Admittance into the Church But afterwards having sign'd
a Declaration whereby he renounced all Jurisdiction in or
over the Same And Declared that the Visitation then ap-
pointed was only by reason that the Church of St. Saviours
where the Visitation had been usually held was then
repairing and not fit for that Purpose And further that
if the said intended Visitation was Permitted by the Gover-
nors to be then held in St. Thomas's Church the same
should not be drawn into Example nor made use of as
a Precedent or ever given in Evidence for bringing or Sub-
jecting the said Church to or under the Visitation or
Jurisdiction of the said Bishop of Winchester or his
Successors He was thereupon Permitted to hold the
Visitation in the said Church for that time

And We further Report that having
Consulted Philip Crespegney< no role > of Drs. Commons Esqr . one of the
Governors of this Hospital on this Occasion We were Advi-
sed That by Virtue of the said Letters Patent the Minister
and Church Wardens of the said Parish of St. Thomas
are not Subject to any Ecclesiastical Visitation or Juris-
diction whatsoever And being Unanimously of that Opi-
nion and desirous to Preserve and Secure to Us and our
Successors the several Rights Priviledges & Exemptions
Granted by the said Letter Patent We Ordered the Clerk
of this Hospital to Given notice of the said Resolution Do
the said Mr. Trehearn and Mr. Core and forbid them to
Attend the said Visitation at the same time acquainting
them that we were Determin'd to Defend at our own Expence
the said Church Wardens against any Suit that might be
Commenced against them for such their Non Attendance
Notwithstanding which Notice the said Mr. Tretrearn and
Mr. Core did Attend at the said Visitation & were presented
in Order to be Sworn into the said Office And the said
Mr. Crespigney then Attending with the Clerk of this
Hospital Gave in an Allegation against the Swearing in
the said Church Wardens and prevented the Same being
then done whereupon a Suit is now Instituted in order
to Determine the Right of the Hospital in a Judicial
manner

And We further Report that the said
Mr. Crespigney having Generoursly Undertaken to carry
on the said Suit in order to Assert the Rights of the Hos-
pital in this Instance (Which we Conceive to be of Great
Importance) without taking any Fees the Unanimously