COLUMBIA LIBRARIES OFFSITE HEALTH SCIENCES STANDARD HX64076121 RA988.L8 Sa24 1885 Orders and ordinance ORDERS AND ORDINANCES {The Better (Bovernment of the Iboepitall of Bartbolomew the Hesse WITH PREFATORY NOTE BY W. MORRANT BAKER, F.R.C.S. SURGEON TO THE HOSPITAL REPRINTED 1885 mtl\t€it^dMmfcxk College of S^f)v&itim& anti ^urseonsf ILibrarp /^^w-. /J'/^?"^^ /J C/ /^^^ Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive in 2010 witin funding from Open Knowledge Commons http://www.archive.org/details/ordersordinancesOOstba ORDERS AND ORDINANCES ^he Better (Bovernment of tbe Ibospitall of Bartbolomew tbe Xesse WITH PREFATORY NOTE BY W. MORRANT BAKER, F.R.C.S. SURGEON TO THE HOSPITAL REPRINTED 1885 CONTENTS. View of St. Bartholomew's Hospital at the beginning of the I 8th Century To face Title-page. PAGE Prefatory Note i Facsimile Title-page of Reprint of 1652 iii A Preface to the Reader v The Order of the Hospitall i A Thanksgiving ,2 A Passe-port to be delivered to the Poore . . . . 34 The Table ,5 PREFATORY NOTE. Among my few treasures in the shape of old books, one of the most valued is a copy of the Eules which were drawn up for the government of St. Bartholomew's Hospital at the time at which it was refounded by King Henry VIII. It is dated 1652, and is a Eeprint of the original Pamphlet which was first published in the reign of King Edward VI., and again printed in the year 1 5 80. It is bound up with two other rare pamphlets ; of which one is entitled, " Orders taken and enacted for Orphans and their Portions," and the other, "A Brief e Discourse of the laudable Customes of London." The whole have been evidently reprinted and published together, and are, apparently, in the original calf-binding. The title-page of my copy is here given in fac-simile ; but I have reprinted only the Pamphlet which relates to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The " Orders and Ordinances " are accompanied by a Preface written on behalf of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London as a reply to " certain clamours and slanders raised by some ill-minded persons." The voice of the Clerk, or other official, who, in this Preface, defends the Hospital Authorities, sounds pleasantly from the distance of more than three centuries, as he exhorts the good Header to disregard the wickedness of Eeport which " is grown to such ranckness, that nothing almost is able to defend it selfe ( 2 ) against the venime thereof." And I have thought that many, to whom the original pamphlet is inaccessible, may be glad to possess a copy of it, and to learn how the Hospital was governed in the reign of Henry VIII. and for many years afterwards. Many points of great interest will strike all who read through the " charges " of the various officers of the Hospital ; and much might be written on them by one who possessed the necessary antiQ[uarian knowledge. To this, however, I can lay no claim, and, therefore, will leave the " Orders and Ordinances," without comment to speak for themselves. W. MOREANT BAKER. 1st January 1885, ORDERS AND ORDINANCES, FOR The better government of the Hofpitall of Bartholomew the leffe. As Also Orders ena6led for Orphans and their Portions. M D LXXX. Toorether with A Briefe Discourse of the laudable Cuflomes of LONDON. LONDON, Printed by James Flesher, Printer to that Honourable City, 1652. A Preface to the Reader. He wickednefs of report at this day, good Reader, is grown to fuch rancknefs, that nothing almoft is able to defend it felfe againft the venime thereof; but that ei- ther with open llander, or privy whifper- ing, it fhall be fo undermined, that it fhall •* neither have the good fuccefs, which otherwife it might, nay the thanks which for the worthinefs it ought. It is better known by report unto the number, then weighed in efife6l almoft to any, that for the reliefe of the fore, and fick of the City of London, it pleafed the Kings Majefty of famous memory Henry the eight (father to this our moft dread Soveraign Lord now reigning) to ere6l an Hofpitall in Wejl-Smithfield, for the continuall reliefe and help of an hundred fore and difeafed. And the fame en- dowed with the yeerly revenues of five hundred Marks, to give unto the faid City and Citizens conditionally, that they alfo for their part, fhould adde other five hundred Marks by the yeer. Which thing with all due thankfulnefs, they recei- ved at his Majefties hands : And (for that they faw it proceed from his Highnefs, as well of moft charitable zeal toward the affli6ted members, and his brethren in Chrift, as of a fingular favour toward the City) very gladly embraced the condition. Thinking it for their parts rather too little then enough. But when they had taken fuch furvey thereof, as was convenient for them in this cafe to do: Although the Kings Majefties en- dowment was after the rate of his Highnefs moft gracious gift, yet found they the nature of the fame, and the ftate of the whole, farre under that that they at the firft had hoped. The raifing of this five hundred Mark-rent, to lye onely in a certain of houfes, fome in great decay, and fome rotten rui- nous ; And fome other to whom better Tenants had happen- A2 ed, The Preface. ed, already leafed out at term, and rent fcant reafonable for the behoof of the poor. So that firft to make them again worth the wonted revenue, and then to continue them in the fame, was no fmall charge, and the help thereunto, which out of the better repaired might have grown, was by the former leafes and rentings prevented. In the Hofpitall it felfe (be- fide the penfionsiffuing out of the faid five hundred Marks, and granted by the Letters Patents of his faid Highnefs to the Hbfpitaller there and to other the Minifters of the fame) was found fo much of houfhold implements and fbuffe, toward the fuccouring of this hundred poor, as fufficed three or four Harlots, then lying in childe-bed, and no more, yea, barely fo much, if but neceffary cleanlinefs were regarded, fo farre had the godly meaning of the gracious King been abufed at at thofe dayes; and yet was little then fmelled and lefs talked of The good Citizens neverthelefs not fo much difcouraged with others evill doings, and the great fall of their hope, as moved with the duty of their enterprife and godly regard, not to their own poor and affli6led onely, but to all other fore and difeafed, which daily out of all quarters of the Realm refort to the City (as into a commune receipt and refuge of their mifery) proceeded with fuch fpeed as they could to the redrefs of all thefe decayes, diforders and defaults ; and be- llowed thereabout above their covenant of five hundred Marks yeerly, for their welcomming and beginning not much lefs than a thoufand pounds, whereby (together with other their good endevours) when they had won it to fuch point, that it was fit to receive the number, and to fuccour the fame with all neceffaries requifite, and in fuch cafe needful, and had indeed received, and daily maintained it at the full; certain bufie bodies more ready to efpy occafion how to blame other, then skilful! how to redrefs things blame-worthy indeed, yea, I fear me having all their zeal in their tongue onely, not con- tented privately one, and another, among their neighbours to hinder the profit of the poor, and to flander the good Citi- zens occupied thereabout, rounded into the eares of the Prea- chers alfo, their tender confideration. Who being lefs cir- cumfpe6t in crediting their matter miniftrers then to men of fuch The Preface. fuch calling appertaineth : and thinking peradventure if the City had done their duty herein, this Hofpitall fhould have made a generall fweep of all poor and afifli6led : As