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A N
historical account
OF THE
royal hospita
FOR
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GREENWICH.
M,DCC,LXXXIX.
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Juv. Sat.
\ LONDON:
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NICOL PALL-MALL; T. CADELL, STRAND; J. WALTER, CHARING-CROSS G. G. J. AND J. ROBINSON, P ATE R-NOST £ R-ROWj
and
AT THE CHAPEL OF THE HOSPITAL,
Cittercn at ^tattoner^atf.
RIGHT HONORABLE THE LORDS AND OTHERS COMMISSIONERS AND GOVERNORS
OF THE
ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SEAMEN AT GREENWICH,
THE r OLLOWING HISTORICAL ACCOUNT,
COLLECTED BY PERMISSION
FROM ORIGINAL PAPERS AND RECORDS,
AND EMBELLISHED WITH ENGRAVINGS,
I S,
WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT A.ND DEFERENCE,
INSCRIBED, BY
the authors,
JOHN COOKE, A.M. 7 JOHN MAULE, A. M.J C!laP]a;ns-
Raja/ Hofpilalfor Seaman at Greenwich , September 22d , 1789.
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Copy of Original Grant of Ground by King William and gueen Mary
Ditto of King Williams Firjl Commijm
Fabric
Revenue
Conjiitution
Fjlablijhment of In and Qut-Penfioners
Fainted Hall
Chapel
Council Room
Infirmary
School "
An Account of the Antient Royal Palace called Placentia in Eaf -Greenwich
A Lift of the prefent Directors of the Hofpital, and alfo of the Names of the Lord High Admirals, Firjl Lords of the Admiralty, the Mafters and Gover- nors, Captains, Lieutenants, (Sc. &c. from the Infiitution to the prefent Vime
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INTRO-
INTRODUCTION.
HERE is nothing which reflects greater honor upon human nature, than thofe Inftitu- tions which owe their rife to motives of Benevo- lence, and of fuch there are many and excellent in their kinds, the glory and ornament of thefe Kingdoms. But where we find attention to the relief of private diftrefs, joined to the mod effectual care of the public interefts, we cannot help admiring the political wifdom of fuch an Inftitution, whilft we are delighted with the reflection that it is the fource of happinefs to individuals. Inftitutions of this fort, how- ever, requiring ability proportionable to the beneficial effects which they are meant to pro- duce, cannot be fupported unlefs cherifhed by the ftreams of public Munificence, and the invi- gorating rays of Royal Favor.
With regard to that which it is our purpofe to trace from its Origin to its prefen t ftate of Splen-
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dor, every one who wifhes well to this Country mu ft with pleafure remark, how much its Inte- refts have been thought worthy the attention of our Sovereigns, from the glorious Founders of it, to the Prince who now’ fits upon the Throne, whofe peculiar happinefs it is to promote and encourage every undertaking which tends to the Good of his People.
The Chara&er of piety and humanity which [a) Hiftory has given to the Confort of William the Third, appears to have been juftly founded ; many effefts of her excellent difpofition remain- ing to this day. The firft idea of that noble Inftitution, of which we are now treating, is with every appearance of juftice aferibed to (b) her. It w’as impoftible' to find Objects who deferved better of the Public, or in a fituation more deplorable, than thofe whofe Strength had been exhaufted, or who had been mutilated or
(a) See her chara&er as drawn by Mr. Boyer in his Hiftory of King William and Queen Mary.
(b) “ And the laft great Projeft that her Thoughts were working
<c upon, with relation to a noble and royal Provifion for difabled Seamen at <c Greenwich, was particularly defigned to be fo conftituted as to put them in a “ probable way of ending their Days in the Fear of God. See Boyer’s above-
“ mentioned Hiftory.
difabled
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difabled in the fervice of their Country. For want of a fafe harbour wherein they might anchor, and an Afylum wherein they might repofe, after the fatigues, hardfhips and dangers which they had encountered, few only efcaped from the accumulated diftreffes of poverty, infirmity, and pain. To behold the Protedors of 'a Nation which Ihe loved, cruelly abandoned under fuch circumftances, excited her Royal Compaffion; and one of the laff ads of her exemplary Life was the propofal of anlnftitution, which fhould provide for thofe unfortunate, but highly deferving, Sufferers.
Kincr William, fenfible of its utility, readily acceded to the wdlhes of his Royal Confort. Before her demife, the following Grant was made of a Houfe built by King Charles the Second, with certain Lands in the Manor of Baft Green- wich ; and it will appear that, after the irreparable Lofs which the Country and the King fuftamed by the Queen’s deceafe, this Inftitution was honored by his Majefty’s fingular Protedion.
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Copy of King William’s and Queen Mary’s Ori- ginal Grant of King Charles the Second’s Pa- lace at Haft -Greenwich^ and of the Ground thereto belonging , for the Ufe of an Hofpitai \ for the Relief of Seamen , their Widows and Children .
W ILLIAM and MARY, by the Grace of God King Sc Queene of England, Scotland, France Sc Ireland, De- fenders of the Faith, See. to all to whome thefe Prefents fhall come Greeting. Whereas it is our Royal Intent and ReeJtal of In-
° _ tention to found
purpofe to ered and found an Hofpitai within our Mannor an Hofpitai for of Eaft Greenwich in our County of Kent for the reliefe and fupport of Seamen ferving on board the Shipps or Vellells belonging to the Navy Royall of Us our Heires or Succeflors or imploy’d in our or their Service at Sea who by reafon of Age Wounds or other difabilities fhall be uncapable of further Service at Sea and be unable to maintain themfelves And Ami for suftea-
tation of Wi-
for the Suftentation of the Widows and the Maintenance dows. Children,
and Relief of
and Education of the Children of Seamen happening to be Sea™cn> Re- name or difabled in fuch Sea Service and Alfo for the further reliefe and Encouragement of Seamen and Improvement of Navigation. Now to the End our Royal Purpofe and In- tention in the Premifes may the better take EfFed Know yee that Wee of our efpecial Grace certain Knowledge and
B meere
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O RIG INAL GRANT.
meere Motion have givin and granted* and by thefe Prefents, for us Our Heires and Succefiburs doe give and grant unto our right trufty and right well-beloved Counfellor Sr John Somers Kntr Keeper, of our great Seale of England^, our right trufty and right entirely beloved Coulin & Counfellor Tho- mas Duke of Leeds Prefident of our Privy Council our right trufty and right well-beloved Coulin & Counfellor Thos Earle of Pembrooke and Montgomery Keeper of our Privy Seale, our right trufty & right entirely beloved Coufin & Counfellor Charles Duke of Shrewlbury one of our Prin- eipall Secretaries of State, our right trufty and well-beloved Counfellor Sidney Lord Godolphin firft Commiffioner of ©ur Treafury, & our right, trufty and well-beloved Coun— fdlors Sr John Trenchard Knl one of our Principall Secre- taries of State and Edwd Rulfell Efqre- our firft Commiffioner for executing the office of our High Admirall of England, Admirall of our Navy Royal! and our Treasurer for the fame, and our right trufty and well beloved Sr Stephen Fox Knight one of the Commiffioners of our Treafury, Sr John Lowtherof Whit haven Baronett one of the Commiffioners for executing the Office of our high Admirall, Sr W Afhurft Knight Mayor of our City of London, Sr Robert Clayton < Knight, Sir Patience Ward Knight Sir John Moor Knight s & Sir Wm Pritchard Knight.
ct Ground in All that piece or parcell of Ground fituate lying and within the parifo.of Eaft Greenwich in the faid.
•cfciption .f County of Kent and being parcell or. rented parcell of our she Paicels. Manner of' Eaft Greenwich aforefaid containing in the whole by Admeafurement eight Acres two roods and 32 Square perches be the fame more or leffe as the faid Ground
is now marke’d flaked or otherwife fet outt. In which.
admea-
ORIGINAL GRANT.
admeafurem'- the Ground defigne’d for a way or paiTage to lead thorow the premifes and herein aftermentioned to be excepted is comprehended or reckoned Which faid piece oi parcell of Ground is bounded with our Rivei of Thames towards the North andcontaines by Admeafureirf- along by the sd> River from the Tenement there late in the occupation of Nicholas Smithy s or his Aflignes to the Eafl: End of the Edifice called the veftry there fix hundred feventy three feet of Aflize be the fame more or leife, and the sd< piece or parcell of Ground abutts in part on the publique Way leading from the Crane there to the Lane called the back Lane towards the Eafl: and contained towards the faid publique way three hundred fiftie eight feet of Aflize be the fame more or lefle, and then returnes more Eaftward 72 feet of Aflize litle more or lefle And then the sd* piece or parcell of Ground abutts in other part towards the Eafl: upon the sd- Lane called the Back Lane and containes by Admea- furement agft- the sd- back Lane one hundred ninety nine feet of Aflize litle more or lefle, And the sd- piece or parcell of Ground from Eafl to Weft towards the South containes by Admeafuretrf fix hundred fiftie eight feet of Aflize more or lefle including the thicknefs of the Brick Walls on both Tides and doth abutt towards the South upon part of the ground of the old Tilt-yard and upon part of the Garden called the Queen’s Garden the North Ends of the Ground of the old Tilt yard and of the sd- Garden and abc- halfe the Edifice there now ufed for the fervice of our Ordinance being comprehended within thefe dimenlions as part of the Ground thereby intended to be pafled, And the faid piece or parcell of Ground towards the Weft containes in length from North to South by admeafurenT feaven hundred and
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ORIGINAL GRANT.
In Truft, to be Converted into an Hofpital,
and when a Corporation ■ fhall be eftab- Iiihcd,
to convey to fuch Corporation, fubje£t to fuch other Rules, &c.
Tru flees may reimburfe them- felves their Ex- ..pences.
Tors to the Intent neverthelefTe that the aforefaid Premifes and every Part thereof fhall be converted 6c imployed unto and for the Ufe 6c Service of fuch an Hofpitall as aforefaid, and that as foon as the Buildings thereof fhall be finifhed 6c that wee our Heires or SuccefTors fhall create and eftablifh a Corporation or Body Politique for the Government of the faid Hofpital and the revenues thereof that then the faid Sr John Somers Thomas Duke of Leeds Thomas Earle of Pembrooke 6c Montgomery Charles Duke of Shrewfbury Sidney Lord Godolphin Sr John Trenchard Ed RufTell Sr Stephen Fox Sr John Lowther Sr Wm Afhurft Sr Rob1 Clayton Sr Patience Ward Sr John Moor and Sr Wm Pritchard and the Survivors and Survivor of them his 6c their Heires and AfTignes doe and fhall by the Command or Appointment of us our Heires or SuccefTors convey the s4 Premifes and all their Eftate therein unto fuch Body Po- litique 6c their SuccefTors for ever. To be fubjed: to fuch orders Statutes Rules Conftitutions 6c Appointments as Wee our Heires or SuccefTors by Letters Patents under the great Seale of England fhall bepleafed to make or eftablifh for or concerning the Foundation Rule 6c good Government of the faid Hofpitall 6c the Revenues and Pofleflions of the fame and to 6c for none other ufe Intent or Purpofe whatfoever. Provided always and we doe hereby promife grant 6c declare that the faid Sr John Somers Thomas Duke of Leeds Thomas Earle of Pembrooke and Montgomery Charles Duke of Shrewfbury Sidney Lord Godolphin Sr John^ Trenchard Edward RufTel Sr Stephen Fox Sr John Lowther Sir William Afhurft Sir Robert Clayton Sir Patience Ward Sir John .Moor and Sir William Pritchard their Heires and Aftignes fhall from Time to Time by or out of the Profitts of the
Premifes
ORIGINAL GRANT.
Premifes be reimburfed all fuch Charges and Expences as they or any of them ihall be neceffarily put to in the Exe- cution of the Truft hereby repofed in them. And Laftly our Will and Pleafure is and Wee do hereby for us our Heires and Succeffors grant and declare that thefe our Letters Patents & every Article Claufe Matter and Thing therein contained £hall be good valid firme & effeftual in the Lawc« according to the true Intent and meaning of the fame and fhall be foe conftrued adjudged and taken in all our Courts of. Record and elfewhere any Matter Caufe or Thing what- foever to the contrary notwithftanding. In Witnefle whereof wee have caufed thefe our Letters to be made Patents Witnefle ourfelves at Weftminfter the five and twentieth of Odober in the fixth year of oufc-Reigne by Writt of privy Seale.
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Copy of King WILLIAM'S COMMISSION.
aCcrtta 0ars paten ue £nno mft.
GULIELMI tCrttt
the Third by the Grace of God, &c.
StrcJiole To our dearly beloved Brother in Law Prince George He- .2«fS,w:«Sud reditary of Denmark The mod; Reverend Father in God (a) Thomas Arch Bifhop of Canterbury Primate and Metropo- litan of all England and the Arch Bidiop of Canterbury for the Time being our Right Trudy and Wellbeloved Coun- cellour Sir John Sommers Knight Keeper of our Great Beale of England and our Chancellor of England Keeper and Commidioners of our Great Seale for the Time being our Right Trudy and Right Entirely Beloved Coufin and Councellor Thomas Duke of Leeds Prefident of our Privy Councill and the Prefident of our Privy Councill for the Time being our Right Trudy and Right Wellbeloved Coufin and Councellor Thomas Earle of Pembrook and Mont- gomery Keeper of our Privy Seale and the Keeper of our 'Names of Com- Privy Seale for the Time being our Right Trudy and Right Entirely Beloved Coufins and Councellors Henry Duke of Norfolke Earl Marlhall of England William Duke of Devonfhire Steward of our Houfehold Charles Duke of Bolton Charles Duke of Shrewlbury one of our Principal. Secretaries of State and William Duke of Bedford •our Right Trudy and Entirely Beloved Coudns and Coun- sellors John Marqueffe of Normanby and Charles Paulett Efquire commonly called Marqueffe of Wincheder our Right
Trudy
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Trully and Wellbeloved Coulins and Councellors Robert ^amestfcoM. Earle of Lindfey Great Chamberlaine >of England Charles Earle of Dorfett and Middlefex Chamberlaine of our Houfe- hold Aubrey Earle of Oxford John Earle of Bridgwater ♦ Thomas Earle of Stamford John Earle of Bath Daniell
Earle of Nottingham Lawrence Earle of Rochefter Wil- liam Earle of Portland Thomas Earle of Fauconberg Charles Earle of Monmouth Ralph Earle of Mountague Richard Earle of Scarborough Francis Earle of Bradford Henry Earle of Romney Mailer of our Ordnance and the Mailer of our Ordnance for the Time being Richard Earle of Ranelagh in our Kingdome of Ireland Paymaller of our Forces our Right Trully and Wellbeloved Coulin and Councello r Charles Lord Durlley commonly called Vifcount Durlley Son and Heire Apparent of our Right Trully and Right Wellbeloved Coufin George Earle of Berkley The Right Reverend Father in God Henry Bilhop of London and the Bilhop of that See for the Time being our Right Trully and Wellbeloved Councellors Robert Lord Lexing- ton Charles Lord Cornwallis Sidney Lord Godolphin Firll Commiffioner of our Treafury Henry Lord Capell Thomas Lord Coningelhy in our Kingdome of Ireland Charles Mountague Efquire one of the Commiffioners of our Trea- fury Chancellor and Under Treafurer of our Exchequer and the Chancellor and Under Treafurer of our Exchequer for the Time being §ir John Trevor Knight Speaker of our Houfe of Commons and Mailer of our Rolles and the Mailer of our Rolles for the Time Time being Sir Robert e*l Howard Knight Auditor of the Receipt of our Excheq;
Thomas Wharton Efquire Comptroller of our Houfehold Sir John Trenchard Knight our Principall Secretary of
C State
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Namesof Corr.- xniffianers.
Exi,
State and our Principall Secretary’s of State for the Time being Sir John Holt Knight Cneife Judice affigned to hold Pleas before us and the Cheif Judice to be affigned to- hold Pleas before us for the Time being Sir John Lowther of Lowther Baronett Sir Henry Goodrick Knight and Baronett Leuitenant Generali of our Ordnance Edward Rufiell Efquire Fird Commiffioner of our Admiralty Treafurer of our Navy and Admirall of our Navy Royall Richard Hampden and Hugh Bofcowen Eyuires our Trudy and. Wellbeloved Sir Stephen Fox Knight one other, of the- Commiflioners of our Treafury Sir William Trumball, Knight one other of the Commiflioners of our Treafury. John Smith Efquire one other of the Commiflioners of our Treafury and-, the Treafurer of England Treafurer of our' Exchequer and Commiflioners of our Treafury. for the Time being Sir John Lowther of Whitehaven Baronett Henry. Pteidman Efquire Robert Auden Efquire Sir Ro- bert Rich. Knight and Baronett Sir George Rooke and Sir John Floublon Knightes (which fix lad mencioned are alfoe Commiflioners of our Admiralty) and the. High. Ad- mirall of England or the Commiflioners Tor executing the> Office of High Admirall of England for, the Time being Our Right Trudy and Right Wellbeloved Coufins William Earle of Graven Charles Bodvile* Earle of Radnor George? Earle of Berkley and Arthur Earle of Torrington Our Trudy and Wellbeloved Sir William Gregory Knight Sir Giles Eyre Knight and Samuell Eyre Judices affigned to. hold Pleas before us and the Judices to be affigned to hold Pleas before us for the Time being Sir George Treby Knight Cheife Judice of our Court of Common Pleas Sir Edward Nevill Knight Sir Thomas Rokeby Knight and
Sir-
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Sir John Powell Knight Juftices of our Court of Common Names of Com*
i i • r t n . miffioners.
