Continued Thursday 25th. Novr. 1779.

until the Year 1683 it Appears that the governors were Chosen
at General Courts or Committees holden at the said Hospitals
respectively and that in the said Year 1683 and for several Years
after the President treasurer governors and Officers of the said
several Hospitals were from time to time Appointed by certain
Commissioners Authorized by his late Majesty King Charles the
second for the regulating of the said Hospitals and that as well
in the last as in the Present Century down to the Present time the
President treasurer governors and Officers of the said Hospitals
have been from time to time Appointed at the Nomination and
by the Choice of the respective governors of such several Hospitals at
their Courts and Committees held in such Hospitals respectively

That originally the Persons Elected governors of the said
Hospitals respectively when their Estates and Revenues were
Inconsiderable and Benefactions and Bequests small, were but
few and chiefly confined to the City of London But afterwards
and for a great number of Years past it being found by Experience
That increasing the number of governors and extending the nomination
beyond the Walls of the City and to fit Persons though not free of the
said City was exceedingly Advantageous to the respective Charities
such Nominations have been made of Noblemen and other
respectable Persons residing in other Parts as well as in the said
City of London and not free of the said City by which means the
aforesaid several Charities have been very greatly increased and
benefited and great care hath always been and is now taken that
Persons of Character and ability likely to become Benefactors to the
said respective Charities either by Donations in their Lives time
or by Legacies on their deceases should be Nominated & Appointed
as governors.

That soon after the Foundation of the said Hospitals and
ever since separate and distinct Seals have been made and used
Vizt. one for the Estates and Concerns of the Mayor Commonally
and Citizens of London in their Corporate Capacity and the other for
the Estates and Concerns of the said Hospitals in the Names or by