though this privy backbiting, could not fo fufficiently and weightily fet forth this enormity of the Citizens, as feemed behovefull for the querele of charity, took upon them to give fpeed and authority to the thing, each after his manner. So that the good Citizens, which now for thefe five yeers fpace, have fhunned for no loathfomenefs, to adminifter the reliefe without other gain then that Jefus Chrift God and man, promifeth, and will undoubtedly pay, have here received nothing elfe but for a commune benefit, an open detra6lion, and the poor (as fhall afterward appear) a larger hindrance. Where in the mean feafon notwithftanding, there have been healed of the Pocks, Fiftulaes, filthy Blains and Sores, to the number of eight hundred, and thence fafe delivered, that other having need might enter in their room. Befide eight fcore and twelve, that have there forfaken this life, in their intolerable miferies and griefes, which elfe might have dyed, and ftunck in the eyes and nofes of the City, for all thefe charity tenderers, if this place had not vouched fafe to become a pump alone, to eafe a commune abhorring. Wherein although they have at all hands fo well deferved, that hard it were with the moft favourable report to requite it, yet for that they look for their reward another where, contented to pafs that in filence : It may juftly beanfvvered to all fuch charity pro6lours, that if they well weighed thefe things already alledged, and the wages of the Chirurgions, and fuch officers and fervants, as needfully are attendant about the poor, the charges of bed- ding and Ihift for fo many fore, and difeafed ; and the excef- five prices of all things at this day, they might both marvel! howfo many are there reheved, and daily maintained : And with repentance, of that they have miffaid, endevour them- felves with as much good report and praife, to advance both the deed and the dooers, to wipe away the flander, as they have to hinder them both by the contrary. But for as much as it is doubtfull, whether they will do as they may, and of confcience are bounden, and the flander is fo wide fpred, that A3 a The Preface. a narrow remedy cannot amend it: It is thought good to the Lord Mayor of this City of London, as chief Patron and Go- vernour of this Hofpitall, in the name of the City, to pub- lifh at this prefent the overfeers and orders by him appointed ; and from time to time pra6lifed, and ufed by twelve of the Citizens moft ancient in theircourfes, asat large in the pro- cefs fhall appear, partly for theftayand redrefsof fuchflander, and partly for that it might be an open witnefs, and know- ledge unto all men, how things are adminiftered there, and by whom. Wherein if any man judge more to be fet forth in word, then in deed is followed, there be means to refolve him. But if there be not fo much fet forth as is expedient, (as what thing at the firft can attain to the top of perfe6lnefs ?) or that any man fpieth, ought in this order worthy to bee re- formed, he fhall not need to cry it at the Crofs, but fhall finde thofe at the Hofpitall, that both gladly will and may reform it. And where yet by fuch means occafion is found, as tofore was fignified, to withdraw mens charities, by reafon that it is thought but folly to beftow more reliefe where there is enough, for the number already : The City of their endlefs good will toward this moft neceffary fuccour of their poor brethren in Chrift, although at the firft they feemed bound to the precife number of an hundred, and no more, wifh all men to be moft affuredly perfwaded, that if by any means poffible they might, they defire to enlarge the benefit to a thoufand,as ordinary as at this day the hundred are. Finally, they wifh that all Almoifners and Houfes of Almoife, known either by the name of Hofpitall, or Savoy, might by thefe their doings, bee provoked to like endevour and benefit to the poor, that what one is not able alone to fuccour, the other might in fellowfhip fupply, at this time namely when the mifery of the poor moft bufily feemeth to awake. The Lord Jefus, kindle in us all, that faith that work- eth by love, that we may indeed put on Chrift our righteoufnefs before God, and not fuffer him to lye up in Preffe, that feeketh to be worn, to the glory of his Fa- ther, and ours, and to the Teftimony of our hope laid up in him. Amen. THE THE Divifion of the Governours, and Officers ; the Names, and Nature of them both. T behoveth firfl to underlland for the more evidentnefs of that that followeth, that there are in this adminiftration, two forts, or kindes of men. The one called Go- vernours (by a name proper to their Au- thority) placed there by the Lord Mayor, as Patron of this Hofpitall : And the other called Officers, that for wages are hired, for to have the neceffary doings in the fervice of the houfe and the poor. The Governours fo change, that the one halfe re- maineth two yeers in their governance, to help and in- ftru6l the later eledled, which alfo become Inftru6lers to their followers. And thefe are in number twelve, whereof four are Aldermen ; and the refidue Commu- ners, and according to their governance, thus are they named. The Prefident, alway the Seniour Alderman. Surveyors four, two Aldermen, and two Commu- ners. Almoifners four, one Alderman, and three Commu- ners. The The Order of the Hofpitall. The Treafurer a Communer. Scrutiners, two, both Communers. The Officers are feven in number, continuable or re- movable, as the governours fhall finde caufe, and bee thu^ called. rThe Hofplteler. I The Renter Clerk. I The Butler. •{ The Porter. The Matron. The Sifters, twelve. The Byddles, eight. Thefe are alfo as in a kinde by themfelves, three Chi- rurgians in the wages of the Hofpitall, giving daily at- tendance upon the cures of the poor. And a Minifler named the vifitour oi Newgate, ac- cording to his office and charge. The Governours are alwayes ele6led by the Lord Maior and his brethren, who yeerly ele6leth fix, that is to fay, two Aldermen, and four Commoners, which are admitted into the Hofpitall, after this manner. The whole Company of the twelve old Governours, fitting in Affembly together, caufe their Clerk to read unto the fix newly ele6led, the charge hereafter fol- lowing. The Charge. TT may pleafe you to underftand, that yee are here ele6led and chofen, as fellow governours of this Ho- fpitall, to continue by the fpace of two yeers : By all which time according to fuch laudable degrees and or- dinances The Order of the H of pit all. dinancesas have been ; and fhall be made by the autho- rity of the Lord Maior chiefe Patron hereof, in the name of the City, and the confent of the governours for the time being, all your other bufmefs fet apart as muchasyoupoffiblymay: ye fhall endevour your felves to attend onely upon the needfull doings of this houfe, with fuch a loving and careful diligence, as fhall be- come the faithfull Minifters of God, whom ye chiefly in this vocation are appointed to ferve ; and to whom for your negligences or defaults herein ye fhall render an accompt. For truly ye cannot be blamelefs before God, if after you have fet hand to this good plough, and promifed your diligence to the poor, ye fhall contrary- wife turn your head backward, and not perform the fuccour that Chrift looketh for at your hands, and hath witneffed to be done to himfelfe, with thefe words : Whatfoever ye do to one of thefe needy perfons for my names fake, the fame ye do unto me. And contrary- wife, if ye negle6l and defpife them, ye defpife me. We therefore require and defire every of you, on Gods behalfe, and in his mofl holy name, that ye endevour your felves to the beft of your wits and powers, fo to comfort, order, and govern this houfe, and the poor thereof, that at the laft day, ye may appear before the face of God, as true and faithfull Stewards, and difpo- fers of all fuch things, as fhall for the comfort and fuc- cour of them, (during the time of your office) be com- mitted to your credite and charge. And this to do wee require you, faithfully to promife in the fight of God, and hearing of your brethren. And fo doing we here admit you into our fellowfhip. That done and the newele6led confenting, and yeeld- B ing The Order of the H of pit all. ing themfelves to the charge, the halfof thegovernours that have already fulfilled their two yeers governance, to ftand apart : and the other half that fhall remain with the new eledled, to take them by the hands after their de^ees, and fo admit them, and not to depart fellow- fhip, before they have dined together all wholly, as well thofe that come new, as thofe that have governed their time, and thofe that remain, every man at his own coft and charge. The Prefident. 