Pleas and the Cheife Juftice and Juftices of the fame Court for the Time being Sir Nicholas Lechmere Knight Sir John Turton Knight Sir John Powell Knight Barons and George Bradbury Efquire Curfitor Baron of our Court of Exchequer and the Cheife Baron Barons of the Coife and Curfitor Baron of our Court of Exchequer for the Time being The molt Revered Father in God John Arch Bifhop of York Primate and Metropolitan of England and the Arch Bifhop of Yorke for the Time being The Right Re- verend Fathers in God Nathaniell Bifhop of Durefme Peter Bifhop of Winchefter William Bifhop of Litchfield and Coventry William Bifhop of Llandaffe Edward Bifhop of St. Afaph Thomas Bifhop of Rochefter Thomas Bifhop of Carlifle Jonathan Bifhop of Exon Thomas Bifhop of St. Davides Gilbert Bifhop of Sarum Humphry Bifhop of Bangor Edward Bifhop of Worcefter Simon Bifhop of Ely Gilbert Biftiop of Hereford Nicholas Bifhop of Chefter John Bifhop of Oxford John Bifhop of Norwich Richard Bifhop of Peterborow Edward Bifhop of Gloucefter Robert Bifhop of Chichefter Richard Bifhop of Bath and Welles John Bifhop of Briftoll and James Bifhop of Lincolne and the feverall Bifhops of the fame Sees for the Time being Our Trufty and Wellbeloved Sir Edward Ward Knight our Attorney . Generali Sir Thomas Trevor Knight our Sollicitor Generali Samuell Travers Efquire Surveyor Generali of our Landes Sir Chriftopher Wrenn Knight Surveyor Generali of our Workes Our Trufty and Wellbeloved Sir Thomas Lane Knight Mayor of our City of London and the Mayor of the fame City for the Time being Sir Robert Clayton Sir Patience Ward Sir John Moor Sir William
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g o m m r s s r o n;
to.:
“Co,- Pritchard Sir Robert Jeffery Sir Thomas Stamp Sir John Fleet Sir William Afburfl Sir Jonathan Raymond Sir Peter Daniel Sir Samuell Daflrwood Sir Thomas Kenfey Sir John Parlous Sir Edward Clarke Sir Humphry Edwin Sir Francis Child Sir Richard Levett Sir William Gore Sir Thomas Cooke Sir James Houblon Sir Thomas Abney Sir William Hedges Knightes • Thomas Darwin and Jofeph Smart Efquires Aldermen of our City of London and all and every the Aldermen of the fame City for the Time being Our Truffy and Wellbeloved Edmund Bowyer of Camber- well Efquire Michaell Godfrey Efquire Sir Leonard Robin- fon Knight Chamberlaine of London Sir John Morden Sir John Bankes Sir Joliah Child Sir Peter Vandeputt Sir Wil- liam Ruffell Sir Jeremy Sambrooke Sir Gabrieli Robertes Sir John Foche Sir Henry Furnes Sir William Scawen Sir Jofeph Herne Knightes Sir Richard Onflow Baronett John Lock Gilbert Heathcott and Arthur Shallett Efquires Our Trufty and Wellbeloved Sir Richard Haddocke Sir Cloudefley Shovell Knightes Edmund Dummer Charles Sergifon Samuel Pett Thomas Willfhaw Dennis Liddall Benjamin Time well Efquires Principall Officers of our Navy and the Principall Officers in the Nature of Commif- fioners of our Navy for the Time being and our Truffy and Wellbeloved Sir Charles Hedges Knight Judge of our Su- preme Court of Admiralty Henry Guy Efquire Thomas Pavilion Efquire Thomas Wefterne Efquire Charles Dun- « comb Efquire Peter Houblon Efquire Edmund Bolter
Efquire Thomas Firmin and William Lowndes Gentleman Our Truffy and Well Beloved John Hill Efquire Maffer and Affiff ant of Trinity Floufe of Deptford Strond Captain Samuell Rutter Captain John Bowers Captain John Conaway
4 Captain
commission;
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Captain Roger Paxton Captain John Benbow Sir Mathew Andrews Captain John Nicholles Captain Ralph Sanderfon Robert Lord Lucas Sir Henry Sheere Knight James Sotherne Efquire Captain Robert Fifher Captain George Phenney Captain Samuell Atkinfon Captain Henry Greenhill Captain Henry Rifbe Captaine Balchazar St. Michell Captain Humphrey Ayles Captain John Jacob Captain William Cruft Captain William Gutteridge Captain John Haflewood and the Matter and all and every the Wardens Afiiftantes and Elder Brethren of Trinity Houfe of Deptford Strond for the Time being Greeting {EftlfjetCa# wee are extremely dettrous that the Trade Navigacion and Navall Strength 0f^iiSReamh this our Realme of England (whereupon the Safety and Flourifhing State thereof doth foe much depend) fhould by all proper Meanes be promoted and advanced
wee are perfwaded that nothing will more effectually con- But nothing win
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tribute thereto then the endeavouring by due and fitting «ntiibutethere":
0 J 0 to than Encou- -
Encouragementes to encreafe the Numbers of Englifh Seamen rasemenJ: t0
0 0 Seamen.
as well for the Strengthening of our Navy Royall and better performeing the Navall Services of us our Heires and Suc- ceffors as for the fupplying and carrying on the Occacions and Bufineffe of our Merchantes and other our Loving Sub- jects interefted in Trade Commerce Fifhing Plantacion Difcovery and other Affaires relating to Navigacion $n5i
the Seafaring Men of this Kingdome have for a J1^tJhtehfsea'" long Time diftinguifht themfelves throughout the World by their Induttry and Skillfullneffe in their proper Employmentes and by their Courage and Conftancy manifttted in Engage- mentes. and Flazardes for the Defence Honour of their Na- tive Country nothing is more likely to continue this Nothing more
their Ancient Reputation and to invite greater Numbers oftinue.
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l^fan’dTvke our Subjedtes to betake themfelves to the Sea then the niakeing fome competent Provifion that Seamen who by Age '^ttpJovSn Woundes or other Accidentes fhall become difabled for seamen, further Service at Sea and fhall not be in a Condicion to mainetaine themfelves comfortably may not fall under Hard- fliips and Miferies but may be fupported at the Publick Charge that the Children of fuch Difabled Seamen
Ind'ckidmn. ^ Widowes and Children of fuch Seamen as
fhall happen to be Slain in Sea Service may in fome reafon- able manner be provided for and Educated $ttt! haveing frequently reflected on the Premilfes fince our Ac- » S^Hof- ce^on to the Crowne W ee have determined with ourfelves Pi?ai. to ere(q anq eftablifh A Hofpitall for the Purpofes aforefaid Slnft ftltSO1 by Reafon of the Expenfive Warr in which we« -have been and are at prefent engaged wee have not been able to carry on the faid good and pious Purpofes to fuch EfFedt as wee have defired Qct in Order to begin to put the fame in Execucion Wee and our late moft deare Confort Revifai of Grant the Queen jDtD by our Letters Patentes under the Great
of 25th October J
teesTnPceTruf’ Seale 'England Searing Date the five and twentyeth Day of October laft pad; Give and Grant unto you "the faid Sir John Sommers Thomas Duke of Leedes Thomas Earle of Pembroke and Montgomery Charles Duke of Shrewfbury Sidney Lord Godolphin Sir John Trenchard Edward Ruffell Sir Stephen Fox Sir John Lowther of Whitehaven Sir William Afhurft Sir Robert Clayton Sir Patience Ward Sir John Moore and Sir William Pritchard and to your _£{ certain Lands Heires and Afiignes for ever All that Peice or Parcell of Ground feituate lying and being within the Parifh of Eafi: Greenwich in our County of Kent and being Parcell or reputed Parcell of our Mannor of E aft Greenwich aforefakl
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containing in the whole by Admeafurement Eight Acres^
Twoe Roids and Thirty twoe Square Perches be the fame more or leffie as the faid Ground is now marked. Raked or otherwife fet out IN WHICH Admeafurement the Ground defigned for a Way or Paffage to lead through the Premifles and therein mentioned to be .excepted is comprehended and reckoned WHICH faid Peice or Parcell of Ground is butted and bounded as in the faid Letters Patentes is expreiled ant! all that . Capi tall Meffuage lately built .or in building by our Royall Uncle King Charles thefecond and fttll remaining Unfinifhed : commonly called by. the Name of our Palace at . Greenwich {landing upon the Pei.ce or Parcell of Ground * aforefaid and feveral other Edifices and. Buildinges and other Thinges in the faid Letters Patentes mencioned Except as . therein is excepted 'SCO tl)C nC^CttfjElCffC That the
aforefaid Premifies and every Part thereof fhall be converted 7^1°^ and employed unto and for the . Ufe and Service of our Hof- pitall for the Releife of Seamen theire.Widdows and Children Widows and" * and Encouragement of Navigacion in fuch Manner as is therein expreffed and. as by the Letters Patentes aforefaid. (Relaciom being thereunto had) may more fully appeare anti as wee are fully Tatisfyed . That the Eroding of fuch v an HofpiCalLas aforefaid will be of great Benefit and Ad- vantage to this our Kingdome 00 filfO takeing into our Royall Confideracion that the conftituting and eftabhffiing^f^ Sta* a Foundacion of that Nature; and the Frameing of Rules framecU and Statutes for the. Governement thereof in fuch a Manner as may beft anfwer what is thereby intended and defigned. is a Matter of great Difficulty and fuch as does require
mature Deliberacion and Advice !&U0t0 t&0tEfOE0 That wee repofeing efpeciall Trufi and Confidence in your.
known .
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Commiffioners
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known Difcrecions Abilityes and Integrityes ©afte n0mL nated authorized and conftituted tJ0C by thefe Prefentes nominate authorize and appoynt you the faid Prince George Hereditary of Denmark Thomas Arch Biffiopp of Canter- bury and the Arch Biffiopp of Canterbury for the Time being Sir John Sommers and our Chancellor of England Keeper and Commiffioners of our Great Seale for the Time being Thomas Duke of Leedes and the Prefident of our Privy Councill for the Time being Thomas Earl of Pern- brook and Montgomery and the Keeper of our Privy Seale for the Time being Henry Duke of Norfolke William Duke of Devonfhire Charles Duke of Bolton Charles Duke of Shrewffiury and William Duke of Bedford John Mar- quefs of Normanby and Charles Paulett Efquire commonly called Marqueffe of Winchetter Robert Earl of Lindfey Charles Earl of Dorfett and Middlefex Aubery Earle of Oxford John Earl of Bridgwater Thomas Earl of Stamford John Earl of Bath Daniell Earl of Nottingham Lawrence Earl of Rochetter William Earl of Portland Thomas Earl of Fauconberg Charles Earl of Monmouth Ralph Earl of Mountague Richard Earl of Scarborough Francis Earl of Bradford Henry Earl of Romney and the Matter of our Ordnance for the Time being Richard Earl of Ranelagh Charles Lord Dudley commonly called Vifcount Durfley Henry Bifhop of London and the Bifhop of that See for the Time being Robert Lord Lexington Charles Lord Corn- wallis Sidney Lord Godolphin Henry Lord Capell Thomas Lord Coningefby Charles Mountague and the Chancellor and Under Treafun? of our Exchequer for the Time being Sir John Trevor and the Matter of our Rolles for the Time being Sir Robert Howard Thomas Wharton Sir John
Trenchard
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1. renchard and our Principall Secretaries of State for the Commiffioners Time being Sir John Holt and the Cheife Juftice to be af- figned to hold Pleas before us for the Time being Sir John Lowther of Lowther Sir Henry Goodrick Edward Ruflel!
Richard Hampden Hugh Bufcowen Sir Stephen Fox Sir William Trumbull John Smith and the Treafurer of Eng-* land Treafurer of our Exchequer and Commiffioners of our Treafury for the Time being Sir John Lowther of White- haven Henry Preiftman Robert Auflen Sir Robert Rich Sir George Rooke and Sir John Houblon and the High Ad- mirall of England or the Commiffioners for executing the Office of High Admirall of England for the Time being William Earle of Craven Charles Bodvile Earl of Radnor George Earl of Berkley and Arthur Earl of Torrington Sir William Gregory Sir Giles Eyre and Samuell Eyre and the Juftices to be affigned to hold Pleas before us for the Time being Sir George Treby Sir Edward Nevill Sir Thomas Rokeby and Sir John Powell and the Cheife Juftice and Juftices of the Court of Common Pleas for the Time being Sir Nicholas Letchmere Sir John Turton Sir John Powell and George Bradbury and the Cheife Baron Barons of the Coife and Curfitor Baron of our Court of Exchequer for the Time being John Arch Biffiop of York and the Arch Biffiop of York for the Time being Nathaniel Biffiop of Durefme Peter Biffiop of Winchefter William Biffiop of Litchfield and Coventry William Biffiop of LandafFe Ed- ward Biffiop of St. Afaph Thomas Biffiop of Rochefter Thomas Biffiop of Carlifie Jonathan Biffiop of Exon Tho- mas Biffiop of St. Davides Gilbert Biffiop of Sarum Humphry Biffiop of Bangor Edward Biffiop of Worcefier Simon Biffiop of Ely Gilbert Biffiop of Hereford Nicholas
^ Biffiop
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Comm'uTioners
Names,
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Bifhop of Chefter John Bifhop of Oxford John B'ifhop of Norwich, Richard Bi£hop of Peterborow Eivrardi Bifhop of Glouceffer Robert Bifhop of Chichefter Richard Bifliop of Bath and Wells John Bifliop of Briflod and James Bifliop of Lincolne and the feverall Bifhops of the fame Sees for the Time being Sir Edward Ward Sir Thomas Trevor Samuell Travers Sir Chriflopher Wrer.n Sir Thomas Lane and the Mayor of our City of London for the Time being Sir Robert Clayton Sir Patience Ward Sir John Moor Sir William Pritchard Sir Robert Jeffery Sir Thomas Stamp Sir John Fleet Sir William Afhurft Sir Jonathan Raymond Sir Peter Daniell Sir Samuell Dafhwood Sir Thomas Kenfey Sir John Parfons Sir Edward Clarke Sir Humphry Edwin Sir Francis Child Sir Richard Levett Sir William Gore Sir Thomas Cooke Sir James Houblon Sir Thomas Abney Sir William Hedges Thomas Darwin and Jofeph Smart and all and every the Aldermen of the fame. City for the Time being Edmund Bowyer Michael Godfrey Sir Leonard Robinfon Sir John Morden Sir John Bankes Sir Job ah Child Sir Peter Vandeputt Sir William Ruffell Sir Jeremy Sambrooke Sir Gabriel Robertes Sir John Foche Sir Henry Fumes Sir William Scawen Sir Jofeph Herne Sir Richard Onflow Baronett John Lock Gilbert Heathcott and Arthur Shallett Efquires Sir Richard Haddock Sir Cloudefley Shovell Edmund Dummer Charles Sergifon Samuell Pett Thomas Wilfhaw Dennis Liddall Benjamin Timewell and the Principall Officers in the Nature of Commiffioners of our Navy for the Time being Sir Charles Hedges Henry Guy Thomas Papillon Thomas Wefferne Charles Duncomb Peter Houblon Edmund Bolter Thomas Firmin and William Lowndes John Hill Captaine Samuell
Rutter
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Rutter (^L|n John Bowers Captain John Conaway Cap- £°™“l(ru,,ie tain Rc.o(JB*axton Captain John Bendbow Sir Mathew AndrewveJBC;>tain John Nicholles Captain Ralph Saun- derfon FR<»ei Lord Lucas Sir Henry Shere James Sotherne Captaim , I«brt Fiffier Captaine George Shenney Captain Samuell Atkjfon Captain Henry Greenhill Captain Bal- chazar £St. Schell Captain Humphry Ayles Captain John Jacob <C?ap:aii William Cruft Captain William Gutteridge Captaim JolmHazlewood and the Mafter and all and every the W airdens Afhftantes and Elder Brethren of Trinity Houfe oaf Detford Strond for the Time being to be our Commirffiioner for the Purpofes herein after mencioned 8nii to ttbc €10 That our Royall Purpofe and Intencion herein rnnay tie better take Effedt Our Will and Pleafure is AND wree do: hereby order diredl and appoint that you do from T irme toTime meet together at fbme convenient Place Comm'n'Ionei's
r i -t~' • . ° to meet j
for the .Execicion of this our Commiffion that at
your fir ffc or ome other Subfequent Meeting or Meetinges fo many of ycu as fhall be then prefent (of whom any one 0f whom one or more (of yor being of our Privy Councill and any one Or onbCommiflion- moie of YOU the Commiffioners of our Treafury and any fury and of the
r . . • rr- r- ' Admiralty to be
one or rmore or you the Commimoners for executing the three.
