Council and the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen of
the said City in consequence of a report made in the
mayoralty of John Wilkes Esqr.. to a Common Council
holden in the said City on the 25th.. day of October
1775 by a Committee appointed on the 16th.. day of
May 1772 to enquire into the Right of the Common
Council of the said City to be Governors of the
Royal Hospitals Which report appears to have
been signed by Mr.. Alderman Townsend, Richd.
Oliver Esqr.. (then an Alderman of the said City
and five Members of the Common Council And at
a Subsequent Court of Common Council holden
on the 4th.. day of March 1778 It was ordered that the
Case or Box containing the Seal usually affixed to
the Royal Hospital Leases should be in future
made secure by three locks with distinct keys
That one of those keys should be under the care of
the Lord Mayor for the time being, that one other
of the said Keys should be under the care of
the Court of Aldermen or any one of the
Aldermen or the Chamberlain of the said City
as the Court of Aldermen should appoint
And that the other of the said Keys should be in
the keeping of the Court of Common Council
or such Person or persons (being a Member
thereof) as they should appoint and that
the Committee appointed for enquiring into
the right of the members of the Court of
Common Council to be Governors of the
Royal Hospitals should be requested to
take under their care the key of the Seal of the
said Hospitals or the Case or Box wherein the
same key was contained And that the said