'TpHe Prefident of this Hofpitall, is chiefe Ruler and Governour of the fame, under the Lord Maior, who hath authority from time to time, to convocate and call together all the Governours for matters con- cerning the maintenance, and good ordering of the poor, and to demand of every of them, the account of their doings in their feverall offices; and with the af- fent and confent of the faid Governours, to grant Lea- fes, and Fees, and make neceffary decrees, and ordi- nances. The Treafurer and his Charge, A LI the Treafure of this houfe, is committed to your charge, that is to fay, all fuch money as fhall rife and grow, either by rents, or by gifts to the ufe of this houfe, of the which ye fhall keep a true and a juft account. And it fhall not be lawfuU for you to pay any manner of perfon, any fum or fums of money, (except it be to the Steward of this houfe, for the vidualling of the fame ; and The Order of the H of pit all. and the ordinary fees and wages that goeth out thereof:) but ye fhall firft have the names of thofe perfons fub- fcribed to the faid fum of money, under whofe office and charge fuch payment fhall happen to rife and grow, or the names of the moft part of them. Ye fhall alfo keep one feverall account between the Renter and you, by which may appear, not onely the charge of the faid Renter and his arrerages, but alfo whether the rents of the lands pertaining to the faid houfe, encreafe or decay. Ye fhall alfo yeerly the 20. day of 6>^^<$^r( within this Hofpitall) yeeld and give up in writing unto the Prefi- dent,& Govern ours of the fame, a true and a perfedlac- countof your whole charge, duringtheyeerof yourtrea- furerlhip; and then the faid Prefident and Governours, fhall name and appoint among themf elves four to beau- ditours for fame. And the fecond day oi November next following, ye fhall likewife refort tothefaid Hofpi- tall, at the houre of eight of the clock in the forenoon, that ye may then anfwer and clear your account, if any doubts or faults fhall happen to arife or be found by the auditors of the fame. And the fame day, then and there ye fhall declare unto the newTreafurer that fhall be ap- pointed, the whole courfe and flate of the affaires, pro- fits, and commodities of this houfe, in as large fort as ye poffibly can, and deliver unto him all fuch fums of mo- ney due to the houfe, as fhall then reft in your hands, and all fuch acquitances, rentalls, and other writings, as neceffarily fhall appertain to the affaires of the faid houfe. And the fame day to dine within the faid Ho- fpitall, with the Governours thereof. And in re- compence of your pains, ye fhall be affured of the mer- B 2 cies The Order of the H of pit all. cies layed up for you in the promifes, and bloud of Jesu Chrift our Saviour. Surveiours. T TNto you is committed theview of all the Lands, and Leafes pertaining unto this houfe, as well fuch as heretofore have been granted, as alfo hereafter fhall be granted; and ye fhall caufe the fame to be regiftred in the repertery Book by the Clerk, from time to time, when, and as often as you fhall affign him, to the intent that the governours of this houfe may alwayes be affu- red, what grants have paffed them, and both whereun- to they have bound themfelves, and alfo whereunto their Tenants are bound, that the Lands and Tenants may be looked unto accordingly. And ye fhall adjoyn unto youtheTreafurer of this houfe for the time being, as a neceffary aide in all your doings, for that he moft chiefely hath experience of all the affaires and doings of this houfe. And for the better accomplifhing hereof, you or the greatefh part of you, fhall meet every four- teen dayes in this houfe on the /^^^;2^<^^, at which time ye may warn the Tenants that have made default in none doing of reparations, or none payment of their rents or other to be before you, to takeorder with them, according to the Covenants expreffed in their Leafes. And your grant with the particulars of fuch reparations as by you fhall be allowed, to bee entered into a book with the name of the Tenant and Tenement ; whereun- to you or the moft part of you fhall fubfcribe your names, and then commit the overfight thereof to the Renter, fo that it be agreed, that one or more of you may The Order of the H of pit all. may vifite and perufe the fame in fuchwife as the great- nefs or quantity of the thing will require. Alfo every yeer atthe Feaft of Saint J/xV/^*^^/ the Arch- angell, two new Surveyors to be chofen ; and the old with the new to make the 1 2. day of (9<^^(5^r following, or within two dayes before or after, a generall view and furvey of all the Lands appertaining to this house, and truly to keepa Bookof the defaults thereof; and for your pains taking here, God hath promifed to give you reft and pleafure in heaven perpetually. Almoners. Y' Ou {hslleveryJlfondaycomG unto this houfe or oft- ner if you fhall think good, but at the leaft once in the week : Alwayes provided not on the Sahirday, for that day fpecially fhall be referved,and kept for the fef- fion of the Prefident, and Governours of this houfe, for the generall affaires of the fame. And at every time of your being here, if there bee caufe why, ye fhall call before you every particular offi- cer of this houfe, and enquire if every man do his duty therein according to his charge, and whether there bee peace and quietnefs maintained in the fame. And if ye fhall at any time finde any difordered perfon or perfons, then to take fuch order with him or them for their bet- ter reformation, as to you fhall feem moft meet. And if anyrefufe to be ordered by you, then to make fuch per- fon known to the Prefident, and the reft of the Gover- nours, that further order may be taken by the whole houfe. Ye fhall alfo diligently enquire, if the Chirurgians of B 3 this 8 The Order of the H of pit all. this houfe do their duty toward the poor without cor- ruption or partiaHty, and calHng them before you, yee fhall enquire what numbertherewere healed thatweek, and the fame deliver, and reward, according to yourdif- cretions, and of the fame rewards to have your allow- ance of the Treafurer, fo that ye deliver unto him the particulars thereof, figned with the hands of two of you at the leaft. And in the places of the poor fo departed, to admit other, in fuch fort and manner, as in the charge of the Hofpitaler is mentioned and declared. Ye fhall view from time to time this houfe, keeping one entire and perfecft Inventaryof the utenfils and ne- ceffary implements thereof, in a Book, as well that pro- vifion may be made in due time, for fupplying that which fhall be found to lack, as alfo in due time to pro- vide for Wood, Coale, and other neceffary furniture. And whatfoever elfe fhall feem needfull unto you for the benefit of the poor, as the enlarging of rooms, or en- creafing the number of beds, the fame ye fhall fignifie to the Prefident and Governours, that by one affent it may be decreed, and by you finifhed and performed. Ye fhall alfo see unto the keeping fweet of the poor, and in your proper perfons vifit them once every week at the leafl, and to fee that their fervice of bread, meat, and drink, be truly and faithfully delivered unto them. And for your labours and pains, ye fhall be fure of the reward that God hath promifed to all them that fuccour his members. Scrutiners. The Order of the Hofpitall. Scrutiners. 