Office oif our High Admirall of England for the Time being to be three at the leaf!) doe confider of fuch proper to confider of and fitt Methodes as you ffiall Judge moft expedient to be obferved in executing the fame wee doe alfo by thefe^10"
Prefents -authorize and impower you our faid Commiffioners or any feaven or more of you (of whom any one or more of Commoner* you our Privy Councellors and any one or more of you theorany7ofthen5 Commiffioners of our Treafury and any one or more of you the Commiffioners for executing the Office of our High Ad-
D 2 mirall
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inirall ot England for the Time being to be three at the to their Affift- lead:) to call to your Aid and Affifiance fuch Perfons as you cution of the iliali think id 1 1 to affid; and advife you in the due and effeCtuall Exec ii cion of this our Commiffion Idlltl out of your owne
And out of their _ T . . r . J
appo intU Suij *" ^um^ei (as often as you ffiall judge it expedient) to appoynt Committees, and conditute fuch and foe many Sub Committees for the better managing. and carrying on our faid Purpofe and In—
And jnveft them .... CJ -t
withFowers &c. tencion m this our Commiffion ^ttll-to inveft them with fuch Powers as you ffiall think fitt to intruft them with pur- iuant to the Powers hereby given to yourfelves StttU to ,1nmTcheand revoake or make void, the fame and to revive and make anew the faid Sub Committees fo often as you ffiall think needful]i as aforefaid wee doe by thefe Prefents authorize and
require you our faid Commiffi oners or anyfeaven or more of you (of whom any one or more of you our Privy Councilors, and any one or more, of you the Commiffioners of our- Treafury and any or more of you the Commiffioners for SaSS executing the Office of our High Admiral! of England for-. nLSairaVnd°other Time, being to be three at the lead;) calling to your A fi- hder what Part fiftance our Surveyor Generali of our Workes and alfo fuch win beSunfi?for other Artiftes and Perfons- as you ffiall think fitt) to confider p‘ * what Part and how much of the Structures and Buildinges now handing upon the Peices or Parcelles of Ground con,^ tained in our Grant above mencioned will be.unfitt or not ferviceable for the Hofpitall hereby intended to be ereCted and prefent* tmc what manner fuch of the prefen t Structures as you ffiall belt prepared for htt to. hand may bed; be altered fitted and prepared
f°r t^e Ufe. and.. Service o£ the faid Hofpitall in . order to reprefen t the fame to us. with all convenient Speed wee doe alfo authorize and require you our faid Commif- fioneis or any feaven or more of you (of whom three or
more.
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more to be fuch as aforefaid) forthwith according to the bed
of your Judgmentes and Difcreccions to prepare one or T? PrePare Mo-’
J _ * * dels ofBuildin0s
more Modell or Modeltes of fuch Buildinges Workes Erec- t3 be ereaed» cions and Conveniencies as you fhall think mod: fitt and' proper to-be erefted and made in and upon the Premiffes by us granted as aforefaid for the Ufe of the faid intended Hof- pitall with fuch Schemes or Draughtes as may bed explaine with fuch
# & a _ Schema , and
the lame and with all convenient Speed to prelent fuch Modell Drafts asmay
1 *■ explain them.
or Modelles to- us for our Royal Apprcbacion SflttT wee do further hereby authorize and impower you our faid Com- midioners or any feaven or more of you (of whom three or more to be fuch as aforefaid calling to your Affidance OUr -And with
0 ... . Afliftance of the*
Attorney or boliicitor Generali or any other of our Councill Attorney and
. ... r 1 . . Solicitor General
learned in the Raw for the Time being or fuch others as you ib all think' meet) to confider of and prepare a Charter or t0 confer of Charters of Foundacion of fuch ITofpitall &Utl ftlfd fuchSlS?" Statutes Conditucions Orders and Ordinances as may be AnTa^o im- proper for the Foundacion perpetual Management Order Rule far the perpetual and good Governement of the fame and of the Poor People the poor People, . Officers Servantesand others that diall be entertained in and*** about the fame and for and concerning all other Matters and Things relating thereto and to prefen t the fame to us for our Royal 1 Confideracion OTljereC!# the greate and
earned defire which we have to fet about foe good and pious a Work has engaged us to begin the fame at this Time althV by reafon of the prefent Neceffity of our Affaires wee cannot advance lex conffderable Summes for the begining and carry-, ing on the faia Work as wee doe delire and intend and by God’s Bleffing in Times of Peace diall be enabled to doe Set neuertseiefle as a further Indance of our Princely Zeale for advanceing the faid Deffgne wee have refolved and
determined <
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determined and doe hereby declare and make knowne that from thenceforth wee will yearely caufe to be iffued and paid out of our Treafure at and upon the Feaff of the Birth of our Lord Chriff in every Yeare or at fuch other Time in every Yeare as fhall be defired by our faid Commiffioners or any feaven or more of them the fum of two thoufand y!a°riy out^/the Poundes for and towards the edifying perfecting and endow- ouio'Sng thcild3 ing the faid Hofpitall 8ttU to that End wee doe hereby for Commiffioners US OU1 Heires and Succeffors require the CommifTioner of our
of the T. reafury J T T J T1 /" C T-' 1 t •
to pay fame x reatury and Under 1 reaiurer or our Exchequer now being
Warrant. and the Treafurer of our Exchequer and Commiffioners of the Treafury and Under Treafurer of the Exchequer of us ixd. our ppejres or Succeffors for the Time being witho« any
further or other Warrant to be had or obtained from us our Heires or Succeffors in that Behalfe from Time to Time to diredt their Warra.ntes or Orders for the Payment of the faid Yearely Summe of two thoufand Poundes as aforefaid out of fuch of our Treafure of us our Heires or Succeffors as fhall not be appropriated to other Ufes to the faid Treafurer for the faid Hofpitall hereby appointed or to fuch other Treafurer or Treaiurers as fhall be appointed as herein after is diredled at the faid Feaft of the Birth of our Lord Chriff in every Yeare or at fuch other Times in every Yeare as fhall be delired by our faid Commiffioners or any feaven or more of them as aforefaid during the Continuance of this our Commiffion &tttl having no Doubt but that great Numbers of our goodSubjedtes will be difpofed to follow our Example and will with great Chearfulneffe and Readineffe contribute to the advanceing fo charitable a Dehgne which beiides the Releife of fo many poor difabled and neceffitous Perfons will prove of great Advantage to the Kingdome in the in-
creafing
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creating the Navigacion and Navall Strength thereof by en- couraging fitt Perfons to betake themfelves to ^ea Service as foon asourRoyall Intencions in the Premises (hall be made knowne SUltl that their affi tiling us in the Building and Endowing the faid Hofpitall will be moft highly acceptable to us wee doe by thefe Prefentes authorize and impower you our faid Comiflioners or any feaven or more of you Wee doe by thefe Prefents Give and Grant to you or any feaven or more of you full Power and Authority to take and ftrfpt^ss0ufb'an): receive from fuch of our good Subjects as fhall be pioufly ^°ney’Goods> difpofed to contribute towards the eredting and endowing of the faid Hofpitall All fuch voluntary Giftes or Subfcriptions of or for any Summe or Summes of Money Goodes or Chattelles or of any Etiate or Intereft in any Mannors Landes Tenementes Rentes Hereditamentes or other Mat- °rr ters or Thinges whatfoever which any Perfon or Perfons & ^whiJhaJy fhall be willing to give limitt appoint or beflowe for or w'lling to give towardes the Building Furnifhing or Endowing of the Hof ing the Hofpit.il.. pitall aforefaid And for cauting to be colledted and received whatfoever fhall be given contributed bequeathed detigned or appointed for that Ufe by the Handes of the Treafurer that fhall be hereafter appointed to receive the fame tO that our Intencion in the Premities may be
better known to our Loving Subjedtes wee doe require you to caufe Publick Notificacion of thefe Prefentes or the Tenor or Forme thereof to be made in fuch Places or by fuch Wayes and Meanes as you fhall think moft conduceable to the Furtherance of the faid Charity wee doe alfo
by thefe Prefentes authorize and impower you our Lid Com- mitiioners or any feaven or more of you (of whom any one or more of you our Privy Councellors and any one or more
of
£ 4
May appoint Deputies to take Subferiptions,
and eftaUifli Or der for charging the T reafurer, &c.
with the Monies they ihall re- ceive.
Upoti fufpicion of fraud, & c.
may examine Witneffes upon Oath,
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of you the Commiffioners of our Treafury and any one or more of you the Commiffioners for executing the Office of our High Admirall of England for the Time being to be three at the leaft) in cafe you ffiall find the fame to be neceffiary for carrying on the Defigne and Intencion of this our Commiffion by Inrtrumentes or Writinges under your Handes and Seales to depute and fubftitute fuch Perfons as you ihall think fitt to entruft to take fuch Subfcripcions as aiorefaid and to collect or bring in the Moneys which ihall be contributed bequeathed defigned or appointed for the Ufes aforefaid to the Handes of the Treafurer or Receiver Generali hereafter appointed and to difplace or difcharge l'uch Subftitutes or Deputies or any of them and to appoint others in the Place of them or any of them from Time to Time as you ihall fee caufe Untl to fettle eftabliih and appoynt fuch Cheques Comptrolles and Orders as you ihall think neceifary or fafe for the full and due chargeing of the Treafurerand Receiver Generali and alfo the faid Deputies Subftitutes, and all and every other Perfon and Perfons what- foever whoe ihall receive or be chargeable with any Moneys or other Profittes for the faid Charitable Ufe or Purpofe to anfwer pay or account for the fame SltS that our faid Commiffioners or any feaven or more of you from Time to Time as often as you or any feaven of you ihall fufpet or doubt of any Concealment Praud or any Deceitfull or Indi- rect Practice in reference to any Moneys or other Thinges fubfcribed contributed given bequeathed or appointed to the faid Ufe iliall and may enquire thereof by the Examinacion of W itnefles upon Oath (which you have hereby Power to adminifter) or by any other lawful Wayes and Meanes whereby the Truth of the Matters in all fuch Cafes may
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beft be know^e and to proceed thereupon with EfFeCt our Pleafure is wee doe hereby require and command That you our faid Commiffioners or any feaven or more of you do from Time to Time certify to the Comiffioners of^^t^the our Treafury now being or to the Treafurer or Commiilioners £r]Jlefss °whhthfe of our Treafury for the Time being the Names of the Per- Sums fubfcribed- Tons Societies Bodies Politick or Corporate who jfh.aH fub- fcribe or contribute give devife or appoint any Moneys or any Reall Eftate or other Matters or Thinges towardes this Charitable Defigne with the Summes of Money Goodes Chattelles Eftate or other Thinges by them refpe&ively contributed given limitted appointed or devifed t$)Z a perpetuall Memoriall may be made of fuch Welldifpofed Perfons whoe fhall become Benefactors as aforefaid and whereby the Treafurer or Receiver Generali may be charged Exd. with more Certainty in his Accomptes 0nU (ft KcgatU wee doe confide very much in the Ability and Faithfulnefie of ourTrufty and ^Vellbeloved John Evelyn Senior Efquire Wee have nominated afiigned and appointed $ntl wee doe hereby nominate afiigne and appoint him the faid John Jahn Evelyn Evelyn Senior to be the Treafurer and Receiver Generali of E"tcd all the Monies and other Profittes which fhall be fubfcribed contributed given bequeathed devifed defigned or appointed to or for the Building Furnifhing or Endowing of the faid Hofpitall or for any Matter or Thing relateing thereunto
continue in that Truft during our Pleafure attfo in , • ™
/ _ during Pleafure.
Cafe of his Death or Removal! Wee doe hereby Give full Scath Tiie' Power and Authority to you our faid Commiffioners or anymoval> feaven or more of you (whereof any one or more of you our Privy Councellors and any one or more of you the Commif- fioners of our Treafury and any or more of you the Commif- fioners for executing the Office of High Admirall of England
E for
G O M M 1 S' S I O N.
for the Time being to be three at the lead) from Time to r^int’one Time to appoint one or more ntt Perfon or Perfons to the ”n?^'bcTFreat faid Place or Trud of Treafurer and Receiver Generali piaoe'or^move $ltlpfuch Perfon or Perfons from Time to Time to remove or difplace as you fhall fee Caufe StuH our Will and Plea** fUre is That the Treafurer or Receiver Generali for the Time being fhall have full Power and Authority Slntt he is hereby fully authorized from Time to Time upon the Re» ?rreRTrcu-°fGeTt or R^ceiptes of any Somme or Summes of Money or Ac' other Profittes for the Pur poles aforefaid or any of them to give an Acquittance or Acquittances for the fame which fhall be good and fufficient Difcharges to all Intentes and Treafurer’ s Ac- Purpofes whatfover the faid Treafurer or Receiver
Generali’ for tile Time being* in his Receiptes Paymentes Controul as. and Accomptes fhall be fubjedt to fucli Infpeccion Examb-
CommilTioners , 1 r r
ihau appoint, nsicion and Comp troll as you or any leaven or more or yon (whefeof fitch- as are before appointed for a fpecial Quorum to be three at the lead)'* fhall edab'lifh or appoint Slttfl wee doe hereby for us our Heires and Succeffors ftridtly com- mand enjoyne and require that none of the Moneys or other Non. of the Thinges which fhall be given contributed devifed -bequeathed
pj liable to any defrgned or appointed as aforefaid fhall be diverted ilfued or Secharity.an applied or be in any wife applicable to any Ufe or Purpofe wHatfoever other then to the Charitable Purpofes- before mencioned or fome of them or to defray neceflary Charges relating thereunto tO tl>0 that the Building and
Fitting of the faid Hofpitall may be carried on- with as much Speed as is pofiible Wee doe by thefe Prefentes give full Power and Authority to you our faid Commiffioners or any feaven or more of you (of which any one or more of yon our Privy Gouncellors and any one or more of you the
Gommiffibners-
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Commiffioners of our Treafury and any one or more of you ^
the Commiffioners for executing the Office of our High
Admiral 1 of England for the Time being to be three at the
bait) when and as foon after as wee (hall have approved the Building,
under our Signe Manuall your Report or Certificate in that
Behalfe to take downe and demolifh or caufe to be taken
downe and demoliihed foe much of the Buildinges and
Structures nowe ftandinge upon the Ground by us granted
as aforefaid as fhall be judged as aforefaid to be unfitt or
not ferviceable for the Ufe of the Hofpitall hereby intended
as alfoe to convert alter and fitt fuch of the prefent Structures ft and.
as fhall be appointed to ffcand as aforefaid in fuch manner as
fhall be appointed as aforefaid £ltttl from and after
fuch Time as wee fhall have approved and allowed of fuch
Modell or Modelles as you fhall have prefen ted as aforefaid
under our Signe Manuall or otherwife fhall have allowed or And aftef the
approved of any Modell Scheme or Defigne for building ^f^cr;v>d>
fitting or furnifhing the faid Hofpitall CO pUtt in hand BuSst
carry on and finifh with fuch convenient Speed as the Na- &c*
ture of the Thing and fuch Moneys as fhall be in the Handes
of the faid Treafurer or Receiver will admitt the Buildinges
and Stru&ures of the faid Hofpitall and of all the Offices
and Conveniencies belonging thereto and to furnifh the fame
accordingly 3!tt t f)C of which you are to purfue fuch Models, &c as
Modelles Orders and Direccions as fhall be approved or by Sign Manual.
appointed by us under our Signe Manuall as aforefaid
our Pleafure is That you fhall proceed in the faid Workes
in fuch Order and Method and by fuch Waies and Meanes
and according to fuch Rules and Orders as to you fhall
feem bell SittU that you fhall call to your Ayd and Affift- To c*n to tb*
ance fuch fkillfull Artiftes Officers and Workmen as you Artifts,
E 2 fhall
a® ' C O M M I S S I O N.
thiklf aH anc^ to aPP°^nt to them fever ally their refpec-
tive Charge or Bufmeffie $Utf that you our faid Commif- iioners or any feaven or more of you (whereof any one or more of you our Privy Councellors and, one or more of you: the Commiffioners of: our Treafury and anyone or more of you the Commiffioners for executing the Office of our High Admirall of England for the Time being to be three at the And diieU Pay- leaf!) ffiall by Warrantes in Writing diredt the Iffuing Pay- ment Allowances and Expenditure of the Moneys or Profits to be contributed given bequeathed devifed or appointed as aforefaid to buy or pay for Timber Brick Stone and other for Materials, Material les and for furnifhing the faid Hbfpitall with Bedds
&c, furniture, ^ -T
Lc- and other Neceffiaries and Conveniencies and to pay neceffary
and Salaries, & c. and reafonable Salaries Wages and Rewardes to the faid Ar- thles Officers and Workmen which ffiall be employed in the Building as aforefaid and to reward thofe wffio fhall be ne- ceffarily employed in bringing in receiving paying or accounting for the Moneys of the faid Contribucion^ and . to defray all other Charges and Expences incident to the -Execucion of this our Commiffion or any Part thereof in; fuch Proporcions Manner and Forme as you ffiall from Time to Time judge reafonable and meet. Slttti that you or To make orders fuch of you as are lad; mencioned ffiall and do confider ad-
for fafe keeping
and iffuiug the vife agree upon and fett downe Particular Orders and Inftruc-
Money, PrOvi- 0 1
fion, stores, &c. cions as well for the fafe keeping of the Money from Time to Time to be brought into the Treafury and of the Mate- rialles and Provilions from Time to Time to be brought into the Stores as for the Faithfull and Frugall Iffueing out and difpofeing of the fame for the Publick Ufe intended and ^ndtodireft none other to dired and appoint by whom and in
ijow bis Bo \s > J
a nd Accompts what Manner the Bookes and Accountes of both ffiall be
ft ail beaudited, ' '
from
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nictecs.
on ■ and -
from Time to Time kept comptrolled audited and allowed $ntl out of yourrowne Number and fuch other Perfons ofsunbdcomanP int knowne Integrity and Ability as you fhall choofe from Time to Time and a;s often as you. fhall judge it expedient to appoint conRituite and make fuch and fo many Sub Commit- tees as you fhall think meet for the better manageing and carrying on of the faid Workes and to invefl them with ^rc^ry'^e Power to make Contraries and to do any other Matters 0r t0 Con’ Thinges which you fhall think htt to entrufl them with purfuant to the Power hereby given to yourfelves 0Hftl to revoke and make voyd the fame and to revive and make new the faid Sub Committees or any other when and as often as you fhall find it needful! $ttD you and fuch of you as are lafl mencioned are to advife treat confider and determine of And to confider
_ and determine of
all other Matters Wayes and Meanes for the Advancement allothcr Mat-
■ ters,
of this ufefull and neceflary Defigne and to put the fame in Exccucion till the faid Hofpitall fhall be compleatly built finished and furnifhed with all Thinges neceffary thereunto tiii Hofpitai- fuctfiet wee doe for us our Heires and Succeffors de- <ha11 be hmfhed‘
clare and grant to you our faid Commiffioners and every of^3rrim’i^',ne'3
. ^ accountable for
you that you our faid Commifiioners and every of you fhall their own as*.- be only accountable and anfwerable to us our Heires and Succeffors for your owne refpedtive Receiptes Adtinges and.
