands Tenements and
Hereditaments Granted to them and their Successors and which they should
purchase or should be given to them over and besides the Fees and Pensions
to be paid to such Officers as should serve in any of the Hospitals and
such lawful Charges as should be due and going out of the same should
be Employed to the Relief and Sustentation of the Poor aforesaid. And the King
also Granted to the said Mayor Commonalty & Citizens & their Successors That
they should Ordain & make such wholsome and honest Ordinances Statutes and
Rules for Good Governance of the Poor to be kept within the said House of
Bridewell or any other of the said Hospitals & to Examine all & every Person &
Persons as should Wander Idly within the said City or the Liberties of the same
and to compel them to Occupy themselves in Honest Labour and Work And