Continued Thursday April 27th. 1797

At this Court the following Governors vizt.

Stewards. nomd. for
Feast.

The Rt Honble The Earl Thomas Astle< no role > Esqr Thos Bennett< no role > Esqr
of Leicester Charles Monro< no role > Esqr Sandeforth Streatfield< no role > Esqr
Sir Richard Carr Glyn< no role > Edward Parry< no role > Esqr Robt Comyn< no role > Esqr
Knt and Alderman William Plumer< no role > Esqr
Sir Mark Parsons< no role > Bart John. F. Widmore< no role > Esqr
Henry Hugh Hoare< no role > Esqr

were nominated Stewards for the present Year and desired to
provide a dinner in July for the President Treasurer and
Governors to dine together according to ancient Custom and in
Case any of the Stewards elected shall decline or refuse the
Clerk is to supply the number in course.

Prisoners-Employmt.
of recommended to
be considered by the
Prison Committee

Resolved that it be recommended to the Prison Committee to
take into their Consideration whether any mode of employing
the Prisoners committed to this Hospital can be adopted so as in
future to render their employment more productive to the
Charity.

Gearing, Jno< no role > , and
Gearing, Mary< no role > .
Superintendants of
the Prisons,
discharged from their
Places for Misconduct.

At this Court John Gearing< no role > the Superintendant of the
Prisons who had been several times suspended from the duties
of his Office by the Prison Committee for misconduct and Mary
Gearing< no role > his Wife the Superintendant of the Women Prisoners
who had also been guilty of great misconduct were discharged
from their places in this Hospital.

Robt. Lambert< no role > , to be
Repd. for Locks Gift &
Geo:Thompson< no role > . for M:
Fowke's Do.
&
Chas. Serle< no role > to be made
Free .

Ordered that Robert Lambert< no role > late Apprentice to Wm Lunn
be enquired after for Mr Lock's Gift, and George Thompson< no role > late
Apprentice to Roger Owen< no role > , for Mr Fowkis Gift, and that Charles
Serle< no role > late Apprentice to Thomas Allam< no role > be made free.

And the Court was adjourned.