Doinges and not for the Receiptes Adlinges or Doinges of one another or of the Treafurer hereby appointed or to be appointed JpCOUiUeH alttmjPg And our Pleafure is wee^^jy do hereby direct grant and appoint that the fiid John Evelyn Salary of 20oL hereby appointed to be the Treafurer and P.eceiver Generali as aforefaid fliall and may during his Continuance in that Trull for his Paynes and Service in the Execucion thereof have receive retaine and keepe out of the Moneys that fliall
from
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Payable Quar- terly.
from Time to Time be in his Handes by Virtue or Meanes of his Receipt the Yearly Sallary or Allowance of Two hun- dred Poundes of lawfull Englifh Money at the Four mod; ufuall Feafts in the Yeare by equall Porcions to commence from the Feaft of the Annunciacion of the BlefTed Virgin Mary one thoufand fix hundred ninety five and to be from Time to Time allowed upon his Accomptes Any Thing herein contained to. the contrary notwithflanding thefe
«ur Letters Paten tes or the Entry Exemplification or Enroll- ment thereof fhall be to you and every of you and all others herein concerned a fufficient Warrant in this Behalfe 3itt
SjOftncfffc UllitllZttZ ourfelf at Weflmr the twelfth Day of March.
P. Bre de Privato Sigillo 6c c.
OEMs tg a ttue Copy from tfje original Becoro remaining lit tbe Cbapel of tlje Bong bablng been ejeamfneiu
jfohn Kipling
FABRIC.
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In purfuance of King William’s firft commifiion, the Commiffioners met at Guildhall, London, on the 17th of May, 1695, and appointed, a Committee to view the piece of ground granted by King William and Queen Mary; which Committee reported that they were of opinion. King Charles’s building then unfinished, might, if an addi- tional- building Should be eredted on its weft fide, be ren- dered capable of receiving conveniently between three and four hundred Seamen (a). And at the fame time defired that the Lords of the Treafury might be applied to for a Committee of Enquiry to reftore and fecure the water- fp rings and Conduits belonging to the ancient palace.
( a ) Some perfons were of opinion at this time that it would be better to take down the wing eredted by King Charles the Second as part of his intended palace, and begin the Hofpital upon a. plan entirely new. The difputes on j this fubjedt ran very high, and it is reported that it had been mentioned to the Queen before her.Majefty’s demife, and that (he was much difpleafed with the idea for fevcral reai'ons : . ill, That the expence of this palace was very considerable, and the materials after it fhould- be deltroyed would not be equal in value to a quarter of the fum it had coft origii ally. 2d, That it was the work of Mr. Webb after the defign of that eminent architect, Inigo Jones: and,. 3d,- That it was planned fo as to correfpond with the Park which was laid out by Le Notre, a man of approved tafte; Several other places had alfo been propofed for an hofpital for feamen. Among others, the Caille at Winchefter, but the prefent fituation . of the hofpital was preferred, on account of its being fo very conipicuous and in the very fight of London, to and from which port the great number of fhips continually palling and repaying would afford conflant entertainment to thofe who had retired from the bulinefs «>f a. feafariag life.
King
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King William’s fecond Commiflion having paffed the ‘Great Seal in the month of September following, a general meeting of the Commiffioners was foon after held at Guild- hall, at which wereprefent
The Lord Major, The Lord Keeper, Mr. Stephen Fox, Sir J. Lowther,
Sir Richard Onflow, Sir Chriftopher Wren, Mr. Prieftman, dec.
When a grand Committee was chofen, confiding of fixty Perfons, to whom the immediate conduft of the Foundation was intruded. This Committee fird met on the 23d of December following, and proceeded to refolve itfelf into three danding fub-Committees for the Fabric, the Revenue, and the Conditution. Thofe for the Fabric were
Capt. Jonathan Andrews Ant. Bowyer, Efq;
Wm. Bridgeman, Efq; Capt. John Brumwell Sir Robert Clayton Dr. Salifbury Cade Capt. Robert Dorrel Wm. Draper, Efq; Edmund Dummer, Efq; Thomas Fermin, Efq;
Sir William Gore Sir Thomas Grantham Wm. Glanville, Sen. Efq,; Capt. Wm. Gatteridge Sir Richard Haddock Sir Jofeph Herne Sir Henry Johnfon Dr. John Mapletoft Capt. Ralph Sanderfon Sir Chriftopher Wren
The Preparation of King Charles’s Building, and the eredhon of an additional one as before mentioned being the iirft concern, certain powers for that purpofe were given to ihe Committee by the Co., miffioners at a general meeting,
when
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when a plan of the intended alterations, which is preferved in the Record Room of the Hofpital, was approved ; and, being afterwards prefented to King William, received his .royal approbation alio.
Before the Committee proceeded further, they fixed upon Mr. John Scarborough to be Clerk of the works, and Sir Chrif- topher Wren, then the King’s furveyor general, generoufly undertaking the conduct of this charitable work without any reward, the foundations of the new bafs-building were laid in form by the Committee on the 3d of June, 1696.
This building being nearly compleated in 1698, Sir Chriflopher Wren fubmitted to the Committee a plan of a great dining-hall for the ufe of the officers and men (now called the Painted Hall) with an eflimate of the expence, which meeting with the Committee’s approbation, they or- dered the ground to be let out for the purpofe, and the work was profecuted with fo much induflry, that the dome was eredted, and the whole roofed in by the month of Augufl, 1703.
' In 1698 they alfo began to lay the foundations of the building, which anfwers to that of King Charles the Second, and is called Queen Ann’s building ; which name was given to it upon her Majefly’s acceffion to the throne.
In 1699 great part of the foundations of the Eafi Colon- nade and of the Eafi Hall was laid.
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In 1712 the north- well; brick pavilion of the bafs part of King Charles’s building, was ordered to be taken down, and rebuilt with ftone in fuch manner as fhould correfpond with the noith-eaft pavilion of this building, .
In 1725 the railing of the weft front of Queen Ann’s building was begun; and.
In 1728 the ftate of the ftru&ure was as follows, viz. King Charles’s building was compleated, except the ftone pavilion at the fouthern extremity of its bafs-building. Queen Ann’s building, except the louth pavilion, had been raifed and covered in.
The Colonades, with the porticos at their extremities were compleated, and the whole of King William’s building, which contained the hall and the weft and fouth dormi- tories, was alfo .erected.
In 1752 Queen .Mary’s building, (b) in which is the Cha-
(b) On the 2d of January, 1779, a dreadful fire happened in the Hofpital, which began in the north-eaft part of this building, and destroyed the chapel, with its dome, and part of the colonade. The conflagration was fo rapid, that in the courfe of a few hours, it not only confirmed the Chapel, &c. as aforefaid ; but alfo many of the wards adjoining.
Every means that could be devifed was u fed to difeover whether this naif- fortune was occafioned by-accident orxlefign; but after a molt Ariel and dili- gent inveftigation by the Diredlors, aflifted by Sir John Fielding, which lafted feveraldays, and the offer of a confiderable reward, nothing came out that could lead to a difeovery.
An eftimate of the expence of repairing the damages was then prepared, and orders were given for its being done with all polfible dil'patch, beginning with the re-conflruclion of that part where the penfioners were lodged, which contained upwards of five hundred men.
pel.
3S
fabric.
pel, was finished, the rents and profits arifing from the Der- wentwater eftate having, in the year 1735* hccn afiigned by parliament for that purpofe.
In 1769 a plan was approved, and afterwards carried into execution for rebuilding the fouth-weft brick pavilion of the bafs part of King Charles’s building with ftone, to correfpond with the fouth-eafi: pavilion of that building.
In 1778 the two fmall pavilions at the extremities of the terrace were ere&ed and dedicated to their prefent Majelties.
Having thus traced the progrefs of this royal edifice from its foundation to this time, it now remains to attempt fome defcription of it in its prefent Rate.
GREENWICH HOSPITAL is fituated about five miles from London-bridge, on the fouthern bank of the Thames. It is elevated on a terrace about 865 feet in length towards the river, and confifts of four diftindt piles of building, diftinguifhed by the names of King Charles’s, Queen Ann’s, King William’s, and Queen Mary’s. The interval between the two moft northern buildings, viz. King Charles’s and Queen Ann’s, forms the grand fquare, which is about 273 feet wide.
From the entrance at the north gate, the eye, paffing thro* the grand fquare between the two colonades to the Queen’s Houfe, is bounded by the Royal fcj Obfervatory ere&ed on
(*■) This obfervatory was begun to beere&edon the icth of Auguft, 1675, by order of King Charles the Second.
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an eminence in the park the whole prefenting the moft magnificent and beautiful coup d * ceil that can be imagined.
In the centre of the grand fquare ftands a beautiful ftatue of his late Majefty. King George, the Second, executed by the famous Ryfbrach; and carved out of a fingle block of white marble which weighed eleven tons. This block was taken from the French by Admiral Sir George Rooke, and the ftatue prefen ted by Sir John Jennings, K* at that time Mafter and Governor of the Hofpital, as a mark of his refpedt and gratitude to his Royal Mafter. On the pedeftal ; are. the following infcriptions by Mr. Stanyan* .
On the Eaft fide :
— — hie requies fenedlce hie modus lajfo mar is & 'viarum, militiccq-y
On the Weft : 5
. -fejj'os tuto placidiffima portu
% accipit .
On the North :
hie ames did pater atq> princeps AND
Underneath the royal ftandard :
Imperium pelagi.
* Author of the Grecian Hiftory, Sec,
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On the South :
Principi potentijjimo Georgio ndo Britanniarum regi Cujus aufpiciis & patrocimo Augujlijjimum hoc hofpjtium Ad fuble-vandos militantium in clajje emeritorum
Labor es a regiis ipjius ante cejforibus
fundatum
AuSiius indies et fplendidius exurgit . .
Johannes Jennings Eques Ejufdem hofpitii prafeBus Iconem hanc pro debitd fud Erga principem reverentid Et patriam char it ate pofuit
Anno Domini
MDCCXXXV
We now proceed to give a particular defcription of each of the four diftindt buildings before mentioned, all of which are quadrangular, d he fir ft, called King Chanes s build- ing, is on the weft fide of the great fquare; the eaftern part of which was the refidence of Charles the Second, and was ere&ed by Mr. Webb, after a defign of that celebrated
architect, Inigo Jones $ . it is. of Portland ftone, and rufti-
cated.
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rufticated. In the middle is a tetradyle portico of the Corinthian order, crowned with its proper entablature, and a pediment. At each end is a pavilion formed by four cor- refponding piladers of the fame order with their entablature, and furmounted by an attic order with a balludrade.
In the tympanum of the pediment is a piece of fculpture confiding of two figures, the one, reprefenting Fortitude , the other. Dominion of tbe Sea.
The north front, which is towards the river, prefents the appearance of two fimilar pavilions, each having its proper pediment fupported by a range of the fame Corin- thian columns before-mentioned, and their entablature. Over the portal, which joins thefe two pavilions, is an or- nament of fefioons and flowers. In the .tympanum of the eadern pediment which was part of the palace, is a piece of fculpture reprefenting the figures of Mars and Famef and, in the frize, is the following infcription :
Carolus n Rex
A. REG XVI
The South front of this building correfponds with that of the North, except the fculptures and infcription. The weft front confifts of a brick building, called the ( dj bafs- building. In the middle it has a pediment with carving, in the tympanum, confiding of the national arms fupported by two Genii, with marine trophies and other ornaments. The carving of the pediment is allowed to be well executed in alto relievo j it is 30 feet in length, and 7 feet 7 inches in
(d) This bafs-building is intended to be taken down and rebuilt in aftyle fimilar to the reft.
height.
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Height. On the other fide of the fquare towards the Eaft, is Queen Ann’s Building, having its north, weft, and fouth fronts ne rly fimilar to King Charles’s laft defcribed ; but the fculptures in the pediments, as .well as in the weftern pedi- ment of the north front of the laft-meationed building ftill remain unfinhhed*
To the fouth ward of thefe are the other piles of building, with a Doric Colonade adjoining to each. That to the Weft is called King William’s, and that to the Eaft Queen Mary’s.
King William’s building contains the great Hall, Veftibule, and Dome, defigned and ereCted by Sir Chriftopher Wren. The tambour of the dome is formed by a circle of columns duplicated, of the compoftte order, with four projecting groups of columns at the quoins. The attic above is a circle without breaks covered with the dome,- and termi- nated with, a turret.
The weft front of this building is of ( e) brick, and was finished by Sir John Vanburgh, who was Surveyor of the Hofpital. In the middle is a tetraftyle frontifpiece of the doric order, the columns of v/hich are nearly ftx feet in diameter, and proportionably high, with an entablature and trygliphs over them, all of Portland ftone. At each end of this front is a pavilion crowned with a cir- cular pediment, and in that at the north end is a piece of fculpture confifting of groups of Marine Trophies, and four large heads embofled reprefenting the four winds 3 with a fea lion and unicorn.
O This part of the building is intended to be cafcd with {lone.
The
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The north and fouth fronts of this building are of {lone ; the windows of which are decorated with architraves and imports rufticated, and the walls crowned with cornices. On the eaft rtands Queen Mary’s building, in which is the chapel, as beforemen tioned, with its veftibule; land a cupola corref- ponding to the other. Thefe two buildings were named in honor of the Royal Founders, and were intended to have been alike; but in the latter, however, more regard has been paid to convenience than to ornament, and the whole front of it is of Portland rtone and in a plain ftyle0
The Colonades adjoining to thefe buildings are 1 1 5 feet afunder, and are compofed of upwards of 300 duplicated Doric columns and pilafters of Portland rtone, 20 feet high, with an entablature and ballurtrade. Each of them is 347 feet lcng, having a return pavilion at the end 70 feet long.
The Eaft and Wert entrances of the Hofpital are formed by two rufticated piers, with iron gates, having the Porters lodges adjoining,, On the ruftic piers (f) of the weft en- trance are placed two large rtone globes, each fix feet in diameter, one coeleftial, the other terreftrial.
|F On the former are inlaid with copper, in a very curious manner, twenty four meridians, the equinoctial, ecliptic, tropics, and polar circles ; and a great number of ftars of the firft, fecond, and third magnitude, are reprefented ac-
(/) If thefe Piers and Globes were moved to the North Gate on the Terrace adjoining the River (as hath been propofed) they would be feen to rauft greater advantage than in their prefent lituation.
cording
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cording to their relative portions. On the latter, the prin- cipal circles are inlaid in the fame mapner, with the parallels of latitude to every ten degrees in each hemifphere; the outline of the land and fea is alfo defcribed, with the track of Lord Anfon’s voyage round the earth in his Majefty’s fhip Centurion. The globes are placed in an oblique peti- tion, agreeable to the latitude of the place in which they Rand, and were delineated by Mr. Richard Oliver, formerly mathematical matter at the academy at Greenwich.
