therein: And that as the Governors have an undoubled Power to choose and
appoint during their pleasure the Minister or Chaplain for the said Church
He only or such as he should appoint, ought to Preach and performe Divine
Service in the said Church on Sunday Mornings, and not a Lecturer appointed
by the Parishioners, who if approved by our Chaplain or Minister ought
to Preach only in the Afternoons; And wee therefore Ordered, That the
said Mr Casbeard should not permitt any person chosen by the sd. Parishioners
as a Lecturer, to have the use of the said Pulpitt in the Mornings, and that
no such Lecturer should be permitted the use of the said Pulpitt without
the Approbation or consent of the Governors of this Hospitall; And
Mr Casbeard haveing been infomed by Mr. Treasurer (at our Request) of
the said Order, promised his Observance thereof.

And your Committee, upon the Representation of Mr Treasurer
takeing into Consideracon the Great Sums of money which have been for some
years past paid to the Church Wardens of the said Parish of St: Thomas for
the Buryalls of Patients dying within this Hospitall in the Church-Yard
or Burying Ground belonging to the said Church or Free Chappell of St. Thomas
when in Fact the said Church-Yard or Burying Ground is appropriated as
well for the Buryall of Patients and others dying in the said Hospitall, as of
the said Parishioners, And no Fees ought to be taken (as we humbly conceive)
from the Hospitall for the Buryalls of any such Patients or others. Wee
Ordered in July last, That no such Fees should be paid for the Future without
further Order for it. And we desired Mr Treasurer to take the trouble upon
him of demanding the Key of the said Chuch-yard of the Church wardens,
in Order to have another Key made thereby for the Service of the Hospitall
And also to demand of them the Key of the Great or Outer Vault under the
said Church which was delivered to the Parishioners in 1705. by the Governors.
that the said Parishioners might make use of the same for Buryalls of the
Parishioners during the pleasure of the Governors: Wee thinking it
necessary at this time to Assert the Right of the Governors: to the said vault
least the Parishionrs: (as they seen inclined) should from their using the same
pretend to set up a Right in themselves to the said Vault, and to the profitts
ariseing thereby. Mr. Treasurer afterwards acquainted us, That he had
demanded the said Keys accordingly, but the Churchwardens refused to deliver
the Same; And thereupon by our Direccon, Mr Treasurer caused a Padlock
to be put on the Dore of the said Vault, and took the Key, of the said Church
yard or Buryall Ground out of the Dore, and caused a new Key to be made
for the use of this Hospitall, leaving the old Key with the above named
Mr Casbeard for the use of the Parishioners. And no Fees haveing been
paid for Buryall of Patients in the said Church-yard since July last, the
Hospitall have saved thereby about the sum of Twenty pounds; Out of which
wee have ordered a Gratuity or Free Gift of Ten Guineas to be paid to the
Reverend Mr Say who has officiated as Lecturer in the said Parish from
July last at the Request of some of the Inhabitants and with the consent of
some of the Governors: and of the said Mr Casbeard for his past Service
In Regard that severall of the parishioners who insisted upon haveing
a Lecturer