'yE fhall bee ready and diligent to make fearch and enquiry from time to time for all fuch Gifts, Legacies, and bequefts, as have been, or fhall be given, or bequeathed to the fuccour and comfort of the poor of this houfe. And the fame receive at the hands of the givers or executors, together with a bill of the fum,fub- fcribed with their names that make payment, or delive- rance thereof: the which Bill, and money, ye fhall forth- with deliver unto the Treafurer of this houfe, receiving his acquitan ce for the fame, keeping n everthelefs a Book your felves, wherein ye fhall enter and regifter all fuch charity, the givers, the time and thefum; andforallfuch fum or fums of money, as by you, or any of you, fhall be procured, had, or received, ye fhall (if it be required) make unto the givers, or deliverers thereof, an acqui- tance in your own names, as the Governours and Scru- tiners of this houfe. And yeerlyat the Election of the new Governours in- to this houfe, fhall beele6led onenewScrutiner,and the old Scrutiner that fhall be removed, fhall makedelivery unto the new Scrutiners, of all fuch Records, Bills, and Writings as concern the affairs of this houfe. And al- fo attheauditeof theTreafurersaccount, theScrutiners Book of gifts and bequefts, fhall in like manner be exa- mined and allowed. Finally ye fhall in every place where you fhall have occafion to come in the companyof good, vertuous, and wealthy men, to the uttermoft of your power, com- mend and fet forth the good order of this houfe, and how 4 10 The Order of the H of pit all. how rightly the goods given to the poor, are here be- ftowed, to the encouragement of other to extend their charity thereunto. Ye fhall alfo as occafion and oppor- tunity ferveth, move thofe that have the Office of Preaching committed to them, that they may the rather provoke the devotions of the people, to the help and comfort of this houfe. And thus doing, you fhall not lofe the reward that God hath promifed to all them that feek to glorifie and reverence his name in his poor members. An admonition to the Auditours. TN to your auditemuft be brought thefe forts of Books, firfl the Hofpitall Book, being in the cuftody of the Hofpitaler, to which alfo ye fhall look, that every page or totall fum thereof be fubfcribed with two of the i hands of the Almoners : And this Book fhall ye confer with the Stewards Book, who firfl maketh the provifi- ons. Yemuft alfo have the Scrutiners Book, to examine the account of the Treafurer for money delivered unto him by gifts and bequefls. Alfo the Book of Survey, to confer the Bills brought in by the Treafurer with the allowances of reparations, expreffed in the faid Book. Alfo ye fhall demand of the Renter, his rentall for that yeer.notforgettingal ways tochargehim with thearrera- ges that remaine the yeer before, (if any be) and to con- fer the fums of money, received by the Treafurer, with the charge and account of the faid Renter. And laftly to have fpeciall regard, if any fum of money have been payed by the Treafurer, by any decree or generall or- der of this houfe, to look in the Journall for the fame. And The Order of the Ho/pit all. 1 1 And thus in the whole affaires of this houfe, fhall yee perfe6lly be inftru6led. y4n Order for thefafe keeping of the evidences and writings appertaining to the H of pit all. npHere fhall one faire and fubftantiall chefl be provi- ded, and the fame be fet in the moft convenient and fureft place of the houfe, the which fhall have three fe- verall locks, and three keyes, whereof the Prefident alwayes to have one, and the Treafurer one, and a Communer appointed by the whole houfe, to have the third. And it fhall not be lawful! to any of the Gover- nours to have any fpecialty, evidence, or writing, out of the faid cheft, neither any other perfon, to carry any of them out of the houfe (no, though it be for the affaires of the faid houfe) but onely a Copy thereof, which fhall be taken in the prefence of the three perfons above named, that have the keyes, and the original! forthwith to be locked up againe. Officers of Houfhold, with their particular charge. The Renter Clerk and his charge. 'V/'Our office is, with all care and diligence to colle6l and gather the Rents due of the Lands and Tene- ments appertaining to this houfe, and of all fums of mo- ney fo by you colle6led and gathered, to make delive- rance and payment to the Treafurer of this houfe, for the time being, receiving his acquitance for your dif- charge. C You 12 The Order of the H of pit all. You fhall alfo once every week at the leaft, refort un- to the Prefident of this houfe, or to the Treafurer thereof, for the knowledge of the affaires of the fame, and at every of the ordinary fittings of the Governours in this houfe, for the affaires thereof, as well at the dayes appointed for the affemblyof the Surveyors and Almo- ners, as alfo when the Prefident, and all the M afters fhall affemble, ye fhall give your attendance, that from time to time, ye may enter, and regifter allfuch decrees, orders and determinations, as by them and every of them in their feverall charges fhall be decreed, ordained, and determined. And for that, the good order and governance of this houfe may the better appear, as well to the governours now being, as to all other worthy perfonages, that here- after fhall govern, or fhall defire the certainty thereof, it fhall be requifite that ye keep diligently four feverall Books, the names whereof, and the ufe are here defcribed. "A Repertory. A Book of Survey. A Book of Accounts. .A Journal!. And firfl you fhall note that before every of thefe Books ye mufl have a Calender, into the which ye may enter by order of Letters of the A. B. C. all proper names and matters, that fhall be contained in every of them. And for the better accomplifhing hereof, yee fhall with your pen in the head of the leafe, number the pages of every leafe, in every of thefe Books, and then adding in your Calender the number of the page, where the The Order of the Hofpit all. 13 the name or matter is entred in your Book, the reader without any difficulty may turn to the fame. The ufe of thefirfl Book called a Repertory. TNtothis Bookfhall ye firft enter the foundation of this Hofpitall, and alfo all Deeds, Leafes, Obligations, acquitances, and other fpecialties : ufmg alwayes in the margent of thefaid Book,tonotein afewEnglifh words the fum, and content, of every article of thofe writings that fhal appear note- worthy and the fame notes particu- larly to enter into their feverall and proper places of you r Calender, according to the order of the A. B. C. The ufe of the fecond Book, called a Book of Survey, plrft in a feverall leafe, yeerly before ye enter any o- ther thing into this Book, yee fhall make an abflra6l of the names andfurnamesof every of thofe Tenants, to whom this houfe is bound to do reparations, and alfo of them that are bound to finde their own reparations, no- ting in the margent, the leafe of your Repertory, where every of