In different parts of this extenfive fabric, commodious apartments are provided for the Governor and principal Offi- cers, and wards are properly fitted up for the Penfioners and Nurfes; who (together with the Officers families, inferior officers and fervants, refident within the walls,) amount to nearly 2500 perfons.
When we confider the beauty, iolidity, and magnificence of this fuperb ftru&ure, and the excellent ufes to which it is appropriated, it muff ever be contemplated with reverence and admiration, as a work of national grandeur, and at the fame time the noblefl monument of wifdom and benevolence.
The following Table ffiews the names of the wards con- tained in each building, with the number of beds in each ward.
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KING CHARLES’ building.
weft win?
w -ft
Monk ,
Prince .
Reftoration I eafl wjng Orford . \
Coronation 7 Succefs . J Neptune .
London Royal Charles Royal Efci'.pe an(^ y'j Greyhound - Soldado .
N. rth Crown South Crown Pallifer . ft
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QJJ E E N ANN’s BUILDING.
weft wing
eaft wing
■weft
BUILDIN G.
Boyne . . . . •
Naftau
Affociation and Kent , Hall . . . .
Royal William Sandwich Hall . Ramilies . . . Barfleur .... Union . weft wing . Marlborough . .
Namur .... Britannia . weft wing
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Jennings"
Wager Edinburgh Barrington Augufta Hawke .
Weafel Windfor- Caftle .
Royal- George . Vanguard Viftory .
Weft Norris Prince of 301 Orange .
Prin cel’s of Orange ! . .
Eaft Norris -f . Louifa HalL . .
Torringtpn } . *
Cumber- [ . a land
Royal Oak . Shrewlbury -* . Princefs Amelia Princefs
Carolina )-eaft Hamilton Princefs,
Mary
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2
23 l7 * 7
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15
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10 26
S4
23
*7
*5
*5
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11
55*
QUEEN MARY’# BUILDING.
Sandwich . . . .
Hardy . . . . ,
Council .... Rodney .... Royal Charlotte . Prince of Wales .
Anfon
Duke ..... Townfend . . . .
Queen . . . . .
King
New Ward .
Duke of York . .
21 1 82
437
L
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Mr
76
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82
210
82
24
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King Charles’s Building King William’s ditto Queen Ann’s ditto Queen Mary’s ditto
No. of Beds. . 3°*
• 55*
• 437
. 1092
Total 2381
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REVENUE.
His Majefly King William in his fpeech to Parliament November 12th, 1694, faid, (a) “ He would be glad they A.D. 1694., (t would take into their confideration the preparing fome “ bill for the encouragement of feamen ; adding, that they “ could not but be fenfible how much a law of this nature “ would tend to the advancement of trade, and of the u naval ftrength of the kingdom, which was the great in- “ terefl of the public, and ought to be their principal care.”
His Majefly fhortly afterwards granted 2000/. per annum 1694.-5.
.. . . ioool. per Ann.
towards the carrying on, perfecting and endowing Of the granted by Hofpital. And, incited by his gracious fpeech and encou- couraged by his munificent example, many individuals, confifting of the great officers of flate and others chiefly of high rank, contributed alfo towards the profecution of fo laudable an undertaking; as appears by the following copy of the original Subfcription Roll in the poffeffion of the Hofpital, the preamble of which was drawn up by a com- mittee of the Commiffioners (confifling of the undermen- tioned perfons) at a meeting at Guildhall on the 31/1 of May, 1695.
[a). Journals of the Houfe of Commons. — Vol. nth. p. 171.
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The Attorney General, Sir Thomas Travers <
The Solicitor General, John Hawles, Efq;
The Surveyor General, Samuel Travers, Efq;.
Sir Christopher Wren Sir Robert Clayton Sir Patience Ward Sir John Fleet Sir William Afhurft Sir Humphry Edwin Sir Francis Child Sir William Gore Anthony Bowyer, Efq;- Captain R. Sanderfon Mr. Thomas Fermin.
ii Whereas the King’s mod excellent Majefty being ear- Sl neftly defirous to promote the Trade Navigation & naval; " Strength of this Kingdom & to invite greater Numbers of ** his Subjects to betake themfelves to the Sea hath deter- u mined to ered & eftablifh an Hofpital for all fuch Englifh “ Seamen & their Children as by Age Wounds or other ** Accidents fhall be disabled from further Service at Sea &c ** for the Widows & Children of fuch as happen to be “ flain in Sea Service; In order whereunto his Majefly, & f4 our late gracious Sovereign the Queen’s Majefly of bldfed ** Memory did by Letters Patents under the great Seal of if England bearing Date the twenty fifth Day of Odober “ One Thoufand fix hundred ninety four give & grant 4t unto feveral Truftees therein named their Heirs and A f- 44 figns for ever for the Ufe of the faid intended Hofpital a ** Parcel of Ground in the Parifh. of Eaft Greenwich in
“ Kent
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REVENUE.
«« Kent with their royal Palace <of Greenwich thereon ereded ** by King Charles the Second and feveral other Edifices “ Buildings and other Things in the faid Grant particularly tt mentioned : And whereas his Majefty by Letters Patents «< bearing Date the 12th Day of March one Thoufand fix ft hundred ninety four * hath nominated confiituted and “ appointed Commiflioners for the better carrying on his i( faid pious Intentions & therein is pleafed to declare that « the prelent Neceffity of his Affairs not permitting him. “ to advance fo confiderable Sums towards the faid Work as « he defires y the Afliftance of his good Subjeds in it will be “ moft highly acceptable to him, and therefore among many « other Powers & Authorities to the faid Commiflioners “ given & granted, his Majefty has authorized and im- i< powered them to take receive and colled all fuch voluntary «< Gifts or Subfcriptions of or for any Sums of Money « Goods or Chattels and of or for any Eftate or Intereft «< in any Manors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments as *< any Perfon or Perfons fhall be willing to give limit ap- “ point or bellow towards the building or endowing the “ faid Hofpital Hi.s Majefty not doubting but that great « Numbers of his well difpofed Subjeds will chearfully « contribute towards this great and ufeful Defign of pro- st moting Trade and Navigation and encouraging the Sea- men of England who by their Skill & Induftry their <* conftancy and courage in all Engagements & Hazards for “ the Safety & Honor of their Country have from Time to “ Time fignalized themfelves throughout the World We therefore whofe Names are underwritten do each for him- felf fu Sfcribe and give for the Ends and Purpofes aforefaid 45 as follows.
* 1694-5,
I fubfcribe
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I fubfcribe £.500 |
Tho Cantuar* |
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5°° |
J Somers C S |
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5°° |
Leeds P |
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500 |
Pembrok CPS |
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500 |
Devonshire Ld. Steward of the FLoufhold |
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500 |
Shrewsbury Secretary of State |
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200 |
Romney Mafer of the Ordnance |
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3 00 |
Montague Mafer of the Wardrobe |
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5°° |
Dorfet Ld . Chamberlain |
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5°° |
Portland Groom of the Stole |
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200 |
Monmouth |
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200 |
Godolphin Privy Counfellor |
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100 |
Willm Trumbull Kc Secretary of State & P. Counfellor . |
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I GO |
~Chas Montague, Efq Lord of the T rea~ fury & P Counfellor . |
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IOO |
J Smith Efq. Lord of the STreafury & Privy Counfellor. |
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200 |
Fox K1 Ld. of the Preafury |
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IOO |
Ranelagh Paymafer of the Forces |
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IOO |
J Trevor K1 Mafer of the Rolls & p Counfellor. |
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IOO |
J Holt Ld Chief fufice of En gland & p Counfellor. |
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IOO |
J Louther Bt Ld of the Admiralty & |
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privy Counfellor. |
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IOO |
H Prieftman Efq Lord of the Admiralty |
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IOO |
T Lane Kf Ld Mayor of London. |
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IOO |
R Auften Efq Ld of the Admiralty |
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IOO |
Rob1 Rich Bc Ld of the Admiralty I fub. |
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* Dr. Thomas Tennifon.
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I fubfcribe^T. ioo G Rooke K* Admiral of the Red , 1/ 0/*
Admiralty,
ioo Jn° Hublon Yd Alderman of London & Ld of Admiralty.
ioo Geo* Treby K* Chief fuf tee of the com : Fleas .
50 H Goodricke Ke Lieu1 Gen. of Ordnance & p Counfellor.
100 Patience Ward Kf Alderman of London- 1 00 Wm Afhurf^ K£ Alderman of D°
50 Thos RokebyK* Judge of Kings Bench > Marks •
100 Edw Ward Yd Chief Baron of Exchequer £. o Job Powell Kc jWg* 0/ C Pleas 50 Sam Eyre Kc Judge of Kings Bench W. Gregory K* Baron oj Exchequer t;o John Powell Yd Baron of D°
40 Littleton Powys K* Baron of D9 ' ioo R, Onflow Bc Privy Counfellor 40 N Lechmere Kl Baron of the Exchequer 1 26 Richard Smith Kl Baron of Exchequer > 40 . H Hatfell K£ Baron of D°
50 Ed Nevill Kc Judge oj' the com Pleas *
40 Jo Turton Yd Judge of the Kings Bench 40 Jo Blencowe K* Judge of the com Pleas 40 . H. Gould Kl Judge of the K: Bench 40 R. Tracey Efq Baron of Court of Ex~- ckequer
40 Tho. Barry Efq Baron of Exchequer 100 Tho. Trevor Yd Ld Cheif Jujiiceof com Pleas
I Tub—
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revenue.
A. D. 1695. 7 W. 3d,
A.’D. 1696. -7 & 8 W.'sd.
9
A.D. 1698. 10 W. 3d.
A. D. 1699. jo & u W. 3d,
I fubfcribe^f. 40 Ro. Price Efq Baron of "Exchequer 40 J. Smith Efq Baron of D9 40 Ifaac Loader of Deptford 20 Th omas Plume D . D . Vicar of Greenwich
The fecond Commiffion of King William having patted on the 25th of September, 1695, his Majefty, in his fpeech to Parliament at the opening of the Seffion in November following, faid, (h) “ that he had recommended to the laft “ Parliament the forming fome good Bill for the encou- “ ragement and increafe of Seamen, and that he hoped “ they would not let this Seffion pafs without doing fome- <£ thing in it.”
In confequence of his Majefty’s Speech, an A61 of Par- liament (called the Regifter Adt) patted this Seffion, by which it was enadled, that lixpence per man per month ffiould be paid out of the wages of all mariners to the ufe of the Hofpital. And power was therein given to the Lord High Admiral, or Commiffioners for executing that office, to ap- point Commiffioners for receiving the faid duty.
fcj In 1698 his Majefty was pleafed to give to the Hof- pital one acre, two roods, and twenty-five perches of ground, lying contiguous thereto.
fdj In 1699, in confequence of an Addrefs from the Houfe of Commons to his Majefty, the Hofpital received a
(b) Journal of the Houfe of Commons, Vol. nth. p. 339.
(r) Ditto, Vol. 13th. p. 54.
.(«♦) Ditto, Vol. 12th. p. 600,
considerable
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confiderable pecuniary afliftance, his Majefty having been pleafed to give nineteen thoufand five hundred pounds, which were fines laid by the Houfe of Peers on certain merchants.
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fmugglers, as follows ; |
£■ |
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John Gaudet - « |
1,500 |
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David Barrow - |
500 |
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Stephen Seignoret |
- - 10,000 |
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Nicholas Santini |
- 1,500 |
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Peter Diharce |
1000 |
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John Peirce |
- - 1000 |
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John Dumaitre - |
- - 1000 |
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» Baudevin - |
- - 3000 |
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£.19,500 |
And the fame year a Lottery was projected for the A. D. i699> benefit of the Hofpital, which produced only fix hundred1' pounds. This Lottery was called the Charitable Adventure ?.hd it was excepted by fpecial claufe out of a Bill for fup- prefling of Lotteries, upon petition (e) of the Truftees, afierting that they had demonfiirated to the Archbilhop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor and others, that the Lot* tery would raife 1 0,000/. per ann* for the benefit of the Hofpital.
By an Ad palled in the 12th and 13th of King William, A. D. 1699. it was declared and enaded, that it was and Ihould be lawful 12 & 13 W'
(e) Journals of the Houfe of Commons— -V ol . 12, page 657.
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for his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors to make any further grant of grounds and lands, or edifices, lying near or adjoin- ing to the Hofpital of Greenwich, as he or they fhoukk fee neceffary, and think fit to give for the aforefaid ufe. . -
a, d. i;oo.. In 1700, the Earl of Pvomney affigned to nine of the CommifiToners* in truft for the?* Elofpital his grant of the Market, (f) with a Court of Piepoudre thereunto belong- ing ; and; in the year following, the ground where the mar- ket is now kept, and the Mews and other Edifices adjoin- ing, were granted by the Crown to the Hofpital in per-- petuity. v
a. d. 1701-2, (g) In 1 70 1 -2, his Majefty was pleafed to grant to >
3*W‘3’J Samuel Travers, Efq. Surveyor General and others,- a;
fmall piece of ground lying near the Hofpital, in truft for; the faid Hofpital.
A. D. 1705. 4 A. c. .12.
In 1705, the Hofpital received a gift from Queen Ann*., of the effects of Kid the Pirate, amounting to fix thoufandk four hundred feventy-two pounds one fliilling. .
In 1707, Robert Ofbolfton, Efq. by will, devifecl a. d, 1707. a large eftate to be equally divided between the- two chari- -v ties of Greenwich Hofpital; and the Corporation of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Ann for the augmen- tation of the Maintenance of the poor Clergy,. A‘ moiety of which eftate. (after paying certain legacies and
(f) This market is to beheld weekly-on Wednefday and Saturday,
(£) Journals of the Houfe of Commons, Vol. 13. p. 700.
annuities-
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annuities) accordingly became the property of the Hofpital, and was valued at £.20,0100. The unexpired term of his Grant of the North and !South Foreland Lighthoufes, was a part of this benefaction : At the expiration of which term, a further Grant of them was made by the Crown to the Hofpital for ninety-nine years.
In the fame year. Prince George of Denmark, then Lord High Admiral, by his warrant gave a piece of ground in length 660 feet, and in breadth 132, lying on the Eafl fide of Greenwich Park, to be ufed as a Burial-ground for the Hofpital. And,
Anthony Bowyer, by Will dated November 3d, in the fame year, gave the reverlion of a confiderable Eitate of manors-, lands, and tenements to Greenwich Hofpital, after the Eftate En taille male given to his brother Edmund Bow- yer, Efq. and Sir William Bowyer, of Denham- Court, in the County of Bucks.
In 1708, by an ACt of Queen Ann, as well as by feveral a.d. 17*1. fubfequent ACts, the forfeited and unclaimed fhares of Prize and Bounty Money have been given to the Hofpital j and by an ACt of the 12th, and another of the 22d of his prefent A D I7?r Majefty, authority is given to the Directors to caufe un- 12 G< 3'c,25< claimed fhares to be refunded, in certain cafes therein men-A D l782-
22dG.3.c. 15.
tioned, for a limited time after they fhall have been paid into the Hofpital.
In 1710, by an ACt of the 9th of Queen Ann, a duty a. d. i7ro.
9 • A c* jtz» S * &
was laid upon Coals and Culm, which was to be appro- & 5 g.?/' priated to building fifty new Churches, and towards finifhing
H 2 the
f
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S*
the building of Greenwich Hofpital and the Chapel, for which purpofe f,6ooo per Ann . was granted out of the laid duty, which was afterwards continued for a longer- time by 5 Geo. i ft*
In 1714, the General Court of Commiffioners and Go- vernors having granted an increafe of falary to the Chap- lains of the Hofpital, their wages, with the* value of their provifions and other allowances, as Chaplains of Woolwich- and Deptford Dockyards, were directed to be paid to thr Treafurer in aid of the Hofpital’s Revenues..
In 1724, George the ill in his fpeech to Parliament,., fi g'. exp relied himfelf to the Houfe of Commons in the follow-
ing manner fhj. “ There is one thing that I cannot “ but mention to you as deferving your particular ccmlider- “ ation : It is too manifefl that the funds edablilhed for s< the finiihing the Works of Greenwich Hofpital, and “ providing for a compleat number of Seamen there,, cannot “ in time of peace be fufficient to anfwer the expences of “ this great and neceffary work ; it is therefore very much “ to be wifhed, that fome method could be found out to* “ make a further provifion for a comfortable fupport to our “ Seamen worn out in the fervice of their Country, and; “ labouring under old Age and Infirmities,”
The Commons in their (?) Addrefs promifed the King “ to* “ give every encouragement to Navigation, and to alfift him A m t “in every thing that Ihould tend to the fecurity and gran-
11 G. i.
(1) Journals of the Houfe of Commons,— Vol. 20, p. 331.
