There had been received the following Donations and
Legacies from the Governors and others to this
Hospital

John Sanders< no role > Esqr his Gift50..-..-
£227..103 P 6s Consolidated
Annuities the Lagacy of Mr Robert
Fyse< no role > late of the Broxburn Hertfordshire
And £3..7..3. in Cask paid by the
Extors for Interest received on the
said Stock

Thomas Tower Esqr Legacy400..-..-
£1,000.3 P 6s Bank Consolidated

Annuities the Legacy of Mr John
Hopkins< no role > late of Fleet Street .
Dr . Matthew Clark< no role > Legacy100..-..-
Mrs Elizabeth Magens< no role > Do.100..-..-

Mr. Treasurer acquainted this Court
that the immediate occasion of calling them was
to inform them there had been Several Meetings with the
other Royal Hospitals relation to the Court of Common
Council of the City of London Claiming to be Governors
of the said Hospitals

A Draft of a Petitn.
to the Lord Chancillor
as Visitor of the Royal
Hospitals relative to
the claim of the
Common Council
to be Governors read
and ordered to be
presented & prosecd.

Whereupon a draft of a Petition to The
Right Honble. the Lord High Chancellor as Visitor of the
said Hospitals which had been prepared on behalf of
the said Hospitals was read, which Petition is as follows..

To the Right Honble Edward Lord Thurlow
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Visitor of
the Hospitals of Saint Bartholomew and Bethlem
of the foundation of King Henry the Eighth and of
Christ's Bridewell and Saint Thomas the Apostle