their Leafes is entred. Alfo every yeer when . the Surveiours fhall furveythe Lands of this houfe, yee fhall be attendant upon them, and aptly and plainly en- ter into this book all fuch defaults as by them fhall bee found, in the time of their view, making a diflin6l diffe- rence between Tenants at will, and Tenants by Leafe, and alfo between thofe, to whom this houfe is bound to finde reparations, and fuch as havebound themfelvesto reparations. Alfo ye fhall diligently enter into this book, all fuch C 2 orders 14 The Order of the H of pit all. orders andgrantsof reparationsorother.astheSurvey- ours from time to time fhall make or take with the Te- nants. And every yeerwhen the Treafurer fhall bring in his account, and before the Auditours fhewfuch bills of re- parations, figned with two of the hands of the Survei- ours, as he hath payed, yefhall aftertheadmiffionof the faid bills by the Auditours, enter every of them into this book particularly under this title. Reparations done in the yeer that A.B. was Treafu- rer of this Hofpitall (that is to fay) from the Feaft of Saint Michael in the fifth yeer, &c. And then fhall yewrite flrfh thename and furnameof the Tenant, the Tenement, and the day of the moneth, and then the reparations. And thus fhall ye do with all other. And it is to be noted, that in your Calender muft be entred the name of every Treafurer, and the leaf where the reparations brought in his account are en- tred. And next after the reparations, ye fhall enter yeerly your whole rentall, being firfl examined by the Surveyours,and having two of their names at the leaft, fubfcribed thereunto. And in a particular and plain man- neryefhalexprefsanddeclaretheencreafeof Rents that yeer, and that fhall yee enter into your Calender under this title, Augmentation of Rents, titling from leafe to leafe, where the faid encreafmgs be noted; and in like manner fhall ye do with Rents decayed, entring them intoyourCalenderbythisword,Z?^^«jl/^<3?i?^;2^^;likewise with Tenements or Rents altered or changed, by this name Alteration of Rents. The The Order of the H of pit all. 15 The ufe of the third Book, called a Book of Accounts. TN this Book ye fhall firft enter all the Accounts (be- ingallowedbytheauditours)ofalltheTreafurersthat have been fince this Hofpitall was firft committed to the City of London. And from henceforth at the foot of every account made by the Treafurer, ye fhall exprefly and plainly adde,and enter the arrerages of the Renter for that yeer, which alfo firft by the auditours fhall bee examined, and fubfcribed as aforefaid. And forafmuch as in all accounts, divers and many thingsat fundry times, are requifite to be known, ye shall therefore in your Calender firft note the name of the Treafurer, with the leafe where his account is entered, and alfo in the margent at the entrance of the faid ac- count, ye ftiall note the leafe of your Book of Survey, where the reparations mentioned in the fame account, are particularly entered. And for the ready finding of every matter, contained in every account, ye fiiall in the margent of this book ufe as is aforefaid, to note divers generall words, Ac- compts, ProviJionSy Liveries, Gifts, Legacies, Rewards, Agreements, Surrenders, Bargains, Suits, Recoveries, Penjions, Fees, &c. Adding to every one of thefe being placed in your Calender, the leaf where every of them is mentioned in any of the accounts contained in this book, that ataword maybe feenwhat hath beendonein all thefe things, from the firft Treafurer to the laft. And for a perfe6l declaration of the whole affairs of this houfe, ye fhall alfo out of another book (which ftiall C 3 containe 1 6 The Order of the Hofpitall. containe the doings of the Almoners, and fhall be called the Hofpitall book) enter into this book of accounts, as well a perfect Inventaryof all fuch Implements, as then fhall be found within this Hofpitall: as alfo a full remain- der of all the provifions and vi6luals firft fubfcribed by two of the faid Almoners. And in the end ye fhall ma- nifeftly declare the names and furnames of fo manydif- eafed perfons.as that yeer have been cured and deliver- ed out of this houfe,and alfo the names and furnames of fo many as that yeer have dyed in the houfe. The namesand furnames alfo of as manyas then fhall remain fick and difeafed inthis houfe, togetherwith the name of thefhirewherein each wasborn,and their faculties,exer- cife, or occupations. The ufe of the fourth book called ajournall, npHis book muft alfo have a Calender, and it fhall al- wayes be brought forth at fuch time as the Prefident and moft part of the Governours fhall fit within this H ofpitall, for the generall affaires of the fame. And into this book fhall ye enter all fuch orders and decrees, as from time to time, fhall by the faid Governours, or great- efl part of them, be decreed and ordained. And in the margent thereof, ye fhall do as before is affigned in the book of Repertory, in few words fet forth the fum of every decree, order, &c. contained therein. And chiefelyye fhall ufe the generall words before defcribed in the book of accounts, that by the entrance of them into your Calender, every matter may eafily and readi- ly be found. And ye fhall not faile, but in five dayes next after the enterance of any thing into this book, to enter The Order of the HofpitalL 17 enter the fame by a general word into the Calender, that as well when you are abfent, as prefent, the governours may without difficulty be fatisfied of that they feek for therein. The officer of the Hofpitaler. 'VT'Our office is chiefely and moft principally to vifit the poor in their extremes and fickneffes,and to mi- nifter unto them the moft wholfome and neceffary do- ctrine of Gods comfortable word, as well by reading and preachingas alfo by miniftringthe Sacramentof the holy Communion at times convenient. To receive alfo into this houfe, of the Steward, to the ufe of the fame poor, fuch vi6luals and other provifion as by him fhall be provided, entring the fame into your book, and fafely to keep them to their ufe. Alfo to deliver unto the Cook of this houfe, from time to time, fo much of thefamevi6luals,as fhall be needfuU for the prefent time, to be dreffed for the poor. And the fame being dreffed to fee feafonably, and truly deli- vered, and diftributed unto them. Alfo whenfoever any poor perfon Ihall be here pre- fented or fued for, to be admitted into this houfe, you fhall receive the fame prefentation, calling unto you, two of theChirurgiansof this houfe, to view and examin the difeafe of the faid perfon, whether it be curable or not curable; if they Judge it curable, then you, by a bill of your hand, to certifie the name, and furname of the faid difeafed perfon, unto the Almoners, or two of them at the leaftj defiring them to fubfcribe their names there- unto, and that being done, you to keep upon a file the fame 5 1 8 The Order of the H of pit all. fame bill for your warrant. And then ye fhall com- mit the fame poor to the Matron of this houfe, to bee placed accordingly as the cafe fhall require. Alfo at the admiffion of every poor perfon into this Hofpitall, ye fhall enquire what money, or other things of value he, or fh e hath, and the fame together with his, or her name, to enter into your book, & you to receive and fafely keep the fame to the ufe of the fame poor, to bee delivered again unto him, her, or them, when they fhall be cured out of this houfe. And monethly to deliver to the faid Almoners, a copy of your book of entrances, that they may regifter the fame in the book of their or- dinary doings. And if any fuch poor fortune do de- ceafe and dye in this houfe, then you to deliver all fuch money and other