(i) Ditto, Ditto, p. 335.
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** deur of his Majefly and his Kingdoms.” But it does not appear that any further provifion was made, ’till
In 1728, George the 2d in his fpeech (k) to the Houfe of Commons after his acceflion, told them, “ That he thought « himfelf obliged to recommend to them a Confideration “ of the greateft Importance, and that he fhould look upon a^d. i7*j» « it as a great happinefs, if at the beginning of his Reign « he could fee the foundation laid of fo great and neceffary “ a work, as the Increafe and Encouragement of our Sea- “ men in generals that they might be invited, rather than “ compelled by force and violence, to enter into the fervice of their Country, as often as occafion fhould require. A « confideration, he faid, worthy of the Reprefen tatives of a “ People great and flour idling in trade and navigation. He «« then recommended to them the cafe of Greenwich Hof- « pital, that care might be taken, by fome addition to its- « fund, to render comfortable and effectual that charitable «< provifion,, for the fupportand maintenance of our Seamen,
6( worn out and become decrepit by Age and Infirmities,, in the fervice of their Country.”
In confequence whereof, the Commons,, before the end of the Seffion, refolved for the greater encouragement of the Sea fervice, that ten thoufand pounds fhould be granted in aid to the funds of the Hofpital, which fum continued to G, 2i ^ 2ti be annually granted for many years afterwards., c- 9> 9'
In the fame year, the Commifii oners and Governors having fettled falaries on the Captains and Lieutenants of
(yfj Journals of the Houfe of Commons, vol. 21, p. 22.
the*
the Hofpital, the amount of their half-pay was directed to be paid to the Treafurer, in aid of its Revenues.
And in that year, and for fome years afterwards, the Hof- pital received a rent of about forty pounds a year, for fupply- ingfeveral of the inhabitants of the Parifh of Greenwich with water. This article of revenue has long fince ceafed, as the Hofpital, on account of the encreafe of men on the Ellablifhment, had occafion for all the water their fprings could fupply.
In 1730, a final 1 piece of ground on the Eafl fide of the Hofpital, clofe to the river, with a crane Handing thereon, which had been referved by the Crown in the original grant, was given by his Majefly to the Hof- pital.
In the fame year, Mr. William Clapham of Eltham, by Will dated July 6th, gave to the Hofpital an eflate, confiding of certain wharfs and warehoufes on the Eafl fide of London Bridge, after the death of William Skrine, Efq. and his filler Elizabeth Crane, without iffue.
(1) In 1735, his Majefly fent a meffage to the Houfe of Commons “ recommending to them, to make fome pro- “ vifion for perfecting a work of fo much honor to this “ kingdom ; and which had before received frequent marks “ of the regard of that Houfe.”
Whereupon it was refolved in a Committee, ( m ) that the
(l) Journals of the Houfe of Commons.— Vol. 22, p. 432.
(m) Ditto, Ditto, 458.
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rents and profits of the forfeited (n) ti fates of the late Earl of Derwentwater fhould be applied towards fin idling and compleating the Hofpital ; and when that lhould be effected, towards maintaining the Penfioners; and an Ad accord- ingly palfed for that purpofe, and for applying, in like manner, the money which had been received on account of the faid eflates, and then remained in the Exchequer, a. d. 1735— amounting to 7182/. iy, after paying the. intereft. and arrears of the incumbrances then due and to Lord Vif- count Gage 2000/. for his attention and trouble in difcover- ing the fraudulent fale of this eftate, for which he received the thanks of the Houfe o£ Commons, in 1732,
(«). The Rental ofthefe Eftates was at this time about 6000/. per Annum, , encumbered with a mortgage of nearly 29,000 /. and an annuity of 100/. the whole of which incumbrances was difcharged by the Commiflioners in
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By an Adi of Parliament paffed in. the 22d of G.'2d, ,30.000/. was granted a*.G. 2, for the relief of James Bartholomew Radcliffe, and the other children of Charles Radcliffe, who was attainted for the Rebellion in 1715.
In 1775, the Commiiffoners and Governors of the Hofpital were incor- ^ ^ ^ porated by Charter ; and by an Adi paffed fcon afterwards, all the above mentioned eftates were veiled in the. faid Corporation for ever. .
In 1788, in conference of a petition from the Earl of Newburg, fon of the above mentioned James Bartholomew Radcliffe, for the reftoration of the a6t!l G' 3«- above eftate on certain conditions; an Adi paffed granting to his Lordlbip and his heirs male a rent-charge of 2,500/.- per annum, to be paid by the Treafurer of the Hofpital.
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In addition to the Public Grants and Donations above* mentioned ; the following is a Lift of Benefactions to the Hofpital, from private Perfons, by Legacies or otherwife.
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£■ |
s. |
d0 |
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Sir Jofiah Child, |
3°o |
00 |
0 |
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Capt. Robert Bitton, |
- |
20 |
00 |
0 |
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Brooke Bridges, Efq. |
- |
35° |
00 |
0 |
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An unknown Hand in Malt Tickets, |
1,000 |
9 |
8 |
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Mrs. Thorold, |
- |
5° |
00 |
0 |
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Ralph Thurfby, Efq. |
- |
500 |
00 |
0 |
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Thomas Blackmore, Efq. ■» |
- |
100 |
00 |
0 |
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John De la Fontaine, Efq. |
3>3Sl |
0 |
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Benjamin Overton, Efq. « |
- |
3°° |
00 |
0 |
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Sir James Bateman, |
- |
io3 |
00 |
0 |
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James Taylor, Efq. |
- |
102 |
1 1 |
5 |
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Elizabeth Bridges, - — |
- |
100 |
00 |
0 |
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Mr. Evelyn, - |
- |
2,000 |
00 |
0 |
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Mr. William Raphe, |
•- |
25O |
00 |
0 |
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Mrs. Waldron of Greenwich, |
5°° |
00 |
0 |
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Mrs. Waters, Widow, |
- |
100 |
00 |
0 |
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J. Crofby, Efq. - — |
- |
5° |
00 |
0 |
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Admiral Long, - - |
100 |
00 |
0 |
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Captain Sharman, - -» |
- |
100 |
00 |
0 |
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oz . |
dwts . |
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Edmund Dummer, Efq. a Monteth and other |
| 102 |
: 1 |
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Plate, containing |
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Captain William Sanderfon, Plate, |
- |
65 |
: 1 |
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Mr. Nicholas Hawkfmore, Plate, |
- |
31 |
: 12 |
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Mr. William Pate, and Mr. Abel Staney, Plate, |
34 |
: *7 |
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Dr. |
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Dr. Salifbury Cade, a large Tankard, &c.
Mr. James Thornhill, Plate,
Rev. Dr. John Mapletoft, a Communion
|96 : J4 gilt*
14 : 4
Service, - - - -
Mrs. Clements, widow of Lieut. Governor
Clements, a Silver Tankard and Salver, Hans Hendrick, a penfioner, a Chalice,
Captain Wm. Holden, a Silver Cup and! .
Cover, for the fervice of the Chapel, J
We fhall conclude this Chapter with giving an account of the refpedtive fources from whence the whole Revenue of the Hofpital is at prefent derived, and alfo the principal articles of its expenditure.
1 ft. Sixpence per man per month for all feamen and ma- rines belonging to his Majefty’s fhips, including thofe in ordinary.
2d, Ditto for all feamen employed in the merchants* fervice.
3d, The duties arifing from the North and South Fore- land Lighthoufes.
4th, The half-pay of feveral of the officers of the Hof- pital who are entitled thereto.
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£
5*.
5$
revenue.
5th, The wages, with the value of provifions and other allowances, of the two Chaplains of Woolwich and Deptford Dock-yards.
6th,. The rents and profits of the Derwent water eftates, including lead mines.
7th, The rents of the market at Greenwich, and of the houfes there and in London.
8th, Interefl of money invefted in the Public Funds.
9th, Fines for fifhing in the River Thames with unlawful nets, and other offences.
1 oth, Forfeited and unclaimed fhares of prize and bounty money.
EXPENDITURE.
1 ft, Cloathing, Victuals, NecefTaries of all kinds, and weekly allowance of money to the Penfioners and Nurfes $ together with falaries and allowances to the Officers and Clerks, and wages and allowances to cooks, fcullery-men, and other inferior officers and fervants.
2d, Ordinary works and repairs of the Hofpital, inclu- ding the Infirmary, Boys School, Brewhouie, and other buildings, and falaries to the officers* &c. in that depart- ment.
3dly<
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"3d, Contingent expences for Directors attendances. Law charges, ftationary and various other ai tides, including the Derwentwater eflate.
4th, Penfions to Out Penfioners including falaries to clerks, and other expences incident to that fervice.
The following is a Form by which any Benefaction may be legally bequeathed to the Hofpital.
J A. B. do hereby give and bequeath unto the CommiJJioners and Governors of the Royal Hofpital jor S e amen at Greenwich in tbe County of Kent, the Sum of to be
raifed and paid by and out of all my ready Money , Plate , Goods, and perfonal E feels, which by Law I may, or can charge with the Payment of the fame ( and not out of any Part of my Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments J upon Truft, and to the Intent that they do apply the fame towards carrying on the charitable defgns of the faid Hof pit aL
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A.D. 1703* ^ By Queen Ann’s Commiffion (a) dated 21ft day of July,
JolTa General I7°3> feven Commiffioners were to compofe a General Court* Court, whereof the Lord High Admiral, the Lord High Treafurer, or any two Privy Counfellors were to be a Quorum.
The Commiffioners were required and commanded to hold General Courts quarterly General Courts, which General Courts might alfo
to be held! #
quarterly. be called at any time, by order or the Lord High Admiral, officers to be They were alfo empowered and directed to recommend to the
recommended ■' .
by the General Lord High Admiral all Officers neceffary to be employed in the Hofpital; and his Lordfhip was empowered to appoint all fuch officers accordingly, except the- Governor and Treafurer.
(a) This Commiffion was opened, and read at Windfor Caffcle Augufl: i ], 3703. Present,
His Royal Highnefs Prince George of Denmark, Lord High Admiral,
The Archbilhop of Canterbury.
Sir Nathan Wright, Knt. Lord Keeper.
Earl of Godolphin, Lord High Treafurer.
Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, Lord Prefident.
John Duke of Buckingham, Lord Privy Seal.
Earl of Nottingham Sir Thomas Littleton
Lord Granville Mr. Draper
Sir George Rooke Sir Chriftopher Wren
1
A {landing
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6 1
A Handing (b) Committee, ftyled the Directors of the Hofpital, confifting of twenty-five perfons, were firft ap- Twenty-five ds.
■* ° redtors appointed
pointed by this Commiflion, who were commanded to meet once a fortnight at leaft, or oftener if necefiary, for the affairs of the Hofpital. They were made accountable for their proceedings to the quarterly General Courts ; and in confideration of their trouble and attendance, fuch as thought proper to demand it were to receive twenty {hillings each out of the Hofpital’s revenue for every actual attend- ance.
By this Commiflion, either the Lord High Admiral, or LorJHIghAd. General Court, when aflembled, were empowered to fill upciurt°to°inupl vacancies in the Board of Directors. duS*8.0* '
It was likewife ordered that the government of the Hof- pital fhould be performed by the Governor, and fuch a Government of Council of the officers, as the Lord High Admiral ffiould vernor and
r . . Council.
from time to time appoint.
( b ) Names of the firft Directors: Charles Bertie, Efq; Sir Stephen Fox,
Sir Henry Shore, Sir Chriftopher Wren, Sir Jonathan Andrews, Sir Mat.
Andrews, Sir John Morden, Sir Thomas Grantham, Sir Francis Child, Sir James Bateman, William Bridges, Efq; Thomas Coulfon, Efq; James Craggs, Efq; Charles Godolphin, Efq; William Hewer, Efq; Robert Raworth,
Efq; John Evelyn, Efq; William Draper, Efq; Edmund Dummer, Efq;
John Vanburgh, Efq; Salifbury Cade, John Mapletoft, John Clements,
William Sanderfon, Efq; John Brum well, Efq;
Copy
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Councilap-
joiated.
Copy of the fir ft Warrant appointing a Council.
His Royal Highnefs Prince George of Denmark, & c. Lord High Admiral of England, Ireland, &c.
To the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Captain, three
Lieutenants, Chaplains, Steward, and Surgeon, of her
Majefty’s Royal Hofpital at Greenwich.
« WHEREAS I think it fitting that fome perfons “ Should be appointed to adt as Council for the better ma- “ nagement of her Majefiy’s Royal Hofpital at Greenwich, “ and repofing efpecial truft and confidence in the ability, “ prudence, and circumfpedtion of you the faid Governor, “ Lieutenant Governor, Captain, three Lieutenants, Chap- “ lains, Phyfician, Steward and Surgeon ; I do therefore « hereby diredt and require you, or any three or more of (i you, of which the Governor, Lieutenant Goveinoi, or “ Captain, to be always one; to hold confultations, as often « as need Shall be, and you Shall think proper for the good ** government of the aforefaid Hofpital; and to caufie to be t( executed the orders and punishments prefcribed foi iuch tc perfons as Shall be any ways disorderly therein ; and to (< repreSent to me, as you Shall fee occafion, if any matter <* offer for my further diredtions therein.
“ Given under my hand the 12th of July, i7°5*
“ GEORGEP
** By Command of his Royal Highnefs,
“ G. Clarke.’’
Several
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Several other Warrants of the fame nature have fince that time been granted by the Admiralty, as the increafe of Officers, or other circumrtances have made it necefiary. The prefent Council, appointed n March, 1774, confifts of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, four Captains, eight Lieutenants, two Chaplains, Phyfician, Secretary, Auditor and Steward.
The Council is held regularly every Friday, afid oftener if occafion requires ; when Delinquents are punifhed either by muldt, wearing a yellow coat as a badge of difgiace, fufpenfion, or expulfion, conformable to the Bye-laws for the internal government of the Llolpital.
The powers with which the Commiffioners and Gover- nors, Directors, and Council, are inverted, are fet forth in the Charter , by which the Commiffioners and Governors were incorporated, and of which the following is a Copy, viz.
CHAR-
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Recital of Let- ters Patent of William and Mary.
Recital of for- mer Corn- millions.
Powers in fuch
Commiffians
incompetent.
CHARTER.
George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and fo forth. To all to whom thefe prefen ts fhall come, greeting. WHEREAS their late Majefties King William and Queen Mary did, by their Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the twenty fifth day of OCtcber in the year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred and ninety- five, give and grant, to certain perfons therein named, a certain piece of ground and a capital mef- fuage within the parifh of Eaft Greenwich in the county of Kent; together with certain edifices, buildings, and other things in the faid Letters Patent mentioned ; to the intent that the fame fhould be converted and employed unto and for the ufe and fervice of an Hofpital for the relief of Sea- men, their Widows, and Children; and an encouragement of Navigation, as therein mentioned. AND WHEREAS their late Majefties Queen Ann, King George the Firft, and King George the Second, did grant to feveral perfons certain Commiffions enabling them to ereCt and build an Hofpital at Eaft Greenwich aforefaid for the purpofes aforefaid, and alfo granted feveral powers for the management thereof ; BUT forafmuch as it hath been found that fuch powers have not been competent for the collecting, receiving, and apply- ing the revenues, rents, profits, and emoluments given, ap- propriated, and belonging, or which may hereafter be given, appropriated or belong, to or to the ufe of the faid Hofpital,
and
«s
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and have alfo been found inefficient for other neceffary and beneficial purpofes, whereby great inconveniencies and Ioffes have happened to the faid Hofpital : To the end, therefore, that fo good and neceffary a defign, undertaking, and work may be rendered effectual, and carried into better execution, for the encouragement of Navigation and benefit of the Realm, KNOW YE, that We, of Our efpecial grace, cer- tain knowledge, and mere motion, have willed, ordained, conflituted, appointed, and eftablifhed, and, by thefe pre- fents, for Us, Our heirs, and fucceffors, do will, ordain, conflitute, appoint, and eflablifh, that Our mo fl dear brother William Henry Duke of Gloucefler, Our moft dear brother commiffione« Henry F rederick Duke of Cumberland, the Archbifhop of and Govemorc* Canterbury now and for the time being, Our Chancellor of Great Britain now and for the time being or Our Keeper of our Great Seal for the Time being, the Archbifhop of York now and for the time being, Our Prefident of our Privy Council now and for the time being, Our Keeper of our Privy Seal now and for the time being. Our Steward of our Houfehold now and for the time being. Our Chamberlain of our Houfehold now and for the time being, the Lords and others of our Privy Council now and for the time being.
