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6th. May 1736
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Bridewell
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The Care duty & Trust of the Steward of
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To wait on New Governors with Staves & acquaint them with their Election
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To Collect the Rents & Annuityes due and payable to this Hospital
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To provide and deliver out the Diell daily for the Prisoners
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To receive of the
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Hempdresser
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what becomes due from him for the Labour
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of the Prisoners
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To direct the Workmen to do such Repairs as ordered by the Comittee
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To direct such Repaires as by means of Accident or Decay may become
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imediately and absolutely necessary to be done, & all others of small Charge &
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Expence
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To examine the Workmen's and Tradesmen's Bills and see that they be
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right, and to pay them as the Comittee direct
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To attend upon all Courts & Committees of this Hospital & observe such
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Directions as be shall receive from them from time to time.
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of the matron.
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The Care duty & Trust of the Matron of Bridewell Hospital
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To Clean the Hall and Court Room before and after all Courts Comittees
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and other publick Days of the Governors assembling and Meeting as also at
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any other times then occasion and to take care the rooms are in every respect
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in decent Order fitt for their Reception, for which purpose she is to keep the
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keys of the said Hall in her Custody
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To let in the Women Prisoners at all hours of the Night they shall be
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brought and to keep a due Order and Decorum a mong'em as for as lyes in
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her power but in case any Disputes arise among'em, which she can't quell
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to call in the Beadle to her Assistance and see that they quiet'em and
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put and End to the same
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To let the Women down every Morning into the Shop to Work and to take
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care that none but those that are rendred Incapable, either by Sickness, or
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other Infirmityes of nature, be excused from their daily Labours
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to settle every Night with the Hempdresser and an Accot. of the proceeding
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day concerning what number of Women prisoners are to be charged to his
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Account, and what to the house. and to see that none so charged to the House
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but such as are Incapable to Work at the Blocks for which purpose the
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Matron is to enter in a Book to be kept by her a distinct and particular
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Account thereof
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To take upon her the Charge of and be answerable for all the Women
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Prisoners from the time every Night the Hempdresser delivers them up to
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her, till the next Morning they go into the Shop again to Work
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To attend the Woman Prisoners when they burning their Area
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and Cleaning their Wards (which is done every Week) and to take care
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that they Wash their Cloaths every Saturday that they may appear as
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decent as they can at Chappell on Sundays, and likewise to see all Inches
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are able attend divine Service.
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