things, as fhall be in your cuftody, to the Treafurer of this houfe for the time being, entering the fame into your book, to be committed, and difpofed, to the ufe of the poor. And as often as any of the poor fhall bee cured and made whole, you with the Chirurgians to prefent them / to the Almoners of this houfe, at their next affembly here, and to regifter in your book their names and fur- names of them, and every of them, with the day and yeere of their delivery, and departure out of this houfe. And at their departure to give unto them a paffe-port, to be made according to the Precedent and form that isex- preffed in the end of this book. This is your charge, and ye have not to do with any other thing in this houfe. Howbeit, if ye fhall perceive at anytime, any thing done by any Officer of this houfe, or other perfon, that fhall maintain diforder,or procure flander to this houfe, that ye then declare the fame to fome, The Order of the H of pit all 19 fome, one or two of the governours of this houfe, and to none other perfon, and no further to meddle therein. The office of the Steward and Butler. XT" Our charge is faithfully and truly to make provifion of fuch needfull vi6luals, as from time to time yee fhall be appointed by the Almoners to provide, for the poor of this houfe, remembring alwayes that wherein fo ever you fhall hinder, or negligently burden this houfe, either with exceffive prices, or not making your provifi- on in due time, the fame dammage and hurt you do unto GOD whofe members the poor are, and therefore yee ought the rather to ftudy to ferve in this houfe with fear of God, and confcience, as one that manifeftly and plainly walketh before the face of God, who perfe6lly feeth and beholdeth the very thoughts of your heart. Your charge is alfo to keep a true, and perfe6l ac- count of all fuch vi6luals as by you fhall be bought, and to make deliverance of the faid vi6luals unto the Hofpi- taler of this houfe, declaring unto him the juft weight, number, and prices of the fame, that he may make due and true entrance and account thereof. Alfo at all fuch times as fhall be needfull for the poor, to be ferved of their ordinary meales or otherwife, either of Bread or Drink, yee fhall not be abfent, but with all diligence and readinefs ye fhall give your attendance. Ye fhall have to do in none other mans office in this houfe, but onely with your own in manner as is above defcribed. But if yee fhall perceive at any time, any thing done by any officer or other perfon of this houfe, that fhall be unprofitable thereunto, or that may be oc- D cafion 20 The Order of the H of pit all. cafion of any diforder, or jQiall engender flander to the fame : That then ye declare the thing to fome one or two of the Governours of this houfe, and to none other perfon, nor farther to meddle therein. The Office of the Matron, '\TO\ix office is to receive of the Hofpitaler of this houfe, all fuch fick and difeafed perfons, as he by his warrant figned from the Almoners of this houfe, fhall prefentunto you, and the fame perfons to beflow in fuch convenient places within this houfe, as you fhall think meet. You have alfo the charge, governance, and order of all the Sifters of this houfe, to fee from timeto time, that every of them in the wards committed to their charge, do their duty unto the poor, as well in making of their beds, and keeping their wards, as alfo in wafhing and purging their unclean clothes, and other things. And that thefameSifherseverynightafterthe houreof feven of the clock in the Winter, and nine of the clock in the Sommer, come not out of the womans ward, except fome great and fpeciall caufe (as the prefent danger of death, or needfuU fuccour of fome poor perfon.) And yet at fuch a fpeciall time it fhall not be lawfull for every Sifter to go forth to any perfon or perfons (no though it be in her ward,) but onely for fuch as you fhall think vertuous, godly and difcreet. And the fame Sifter to remaine no longer with the fame fick perfon, then needfull caufe fhall require. Alfo at fuch times as the Sifters fhall not be occupied about the poor, ye fhall fet them to fpinning, or doing of The Order of the H of pit all. 2 1 of fome other manner of work, that may avoid idlenefs, and be profitable to the poor of this houfe. Alfo ye fhall receive the flax provided by the Gover- nours of this houfe, and the fame being fpun by the Sifters, ye fliall commit to the faid Governours, that they may both put order for the weighing of the fame to the Weaver, and for the meafuring of it at the return- ing thereof. You fhall alfo as the chiefe Governereffe, and worthy Matron of this houfe, have fpeciall regard to the good ordering and keepingof all the Sheets, Coverlets, Blan- kets, Beds, and other implements committed to your charge, that now do or hereafter fliall appertain unto the poor. Alfo ye fliall fuffer no poor perfon of this houfe to fit and drink within your houfe at no time, neither fhall yee fo fend them drink into their wards, that thereby drun- kennefs might be ufed and continued among them, but as much as in you fliall lye, ye fliall exhort them to ver- tueand temperance, declaringthishoufetobeappointed for the harbour and fuccour of the deer members of Chrifts body, and not of drunkards, and unthankfull persons. Herewith yee are charged, and not with any other thing. But if there fliall bee any thing done by any offi- cer or other perfon of this houfe, that fliall be unprofi- table thereunto, or that may be occafion of any difor- der, or fliall engender flander to the fame, that yee then declare it to fome one or two of the Governours of this houfe, and to none other perfon, nor no further to meddle therein. D2 The 22 The Order of the H of pit all. The Sifters. y: Our charge is, in all things todeclareand fhewyour felvesgentle, diligent, and obedient to the M atron of this houfe, who is appointed and authorized to bee your chief Governereffe and Ruler. Ye fhall alfo faithfully and charitably ferve, and help the poor in all their griefesand difeafes, as well by keep- ing them fweet and clean, as in giving them theirmeats and drinks, after the moft honeft and comfortable man- ner. Alfo ye fhall ufe unto them good and honeft talk, fuch as may comfort and amend them, and utterly to avoyd all light, wanton, and foolifh words, geftures and manners, ufmg your felves unto them with all fobriety anddifcretion. And above all things fee that ye avoyd, abhor and deteft fcolding, and drunkenneffe, as moft peftilent and filthy vices. Ye fhall not haunt or refort to any manner of perfon out of this houfe, except ye be licenced by the Matron, neither fhall yee fuffer any light perfon to haunt or ufe unto you, neither any difhoneft perfon, either man or woman, and fo much as in you fhall lye, ye fhall avoid and fhun the converfation and company of all men. Ye fhall not be out of the womans ward, after the hour of feven of the clock in the night, in the winter time, nor after nine of the clock at night, in the Som- mer ; except yee fhall be appointed and commanded by the Matron fo to be for fome great and fpeciall caufe that fhall concern the poor, (as the prefent danger of death or extream ficknefs) and yet fo being com- manded, yee fhall remain no longer with fuch difeafed perfon, then juft caufe fhall require. Alfo The Order of the HofpitalL 23 Alfo if any juft caufe of grief fhal fortune unto any of you, or that ye fhall fee lewdnefs in any officer, or other perfon of this houfe, which may found or grow to the hurt or flander thereof, ye fhall declare the fame to the Matron, or unto one or two of the Governours of this houfe, that fpeedy remedy therein may be had, and to none other perfon, neither