Our right trufly and right entirely beloved coufin and coun- cilor Peregrine Duke of Ancafler and Keflevan Great Cham- berlain of England and the Great Chamberlain of England for the time being. Our right trufly and right well beloved coufin and councilor Henry Earl of Suffolk and Berkfhire, and Thomas Lord Vifcount Weymouth, and the right ho- nourable Lord George Sackville Germain, Our Principal Secretaries of State, and our Principal Secretaries of State &r the time being, the Warden of our Cinque Ports now
K and
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and for the time being. Our Treafurerof our Houfehold now and for the time being, Our Treafurer of our Navy now and for the time being. Our Mailer General of our Ordnance now and for the time being. Our Lieutenant General of our Ordnance now and for the time being, the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons now and for the time being. Our Chan- cellor of our Exchequer now and for the time being, Our Secretary at War now and for the time being. Our Mailer of our Rolls now and for the time being. Our Commiffion- ers for executing the office of High Admiral of Great Bri- tain and Ireland now being, and our High Admiral or our Commiffioners for executing the Office of High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland for the time being. Our Com- miffioners of our Treafury now being, and Our High Trea- furer or Commiffioners of our Treafury for the Time being. Our Chief JuRice of our court of King’s Bench now and for the time being. Our Chief Baron of our Court of Exche- quer now and for the time being, Our Chief JuRice of our Court of Common Pleas now and for the time being, Our JuRices of our Court of King’s Bench now and for the time being. Our Barons of our Court of Exchequer now and for the time being. Our JuRices of our Court of Common Pleas now and for the time being. Our Attorney and Sollicitor General now and for the time being. Our Judge of our Eligh Court of Admiralty now and for the time being, Our Advocate of our High Court of Admiralty now and for the time being. Our Secretary to our Commiffioners for exe- cuting the office of our High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland now being, and our Secretary or Secretaries to our High Admiral, or our Commiffioners for executing the office of our High Admiral for the time being, Our Secre- x , taries
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taries to our Commiffioners of our Treafury now being, and O ur Secretaries to our High Treafurer or Commiffioners of our Treafury for the time being, the Flag Officers of our Navy now and for the time being, Our Commiffioners of our Navy now and for the time being, the Mafter and the five fenior of the Elder Brethren of Trinity Houfe at Dept- ford-ftrond now and for the time being, the Mayor and the three fenior Aldermen of our City of London now and for the time being, Our Governor, Deputy Governor, Treafurer and Receiver General, Auditor, and other Directors of our Royal Hofpital at Greenwich now and for the time being, and the Surveyor- General of our Works now and for the ^neeclba0rjy p°olVc time being, ffialLfor ever hereafter be, by virtue of thefe and corPoiate* prefents, one body politic and corporate, in deed and in name, by the name of The COMMISSIONERS ANDNam!- GOVERNORS of the ROYAL HOSPITAL for SEA- MEN at GREENWICH in the COUNTY of KENT; and ffiall be Governors of the goods, revenues, rents, lands, tenements, and hereditaments already given, granted, appro- priated, or belonging, or which ffiall hereafter be given, granted, appropriated, or belonging unto the faid Hofpital.
AND We do, by thefe prefents, for Us, Our heirs, and To have Perpe- fucceffors, declare and eftabliffi, that, by the fame name, SS* * "common they and their fucceffors ffiall have perpetual fucceffion and*1*1’ a common feal for the ufe of the bufinefs and affairs of them and their fucceffors, with full power to break, alter, *md Tr^and’mle make new, their feal, from time to time, as to them ffiall MW theirfeal* feem expedient ; and, by the fame name, they and their fucceffors, from time to time, and at all times for ever hereafter, ffiall be a body politic and corporate in deed and in law, and be able and capable to have, take, purehafe,
K 2 acquire.
6%
Power to pur- chafe eftates, &c.
and goods, con- tributions, &£.
Power to fell, demife, and ex- change fiid ellates, &c.
Commiflioners and Governors may fue and be faed.
CON S T I T U T I O' m
acquire, receive, hold, keep,- poffefs, enjoy, and retain.. AND /We do hereby,., for Us, our heirs and fucceffors, give and grant full authority and free licence to them and their' fucceffors by the name aforefaid,. notwithffanding any.ffa- tute or ffatutes of mortmain, to have, take, purchafe, ac^ quire, receive, hold, keep, poffefs, enjoy, . and retain, to and1, for the ufe of. the faid Hofpital, all or any manors, meffuages, lands, rents, tenements, liberties,, privileges* franch'ifes, hereditaments, and poffeffions whatfoever, and of what' kind,, nature, or quality whatfoever ; and moreover to take, purchafe, acquire,, have, hold, enjoy, receive, poffefs, and- retain., notwithffanding any fuch ff atute or ff atutes to the' contrary, all. or any. goods, , chattels, charitable and other contributions, gifts,, and, benefactions whatfoever; and alfo. to fell, grant, demife, exchange, alien, or difpofe of the fame manors, meffuages, lands, ^ ...rents, tenements, liberties^ privileges, franchifes, hereditaments and poffeffions, goods, chattels, contributions, gifts, and benefactions, or any of them; and that,, by the fame name, they fhall and may be «fble to fue and be fued, implead and be iinpleaded, aii-fwer and be anfwered unto, in all or any court or courts of record* and places of judicature within this kingdom, in all and fingular pleas, actions, fuits, caufes, matters, and demands whatfoever, of what kind, nature, or fort foever, in as large, ample,, and beneficial manner and form as any other body poljtic and corporate, or any other our liege fubjeCts, being perfons able, and capable in law, may or can have, take* purchafe, acquire, receive, hold, keep, poffefs, enjoy, retain, ff^> grant, demife, exchange, alien, difpofe, fue, implead, or anfwer, or to be fued, impleaded, and anfwered unto in any manner whatfoever ; and fhall and may do and execute
all
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CONSTITUTION.
all and lingular, other ma tters or things, by the name afbre- faid, as to them Ih ill or may appertain to do by virtue of thefe prefents or otherwiie. AND, to the end Our royal purpofe and intention herein may the better take effed, Our will and pleafure is, and We hereby dired, order, and .ap- point, that the members of the faid Corporation, or fo many of them as conveniently can, lhall, from time to ■ time, meet, together at fome convenient place, and they, or any feven or more. of them, lhall, and are hereby appointed to, he a General Court, whereof Our High Admiral, for the tthoucMwi time being, or any three of the Commiffioners for execut- ing the Office of High Admiral, now- and for: the time.being,
Our High Treafurer for the time being, or any three Com- miffioners of our T.reafury now and for the time being, or any three or more of the Lords of Our Privy. Council, herein before appointed Commiffioners and Governors, lhall be a Quorum. And We do alfo by thefe prefents give and grant unto the. faid. Corporation, or any feven or more of them (whereof Our High Admiral for the time, being, or Our Commiffioners for executing the office of High AdmL ral* now and for the time being. Our High Treafurer for the time being, or our Commiffioners of our Treafury now and for the time being, the Lords of Our Privy Council, s or any three or more of them, lhall be part) full power and authority to proceed to finiffi the building of the faid Hofpital, according to the fcheme and model already be- gun, or that lhall hereafter be thought fitting to be carried Toftate^ac- on • and alfo to date the accounts for works of the faid Hoi- payment,, and pital now and . hereafter to be in hand ; to make payment, ^oftheHof- from time to time, of the fame, and to dired, manage, tranfad, condud, and perfed all the bufinefs, affairs and
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effects, matters and things whatsoever relating to the build- ing, carrying on, and finifhing the faid Hofpital, and the
Mo provide for , . r , , _ 1
feamen, either ren ts and revenues thereof ; and alio to provide for fuch Sea-
in or out of the j r i • 1 . d cl*“
Hofpitai, their men, and fuch widows, and Ions of Seamen, bv oenfinnQ r»f
widows and Tons. ~ . _ , 7 J r Ui
provmons nTuing from the faid Hofpital, either in or out of the faid Hofpital, in fuch manner and numbers, and under fuch extent and limitations, as fhall be thought neceffary c^nu expedient and mod conducive to the encouragement of
7„";-'sfeameni and alfo t0 exetute !ejfes for years, and make fuch jaws, &c. bye-laws, rules, orders, and diredions for the better go-
vernment of the faid corporation, as they, or the major part of them fo atfembled, fhall, from time to time, think proper; which bye-laws, rules, orders, and direftions, not being repugnant to the laws or ftatutes of this Our realm, lhall be effectually obferved, performed, and kept. PRO- &tobs ViDED neverthelels, and Our will is, that no fuch bye- binding till con- laws, rules, orders, or directions, fo to be made, lhall be w-d. binding, until the fame (hall have been confirmed by fome Succeeding General Court; and that the fame method (hall pealing fame, be, from time to time, obferved in the altering or repealing any fuch bye-laws, rules, orders, and directions, after they fhall have been fo confirmed. AND Our further will and pleafure is, and We do hereby require the members of the faid Corporation, or any feven or more of them (whereof Our High Admiral for the time being, or our Commiffion- ers for executing the office of High Admiral now and for the time being, Our High Treasurer for the time being, or our Commiffioners of our Treafury now and for the time being, the Lords of Our Privy Council, or any three or more of them, fhall be part) aforefaid, to meet and hold a
Ceneral Court 0 . 1 O . . ,
to be held twice vj€nei at L.ourt twice in the year, or oftner (if our High
a year or oftr.er. ' °
Admiral
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Admiral for the time being, or our Commiffioners for exe- cuting the office of High Admiral now and for the time being, ftiall find it necefiary) to confult concerning the bufi- nefs and affairs of 'the laid Hofpital, and the conduct and management thereof; and that the Governor or Deputy- puty-Governor, Governor, Treafurer and Receiver— General, and Auditor of Auditor to amn the faid Hofpital, now and for the time being, do affift atat allMcetin-> all General Courts and Meetings of the Directors of the faid Hofpital hereafter mentioned. AND We do hereby authorize and empower Our High Admiral for the time being, or our Commiffioners for executing the Office High Admiral now and for the time being, to appoint all officers necefiary to be employed in and for the faid Hofpital j point others, except the Governor, and Treafurer and Receiver General thereof ; and to difplace, move, or fufpend any fuch officer or officers for his or their mifbehaviour, and to -appoint any other officer or officers in the room of him or them fo dis- placed or removed. PROVIDED that all officers, to be employed in the faid Hofpital, be Seafaring men, or fuch All officers of
* J . . the Hofpital to
who have loft their limbs, or been otherwife difabled, in befeafaring men,
the fea-fer vice. AND for that many of the members of
the faid corporation cannot conveniently meet, in order to
carry Our royal intentions in the premifes into execution,
and by reafon thereof many delays and inconveniencies may
enfue. We have thought fit, and do, by thefe prefents,
declare and appoint, that the Governor, Deputy- Governor,
Treafurer and Receiver- General, and Auditor of the faid Dire&ors of the • Hofpital, now and for the time being, together with SirH°fpltal‘
John Major , Baronet, Timothy Brett , Efquire, Sir Merrik Burrell , Baronet, Zachary Philip Fonnereau , Robert Petty James Stuart , Efquires, Sir Piercy Brett , Knight, John
• ‘ C lev land,
7-2
constitution.
Clevland, Peregrine Cufts John Tauzia Savary, Thomas Hicks , Efquires, Sir Peter Denis , Baronet, John Barker '» George Marjl: , William Wells , William James, Efquires, Cooke, Clerk, and Campbell, Thomas Palgrave, and
Joah Bates , Efquires, who are the prefent Directors of the faid Royal Hofpital, ffiall be a landing Committee, and be fliled the Dire&ors of the faid Hofpital. AND We do hereby give full power and authority, and require and com- mand the Directors of the faid Hofpital now and for the 2rt“ght°onrCea time or any ^ve or more of them, to meet once in
every fortnight at leald, or oftner if occafion fhould require, to confult concerning the affairs of the faid Hofpital, and Ho^ka? of£ t^iat t^e Secretary of the faid Hofpital, or his fufficient SndUthem°at' Deputy, do attend at fuch Meetings. AND Our will and pleafure is, and We do hereby require and command the Diredtors of the faid Hofpital, that at all fuch Meetings fare STarr^on* 'they do take efpecial care of the carrying on the building of the building. faffi Hofpital, purfuant to the model already begun,
or that fhall hereafter be thought fitting to be carried on, and hate the account for works of the faid Hofpital. now
Toftatetheac- i r *
counts and make and hereafter to he in hand, make contracts for provifions
contracts. ^ r
and all neceffaries for the faid Hofpital, and put and place out the fens of teamen, to be, from time to time, educated To place out the the faid Hofpital, as apprentices, for any term not exceed- fkeSVn«P«-n ing feven years, and do all other matters and things whatfo- ceedmg 7 years. eyer relating thereto. AND We hereby give to the faid
Directors, or fuch five , or more of them, fo affenibled, all General powers. neceffary anfl fufficient powers for the purpofes aforefaid.
DkeaorSn?b°ef PROVIDED always, that all proceedings whatfoever, iemibcomtGe' rating to the management of the affairs of the faid Hof- pital, be laid before the General Court, to be held as herein
before
7 J
CONSTITUTION,
before mentioned, and the fame are to be at all times fubjed to their controul, to whom We do, by thefe prefents, give and fubjedt to full power and authority to controul accordingly. AND We do hereby order and dired, that the fum of ten (hillings a man be paid to fuch of the Directors of the faid Hofpital, Directors (r..ch as think reafonable to demand it, out of the revenues of the to be paid tea faid Hofpital, by the hands of the Treafurer and Receiver for ever)1 attend - General thereof for the time being, for every adual attend- ance at every Board of Directors, and every General Court, fo holden as aforefaid. AND Our further will and pleafure is, and We do hereby give full power and authority to Our High Admiral for the time being, or our Commiffioners for executing the office of High Admiral now and for the time Admiralty, or being, or the members of the faid Corporation aflcmbled may Sup th? in a General Court, to fill up the numbers of Directors to r“£.r °* Dl" twenty-four, including the Governor, Deputy-Governor,
Treafurer and Receiver- General, and Auditor of the faid Hofpital, upon every vaca ncy by death, refignation, or refu- fal to a d, and to nominate fuch perfons as Our High Ad- miral for the time being, or our Commiffioners for executing the office of our High Admiral now and for the time be- 'ing, (hall think fit to be Directors in the room of fuch perfon or perfons fo dying, refigning, or refufing to ad', as aforefaid. AND Our further will and pleafure is, and We Governor, or any do hereby exprefsly forbid the Governor, or any other Offi- the Direaors, cers of the faid Hofpital, (other than the Diredors afore- contracts, See. faid, or fuch as they (hall appoint) to be concerned in pur- chafing or making any agreement for provifions, or any other neceflaries, for the faid Hofpital; or to have any other powers, except the well government' of the Houfe, and even that (hall be performed by the Governor and fuch a Governor
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CONSTITUTION.
Council of the Officers of the faid Hofpital, as our High Admiral for the time being, or our Commifiioners for execu- ting the office of our High Admiral now and for the time being, (hall from time to time appoint. AND we do hereby JatTor ^ubTrip- authorize and empower the faid Corporation to take and tions* receive from fuch of Our good fubjed'S as (hall he difpofed
to contribute towards ereding and endowing of the faid Hof- pital, all fuch voluntary gifts or fubfcriptions of or for any fum or fums of money, goods, or chattels, or of or for any eftate or intereft in any manors, lands, tenements, rents, he- reditaments, or other matters or things whatfoever, which any perfon or perfons, bodies politic and corporate, fhall be willing to give, limit, appoint, or beftow, for or towards the building, finishing, or endowing the Hofpital aforefaid, and for caufing to be colleded and received whatever fhall be gi- ven, contributed, defigned, or appointed for that life, by the hands of the Treafurer and Receiver General of the faid Hof- Jvf fac“uUun- for the time being. AND Our further will and pleafure is, t-ta that the Treafurer and Receiver General now and for. the
time being fhall have full power and authority, from time to time, upon the receipt or receipts of any fum or fums of mo- ney, or other profits for the purpofes aforefaid,. or any of them, , to give an acquittance or acquittances for the fame, which fhall be good and fufficient difcharges to all intents and pur- pofes whatfoever; and that the accounts of the Treafurer and Treafurcr’s a c- Receiver-General of the faid Hofpital now and for the time
counts to be al- _ ( ..
lowed in the fame pgi no- fhall be examined, audited, adjufted, fubfcnbed, andal- tofore, orin fuch lowed, in fuch and in the fame manner as the accounts of
other as Gene- 7
rrL‘?°urt ^the prefent Treafurer and Receiver-General of the faid Hofpital, and his predeceffors, have been heretofore exa- mined, audited, adjufted, fubfcribed, and allowed, or in
fuch
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fuch other manner as may, from time to time, be directed by the members of the faid Corporation in General Court affembled. PROVIDED always, and Our pleafure is, T reafurer may that the T reafurer and Receiver-General of the faid Hof- hands a yearly pital now and for the Time being, fh.aH and may retain and**1* keep out of the moneys that lhall from time to time come to or lie in his hands, as fuch T reafurer and Receiver Ge- neral, the yearly falary or allowance of two hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid and retained and the f^e to quarterly, at the four moft ufual feafts in the year, by even accouacs- and equal portions, and to be, from time to time, allowed in his accounts. AND We do hereby fully authorize and empower the faid Corporation, at a General Court to be General court held as aforefaid, from time to time, to appoint and chufe or more receiver one or more fit perfon or perfons to be a collector or collec- tors, receiver or receivers, of the rents, revenues, contribu- tions, or other profits and emoluments given or belonging unto, or that fliall at any time hereafter be given or belong- and may revoke
• appoint-
ing unto, the faid Hofpital, and to revoke and make void >^nts.
fuch appointments as often as they may fee caufe fo to do. Treafurer, and AND Our will and pleafure is, that the T reafurer and Re- entrufted with ceiver General of the faid Hofpital for the time being* and Srity. °sue all and every other officer and officers, collectors, receivers, or agents whatfoerer, appointed or created, or hereafter to be appointed or created, by Us, Our heirs, and fucceffors, or appointed or to be appointed by the Lrod High Admiral, or Commiffioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral as aforefaid, for the receipt or collection of the rents, revenues, contributions, or other profits and emolu- ments. as aforefaid, or any part thereof, or fliall be trufled with the expenditure of any money for the ufe of the faid
L 2 Hofpital
7 6
All former corn- millions (repug.- ii ant to this Charter) void.
