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Admittance into the Church But afterwards having sign'd
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a Declaration whereby he renounced all Jurisdiction in or
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over the Same And Declared that the Visitation then ap-
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pointed was only by reason that the Church of St. Saviours
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where the Visitation had been usually held was then
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repairing and not fit for that Purpose And further that
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if the said intended Visitation was Permitted by the Gover-
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nors to be then held in St. Thomas's Church the same
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should not be drawn into Example nor made use of as
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a Precedent or ever given in Evidence for bringing or Sub-
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jecting the said Church to or under the Visitation or
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Jurisdiction of the said Bishop of Winchester or his
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Successors He was thereupon Permitted to hold the
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Visitation in the said Church for that time
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And We further Report that having
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Consulted
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. one of the
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of this Hospital on this Occasion We were Advi-
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sed That by Virtue of the said Letters Patent the Minister
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and Church Wardens of the said Parish of St. Thomas
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are not Subject to any Ecclesiastical Visitation or Juris-
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diction whatsoever And being Unanimously of that Opi-
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nion and desirous to Preserve and Secure to Us and our
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Successors the several Rights Priviledges & Exemptions
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Granted by the said Letter Patent We Ordered the Clerk
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of this Hospital to Given notice of the said Resolution Do
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the said Mr. Trehearn and Mr. Core and forbid them to
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Attend the said Visitation at the same time acquainting
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them that we were Determin'd to Defend at our own Expence
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the said Church Wardens against any Suit that might be
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Commenced against them for such their Non Attendance
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Notwithstanding which Notice the said Mr. Tretrearn and
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Mr. Core did Attend at the said Visitation & were presented
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in Order to be Sworn into the said Office And the said
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Mr. Crespigney then Attending with the Clerk of this
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Hospital Gave in an Allegation against the Swearing in
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the said Church Wardens and prevented the Same being
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then done whereupon a Suit is now Instituted in order
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to Determine the Right of the Hospital in a Judicial
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manner
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And We further Report that the said
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Mr. Crespigney having Generoursly Undertaken to carry
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on the said Suit in order to Assert the Rights of the Hos-
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pital in this Instance (Which we Conceive to be of Great
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Importance) without taking any Fees the Unanimously
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