fhal you talk or meddle there- in any further. This is your charge, and with any other thing you are not charged. The Chirurgians. "VT^Our charge is, faithfully and truly to the uttermoft of your knowledge and cunning, to help to cure the griefes and difeafes of the poor of this Hofpitall, fetting afide all favour, affe6lion, gain or lucre, and that as well to the pooreft deftitute of all friends and fuccours, as to fuch as fhall perad venture be better friended, yee fhall with all favour and friendfhip procure the fpeedy reco- very of their health. Alfo for your fhipend and fee, given and paid out of this houfe, yee fhall be ready at the commandement of the Almoners of this houfe, and Hofpitaler of the fame, to view and look upon fuch difeafed perfons, as here from time to time fhall be prefented. And after your view to fignifie to the faid Almoners or Hofpitaler, your Judgement of the faid difeafed perfon, without all affe- 6lion, whether he or fhe be curable or not, to the intent there may be none admitted into this houfe, that fhall be incurable, to the great let and hinderance of the curing and helping of many other; nay, none reje6led and put back that are curable, to the great flander of this houfe, and difpleafure of God. D 3 Alfo 24 The Order of the HofpitalL Alfo at all fuch times as ye fhall goe to thedreffing of any difeafed perfoninthis houfe,asmuchasIn you is, ye fhall give unto him or her, faithfull and good counfell, willing them to mindeto fm no more, and to bee thank- full unto Almighty GOD, for whofe fake they are here comforted of men. And above all things, ye fhall take nor receive of no perfon, any gift or reward for the cu- ring or helping of them, either of them, or their friends, but yee fhall firft make the fame offer or reward known unto the Almoners of this houfe. Alfo we utterly forbid and command you, that yee by no colour pefter or burden this houfe with any fick or difeafed perfon, for the curing of which perfon, ye before have received a fum or fums of money, upon pain to be difmiffed this houfe. This is yourchargeand office, with the which yehave to do, and not with any other thing, neither with any other office in this houfe. But if you fhall perceive at any time, any thing done by any officer or other perfon of this houfe, that fhall be unprofitable thereunto, or that may be occafion of any diforder, or fhall engender flander to the fame, that ye then declare it to the Almo- ners, or one of them, and no farther to meddle therein. The Office of the Porter, '^T^Our charge is, to keep the doors, opening and fhut- ing them in due time, and to give good heed to all fuch perfons as fhall at any time paffe to and fro out of this houfe, as well for the conveighing, or embezelling of anything that appertaineth to the poor of this houfe, as Wood, Coale, Bread, Meat or Drink, as alfo for all fufpicious The Order of the HofpitalL 25 fufpicious perfons, as men to refort to the womens ward, or women to the mens wards, or fuch fufpicious men to refort unto the men, or women, to the women, as fhall be thought to bee pety pickers, or perfons otherwife of naughty difpofition. And alfo every night at the hour of feven of the clock in the Sommer, yee fhall go into every ward where the poor men be, and fee them in good order; and fuffer no Sifter, nor other woman to remain among them (except juft caufe be declared by the Matron) and caufe them to fay the appointed Prayers. Andwhatfoever poor perfon fhall be found afwearer or an unreverent ufer of his mouth, towards God or his holy name, or a contemner of the Matron, or other of- ficer of this houfe, or that fhall refufe to go to bed at the lawfull houres before appointed, him fhall ye punifh (af- ter once warninggiven) in the ftocks, and further declare his follie untothe Almoners of this houfe, that they may take fuch order with him or them, as fhall feem meet by their difcretions. Ye fhall alfo be diligent and ready from time to time, to do fuch other things, as the Governoursof this hou fe fhall affign and appoint you. This is your charge, an d more you have not to do, but if ye perceive at any time, any thing done by any officer of this houfe, or othe r perfon that fhall maintain diforder, or procure flander to this houfe, that ye then declare the fame to fome one or two of the Governours of this houfe, and to n one other perfon, and no further to meddle therein. The 26 The Order of the H of pit all. ^ The Bedells, 'V7' Our office and charge is to give attendancefrom time to time, upon the Governours of this houfe, and to do fuch bufmeffe as they fhall affign you. And alfo all fuch dayes as the Governours of this houfe fhall not fit in this Hofpitall for the affaires of the fame, ye fhall feparate and divide your fel ves into fundry parts and liberties thereof, every man takinghisfeverall walk. And if in any of your walks yee fhall happen to efpy any perfon infected with any lothely griefe or dif- eafe, which fhall fortune to lye in any notable place of this City, to the noyanceand infedlionof the paffers by, and flanderof this houfe, yee fhall then give knowledge thereof unto the Almoners of this Hofpitall, that they may take fuch order therein as to them fhall bethought meet. Ye fhall alfo have a fpeciall eye and regard unto all fuch perfons, as have been cured and healed in this houfe, that none of them counterfeit any griefe ordifeafe, nei- ther begge within the City and liberties thereof. And if ye fhall fortune to findeanyfo doing, ye fhall immedi- ately commit him, or them, to fome Cage, and give knowledge thereof to the Governours of this houfe, that they may take further order, as they fhall think befl. Ye fhall not haunt nor frequent the company of any poor and beggarly perfons (that is to fay) to drink or eat with them in any vidlualling houfe, or other place, neither fhall yee receive any bribe or reward of any of them, lefl by occafion thereof ye fhould winck at them, and fo lewdly licence them to begge, upon pain to be dif- miffed this houfe. Alfo The Order of the Hofpitall. 27 Alfo ye fhall not fuffer any fturdy or idle begger or vagabound, to begge or ask almes within this City of London, or Suburbes of the fame, but yee fhall forth- with commit all fuch to ward, and immediatly fignifie the name and furname of him or them, to the Alderman of that ward, where ye fhall apprehend any fuch begger, or elfe to the Lord Mayor, that execution may be done as the Law in that cafe hath provided. This is your charge. The mjitour of Newgate. ^VTOur charge is faithfully and diligently to vifit all the poor and miferable captives within the Prifon of Newgate, and minifter unto them fuch ordinary fervice at times convenient, as is appointed by the kings Ma- jeflies book for ordinary Prayer. Alfo that ye learn without book the moft wholfome fentences of holy Scripture, that may comfort a defpe- rate man, that readily ye may minifter them to fuch per- fons as yee fhall perceive them moft needfuU to be mi- niftred unto. Alfo yee fhall faithfully and truly ufe and bear your felf between party and party, excluding bribes and all other corruption, that is to fay, between the prifoners and the parties to whom they have offended, exhorting them to the uttermoft of your cunning, to make reftitu- tion of their things falfely gotten, fhewing them the bur- then of confcience depending thereupon. And that al- fo they difclofe all fuch other perfons as they know liv- ing, which by robbery or murther may hurt a common weale. And in all their extremes and fickneffes, ye fhall E be 2 8 The Order of the H of pit all. be diligent and ready to comfort them with the moft pithy, and fruitfull fentences of Gods moft holy word. And whatfoever perfon you fhall perceive to have fubftance, and to be minded to befbow fomewhat there- of in deeds of charity, ye fhall exhort him or them, to beftow fome part to the reliefe of the needy and difeafed perfons of this houfe. And of all fuch gifts from time to time, to give knowledge to the Almoners or Scruti- ners of this houfe. And for as much as you are numbred among the Mi- nifters of Chrifts Church, yee fhall therefore four times in the yeerat theleaft, (that is to fay) every quarter once, do fuch fervicein thefaid Church as is requifite for fuch a Minifher to do. This is your charge, which fee that ye do, and with any other thing ye are not charged. The efiimate of the yeerly charges of this Hofpitall. TT is firft here to bee confidered, that although the charges were very great to bring the endowment of the Hofpitall into fuch point as behoved, and to furnifh the houfe with neceffary Implements and bedding for fuch number (as hath been afore touched in the beginning) yet is there of all thefe charges, no parcell here under mentioned, but the yeerly expences onely,fuftained for the maintenance and continuance of the fame. And al- beit thefe charges following, be all and every of them ordinary, and of neceffity, yet for that there is a diffe- rence in the certainty of the one and the other, they are divided The Order of the HofpitalL 29 divided into two kindes, with thefe titles. Charges cer- tain, and Charges uncertain. Charges certain. Are firfl the yeerly Wages and Fees of thofe Officers and Servants, that neceffarily ferve and attend for the poor, as enfueth,and after them the chargesof houfhold, Reparations, and fuch like. To the Hofpitaller. x. 1. To the Renter-clerk. x. 1. To the Butler. vi.l.xiii.s.iiii.d. To the Cook, for his meat, drink, and wages, vi.l. To the Porter. vi.l. To three Chirurgians. Ix.l. To eight Bedles. xxvi.l.xiii.s.iiii.d. To thefe and to the other, for their liveries. x.l. To the Matron, and twelve Sifters for their wages. xxvii.l.vi.s.viii.d. To the Matron for her boord wages, at xviii. pence the week. iii.l.xviii.s. To the xii. Sifters, for their boord wages at xvi.d. the week for every of them. xl.l.xii.s. To the Matron for her livery. xiii.s.iiii.d. To the Sifters for their liveries. vi.l. To the Minifters of Chrifts Church, by the Kings Majefties affignment, that is to fay,a Vicar,a Vifitour of Newgate, five Priefts, two Clerks, and a Sexton, yeerly. C. and vi.l. To the Minifters of the Church within the Hofpitall, by the fame affignment, that is to fay, to a Vicar, a Clerk and a Sexton. xxiii.l.vi.s.viii.d. E2 To 30 The Order of the H of pit all. To certain men of Law and other perfons, given in Fees by the Kings faid Majefty, yeerly by Patent. xxviii.l.iiii.s. Charges of Houfhold, For the Dyetsof an C perfons, at two pence the per- fon for every day, iii.C.l.vi.s.viii.d. For Ixviii.load of Coals, at xvi.s.the load.liiii.l.viii.s. For Wood yeerly. xxiiii.l. For Candles yeerly. v.l. For yeerly reparations of the Hofpitall and Tene- ments, appertaining to the fame. xl.l. Sum of the Charges ( vii.C.lxxx. certain. ( xviii. l.ii. s. The charges uncertain (for as much as it cannot cer- tainly be known to what they may amount) are here fet forth without Sums, onely to fignifie unto you, that there are many charges more to beconfidered,then cer- tain account can be made of. Charges uncertain. For Shirts, Smocks, and other apparell for the poor, needfull, either at their comming in or departure. For Sugar and Spices for Cawdles for the fick, Flax for Sheets, and Weaving of the fame, Soltwich Cloth for winding Sheets, Bolls, Brooms, Baskets, Incenfe, Juni- per, Afhes to buck their Clothes. And alfo money given to the poor at their departure, which is meafured ac- The Order of the H of pit all. 31 according to their Journey and need. The which un- certain charges amounted one yeer to the fum of Ix.l. So commeth the certain charges of this houfe yeerly, to the fum of vii.C.lxxx.xviii.l.ii.s. befides the uncer- tain expences, and other extraordinary charges, which cannot be rated, nay, accounted. Toward the which is yeerly received by the endow- ment of the Kings Majefty, iii. C. xxxiii. 1. vi. s. viii. d. And by the like endowment of the City of London, iii. C. xxxiii. 1. vi. s. viii. d. The which in the whole is, vi.C.lxvi.l.xiii.s.iiii.d. So is the Hofpitall charged yeerly of certain (befides the uncertain expences) over and above the fumme of their revenues, C.xxx.l.viii.s.viii.d. Which onely rifeth of the charity of certain mercifull Citizens, for whofe continuance with the encreafe of moe, we earneftly pray unto the fountain of mercy, Je- fus Chrift, the Lord of all, to whom for ever appertain^ the Kingdome, the power and the glory, world without end. AmeUi E3 A 32 A Thankfgiving unto Almighty 'God to be faid by the poor that are cured in the Hofpitall, at the time of their delive- ry from thence, upon their knees in the Hall before the Hofpitaler, and two Mafters of this Houfe at the leaft. And this the Hofpitaler Jhall Charge them to learn without the Book, before they bee delivered. \X/'E magnifie and praife thee O Lord, that fo mer- cifully and favourably haft looked upon us mife- rable and wretched fmners, which fo highly have offend- ed thy divine Majefty, that wee are not worthy to bee numbred among thy ele6l and chofen people : our fms being great and grievous are daily before our eyes, we la- ment and beforry forthem, & with forrowfull heart, and lamentable teares, we call and cry unto thee for mercy, Have mercy upon us O Lord, have mercy upon us, and according to thy great mercy, wipe away the multitude of our fms, and grant us now O Lord, thy most holy and working fpiritjthatfettingafideallviceandidlenefs, we may in thy fear walk, and go forward in all vertue and godlinefs. And for that thou hafl moved O Lord, the hearts of godly men, and the Governours of this houfe, to fhewtheir exceeding charity towards us,in cu- ring of our maladies and difeafes, we yeeld moft humble and A Prayer. 33 and hearty thanks to thy Majefty, and fhall inceffantly laude and praife thy moft holy and glorious name : Be- feeching thee, moft gracious and mercifull Lord, ac- cording to thy holy word and promife, fo to blefs this thine own dwelling houfe, and the faithfull Minifters thereof, that there be here found no lack, but that their riches and fubftance may encreafe, that thy holy name may thereby bee the more praifed and glorified, to whom be all laud, honour, and glory, world without end. Amen, A 34 A.Pafle-port to be delivered to the P 00 R E, To all Mayors y Bailiff es, Conjlables, &c, IZ'Now ye that A. B. Taylour born in the Town of S. T. in the county oi Northampton, being cured of his difeafe in the Hofpitall oi^. Bartholomews in Weft Smithfield in London^ and from thence delivered the 1 3. day oi Augu/l^m. the fixt yeer of the Reign, &c.hath charge by us A. B. C. the Governours of the fame to re- pair within dayes next enfuing the date hereof, to hisfaidplaceofnativity,orto Wejlhandfield,\h& place of his laft abode, and there to exhibite this prefent Paffe- porttothe head officer or officers, in either of the places appointed, that they may take further order for his de- meanour. The 35 The Table. Fol r^Overnours Charge. Prejident. 4 Treafurer. ibid. Surveyors. 6 Almoners. 7 Scrutiners. 9 Admonition to the Auditors. 10 Orders for keeping the Evidences. II The Renter Clerk and his Charge. ib. The Hofpitalers Office. 17 The Stewards Office. 19 The Matrons Office. 20 The Sijlers Office. 22 The Chirurgians. 23 The Porter. ' 24 The Bedells. 26 The Vijitor of Newgate. 27 FINIS. 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