Charter, or the inrollment valid and effectual, &c«
io be fealed with- cut line. &c.
Promife of fur- ther powers.
CONSTITUTION.
Hofpital, fhall, within fuch time and times, as fhall be li- mited by the laid Corporation, give and execute fuch fecurity for the duly accounting for and paying all money that fhall come to their or either of their hands refpeftively, on ac- count for, or for the ufe of, or belonging to, the faid Hof- pital, as fhall be thought fit and reafonable by the faid Corporation, in General Court affembled, having regard to the amount of the fum or fums of money that fhall be ufually and commonly in their or either of their hands re- fpeftively. AND We do, for Us, Our heirs, and fucceffors, as much as in Us lies, determine, make void, revoke, annul all and all manner of commiffions, charters, powers, and authorities, at any time heretofore given or granted by Us or any of Our progenitors, which any wife or in any kind are inconfiftent with or repugnant to the grant, privileges, poweis, or authorities hereby given or granted, or intended to be given or granted, to the faid Corporation. AND We do alfo, for Us, Our heirs and fucceffors, grant and declare that thefe Our letters patent, or the inrollments or exem- plifications thereof, fhall be, in and by all things, good, fii m, valid, and effectual in the law, according to the true intent .and meaning of the fame, and fhall be taken, con- ftrued, and adjudged, in all Our courts or elfewhere, in the moft favourable and beneficial fen fe, and for the beff advan- tage of the faid Corporation, any non-recital, mif- recital, omiffion, defeeff, imperfe&ion, matter, or thing whatfoever notwithftanding. And that thefe prefents fhall be, in due manner, made and fealed with the feal of Great Britain, without fine or fee, great or fmall, to Us, in Our Hanape^ or elfewhere, to Our ufe any ways to be rendered, paid* or made. AND laffly, We hereby promife and declare, for
Us,
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77
Us, Our heirs and fucceifors, that We and They ihall and will, at all times hereafter, give and grant to the faid Cor- poration and their fucceifors, fuch other reafonable powers and authorities as may be neceifiary for the better execution of the premifes. IN WITNESS whereof We have caufed thefe Our letters to be made patent. WITNESS Ourfelf at Weilminiler, the fixth day of December, in the fixteenth year of Our reign.
By Writ of Privy Seal,
W I L M O T.
N. B. By an Adi of the 16 Geo. 3. c. 24. all the eftates held in truft for the benefit of the Hofpital, were veiled in the Commiflioners and Governors incorporated by this Charter,
ESTAB-
ESTABLISHMENT.
7$
A. D. 1696. f :i; 6c 8th W.
c. 2 1.
-Admiflions re- gulated by the Regifter Aft. A. D. 1698.
8 & 9 W. c.23,
*Y the Regifter Ad of the 7th and 8 th of King William the Third, it was direded that thofe Seamen who were duly regiftered, and who by age, wounds, and other acci- dents, were difabled for further fervice at fea, and could not provide for themfelves, fhould, upon certificate thereof, from the Captain, Mailer, &c. under his or their hands and feal, unto the Governor of the Hofpital, be admitted into the fame ; and that the Widows and Children of fuch as fhould be flain, killed or drowned in the fervice, fhould be received into the Hofpital; and that the faid Children fhould be educated at the charges of the faid Hofpital, till they were fit to be put out, or of ability to maintain them- felves. And in the 9th of William the Third it was enabled, that the preference of admifiion fhould be given to fuch as had been the longefl regiftered.
But feveral doubts having arifen whether cuiy difabled Seaman, otherwife than fuch as were exprefsly qualified by thefe Ads, might be admitted and provided for in the Hofpital ; an Ad pafted in the fecond year of Queen Ann, entitled, <{ An Ad for the increafe of feamen,” &c. whereby it was enaded, that any difabled Seamen, their Wives and Children, and the Widows and Children of Seamen flain, killed or drowned in the fea fervice, fhould okKoS High be appointed and provided for in the Hofpital, as the Lord Admiiai, High Admiral, or Commiflioners for executing the office
of Lord High Admiral, fhould think fit, or fee occafion.
By
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establishment.
By her Majefty’s fecond Commiffion, dated the 8 th A^.ya^ day of April, 1704, it was directed, that for the future, ^befea-farbg- all perfons to be recommended and admitted into the Hofpital as Officers, or otherwife, ffiould be fea-faring men, or firch as had loft their limbs, or had been otherwife difabled in the fea-fervice.
By an Adt of Parliament parted in the 6th year of Queen a. d. 1707.
J 1 1 1 r J C Foreigners..
Ann, it was enadled that foreigners who had terved for two 6a.c. 37.. years in her Majefty’s ffiips of war, privateer, or merchant- fhi, ftiould be inverted with the privileges granted to the fubjedls of Great Britain.
By an Adi parted in the 10th year of her Reign, any feaman A>D> I7TO> in the merchant-fervice who had been disabled in defend- ^eenr;hantSea' ing or taking any fhip, as deemed qualified to be admitted ' into the Hofpital..
By the Adi for the more effedlual fuppreffing of piracyj a^d. i7i4. naffed in the 8th year of George the Firft, any feaman
X . . , - Seamen maimed:
who was maimed in fight againft any pirate in the defence in engagements
. with Pirates.
of the King’s or merchant- fhips, or any other fhip or vertel, was entitled, to admiffion and provifion in the Hof- pital in preference to any other feaman difabled for fervice, or from getting his livelihood merely by age.
Having fhewn what defeription. of perfons are qualified by the Commiffions, and the above Adis of Parliament, to be received into the Hofpital, we proceed to give an account of their admiffion from the firft eftablifhment to the prefen t time,.
On
ESTABLISHMENT.
On the firlft of December, 1704, it having been repre- sented to the Lord High Admiral by the Commiffioners, that the Hofpitai was prepared for the reception of men, his Royal Highnefs Prince George of Denmark, previous to their adm.iffion, appointed the following officers by warrant.
A Lieutenant Governor A Captain A Firh Lieutenant A Second ditto A Phyiician A Surgeon A Steward A Cook
A Butler’s Mate Four Nurfes.
And, in the month following he appointed
Two Chaplains, and A Third Lieutenant.
In addition to the foregoing, the following Officers were afterwards appointed, viz.
In 1708, the Firft Mailer and Governor . 1736, a Second Captain
1738, a Fourth Lieutenant 1748. Fifth and Sixth Lieutenants 1 756, a Third Captain
1766, Seventh and Eight Lieutenants
1767, a Fourth Captain.
We
ESTABLISHMENT,
We will now give an account of the admiflion of the Penfioners, and their increafe from time to time as the Hofpital was able to receive them ; obferving at the fame time, that, from the firft eftablithnient of the Hofpital, Marines, as well as Seamen, if proper obje&s, were admitted without any diftin&ion.
|
PENS |
/ 0 |
N |
E R |
5. |
|
In January |
- |
I7°5 |
- |
42 |
|
From 1705 |
to |
1708 |
- |
258 |
|
HH O 00 |
to |
I7°9 |
- |
5° |
|
1709 |
to |
1728 |
- |
100 |
|
1728 |
to |
I73I |
- |
45° |
|
*737 |
to |
1738 |
- |
100 |
|
00 rh in. Hi |
to |
J75J |
m |
3 00 |
|
*752 |
to |
1 755 |
- |
250 |
|
From June to December |
1763 |
- |
170 |
|
|
From February 1 |
to April |
1764 |
- |
63 |
|
1769 |
to |
1770 |
- |
217 |
|
1772 |
to |
1782 |
- |
35° |
|
Total |
23 5° |
M
Prtftnt
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ESTABLISHMENT.
Prefent EJlablifhment of Officers, See,
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Salaries, |
Clerks and Afllftant^ |
|
|
£■ |
||
|
A Mailer and Governor |
IOOO |
—I Clerk at 50/,. |
|
A Lieutenant Governor |
400 |
|
|
Four Captains, each |
23a |
|
|
Eight Lieutenants, each |
115: |
|
|
A Treafurer and Receiver |
200 |
3* Clerks at 50/. |
|
A Secretary |
l6o |
— 2 Clerks, 1 at 6o4 |
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and 1 at 50/. |
||
|
A11 Auditor |
100 |
—1 Clerk at 50/. |
|
Two Chaplains, each |
1 3°“ |
|
|
A Phyfician, 1 os. per diet??, |
182 ior. |
|
|
A Steward |
160- |
• — 4' Clerks, r at do/. |
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and 3 at 40/. each. |
||
|
A Surgeon |
1 fo- |
—-2- Affi Hants at 40/. |
|
each, 1 fervant at* 30/. |
||
|
A Clerk of the Checque |
rdo |
—•4 Clerks, 1- at 60/. |
|
and 3 at 40/. each. |
||
|
A Surveyor |
200" |
|
|
A Clerk of the Works, $s. per day |
91 Ss |
. 1 Clerk at 60/, |
|
A Difpenfer |
5° |
- — 1 AffiHant at 30/, |
|
Three Matrons*, each |
- 40 |
|
|
A Schoolmafler |
■ 55a |
|
|
A Mailer Brewer |
60 |
|
|
An Organill • |
60 |
|
|
A Butler |
25 |
— 2 Mates at 1 5/. each. |
|
Two Cooks, each |
3° |
-—4 Mates, viz. 2 at 20/. |
and 2 at 15/.
* One of them was appointed on account of Out-penfioners — and the ift Clerk has 50/. more on the fame account.
A Scul-
esta
blishment. *3
Salaries. Clerks and Affiftants.
£■
A Sculleryman - - 20-2 Mates at
A Meffenger - - 3°
Two Porters, each - I5
Barber - - " 12
The Governor and Treafurer are appointed by Patent, the reft of the Officers by the Admiralty; except the Sur- veyor and Clerk of the Works, who are appointed by the General Court, the Schoolmafter and Melfenger by the Board of Diredtors, and all the Clerks by their refpedive Superiors.
The Officers are allowed a certain quantity of coals and candles, and 14*/. per day in lieu of a table with which they were originally accommodated ; and moll of the under Officers are allowed provifions in the fame manner as the Penfioners.
There are alfo five days fet apart for Feftivals, viz.
THE ROYAL FOUNDERS CORONATION.
THE KING’S BIRTH-DAY.
ACCESSION.
CORONATION.
THE QUEEN’S BIRTH DAY.
M 2
P E N-
E S T A B L I S H M E N T.
20 G. 2*
PENSIONER S.
The number of Penfioners now maintained in the Hof- pital is 2350 — every Boatfwain is allowed zs. 6d, every Mate is. 6dy and every private Man is, per week for pocket
money.
^CLOTHING.
A Blue Suit A Hat
Three Pair of Blue Yarn Hofe. Three Pair of Shoes Four Shirts
"V
bln two Years.
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1
J
The Coats and Hats of the Boatfwains and Boatfwains- Mates are diftinguifhed ; the former by a broad, and the latter by a narrow, gold lace..
The Penfioners arealfo allowed Neckcloths, Nightcaps, and : all neceflaries for bedding, which are changed as worn out..
Great Coats are allowed for the old and infirm, and Watch-coats for thofe on guard.
* By an Aft of Parliament pafied in the 20 th year of George 2d, it- was enafted. , that per/ons taking to pawn clothes belonging to the Hofpital , or changing the colour or marks thereof Jhould forfeit 5/. upon conviftion before one of his Majeff s Jufices of the Peace ; or be committed to pr if on for three months : and that the Pcnftoner , or Nurfe , going of with the fame, Jhould be committed for fix months. One moiety of this fttm is directed to be paid to the informer , the other for the benefit of the Hofpital.
'TABLE
ESTABLISH MENT.
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TABLE of DIET .
|
Days. |
Bread Loaves of 16 0%. j | |
Beer Quarts |
Beef lb. |
Mutton lib. |
Butter lb. |
Cheefe lb. |
Peafe Pints. |
|
Sunday |
I |
2 |
— |
I |
— |
I 4 |
— |
|
Monday |
I |
2 |
I |
— |
— |
1 |
— |
|
T uefday |
I |
2 |
— |
I |
— |
1 |
— |
|
Wednefd. |
I |
2 |
— |
— |
I ~T~6 |
L 2. |
I Z |
|
Thurfday |
I |
2 |
I |
— |
— |
1 4 |
— |
|
Friday |
I |
2 |
— |
— |
I "fr |
1 z |
I z |
|
Saturday |
I |
2 |
I |
• — |
— |
T 4 |
• — |
|
Total per 1 Week \ |
7 |
14 |
3 |
2 |
2 “TIT |
I . |
I |
The Hofpital bake their own bread, and brew their own beer, for which purpofes commodious buildings have been eredted.
The Penfioners dine at 12 o’clock, when the Lieutenant cn duty attends to fee that good order be preferved during their meals.
N. B. The furplus of peafe-foup, being a confiderable quantity, is givea away to the Penfioners families at the gates of the Hofpital.
ESTABLISHMENT.
Perfons defirons of being admitted penfioners, apply at the Admiralty Office, at leaft ten days before the day of Examination,* where they receive letters directed to the proper Officer at the Navy-office, for Certificates of their time of fervice in the Navy, which Certificates are fent no the Admiralty prior to the day of examination, when the Candidates are feen by the Board (the Surgeon of the Hofpital attending) and thofe who are found to be proper obje&s are minuted to be fent to the Hofpital, and are fent accordingly as vacancies happen; the greateil objects in preference.
The number now employed is 147; they are appointed By Warrant from the Admiralty, and muft all be Widows of Sea- men ; and under the age of 45 years, at the time of admiffion.
Their allowances areas follows, viz.
Wages, each, per annum, 81.
A grey ferge gown and petticoat, yearly.
Provifions
The Nurfes are required to take out Certificates of their
to the Admiralty on the .day ,of examination.
About 14,000 Penfioners, and 600 Nurfes have been ad- mitted into the Hofpital from its firfl eftabliffiment to the prefent time.
N U R S E S.
Bedding
hufband’s fervice in the Navy in the fame mode as the Pen- fioners; and to produce Certificates of their age and marriage
establishment.
The 'Eftablijhment of Out-Penf oners.
On the ift. day of February, 1763, the Commiffioners and Governors, at an extraordinary General Court, took into their confideration the ftate of the revenue and ex- pence of the Hofpital, and the difficulties and diftreffes to ■ which great numbers of Seamen, worn out and become decrepit in the King’s fervice in confequence of the war, muft unavoidably be expofed, unlefs fome provffion could b^ made for their fu^prt during the remainder of their lives, and the Court beifig of opinion that they had no authoiity from Parliament to appropriate any part of the revenue towards making provifion for thofe who could not be- accommodated within the Hofpital; it was reiolved una- nimoufly to make immediate application to Parliament for leave to bring in a Bill to empower the Commiffioneis and ■■Governors* (after defraying the neceffary expen ces or the Hofpital) to provide for fuch of the above-mentioned Seamen as could not be received into it; and a Bill for- this purpofe being prefented by the late Mr. Grenville, re~ J ceived the Royal alien t on the 31ft of March, 1763.
* The funds of the Hofpital are not applicable to the payment of Out- Fenfioners, when the revenue is not more than fufficient for its proper eftab- lifhment; and, in that cafe, Parliament has (on application) voted fpecifk fu ms for that purpofe.
them
83
E S; T A B L I S H M E N T .
In confequence of which 1400 Out-Penfioners were ap- pointed at 7/., per Ann. eacii ; whofe numbers gradually decreafed in confequence of death, or admhhon into the Hofpital, til] the year 1782, when 500 additional ones were appointed, and in the year followin' as many more ; the In-Penfioners who were defirous of it, were allowed to retire upon the Out - Penfion, if they thought proper and there appeared to be no objection .
Perfons defirous of becoming Out- Penfioners, ap- ply at the Admiralty Office in the fame manner as the others above-mentioned, and, when appointed, take their Warrants to the Treafurefs Office at the Hofpital, where a ticket is delivered to them, by which they are em- powered to leceive their penfion by quarterly payments, either at that place, or if, at a great didance, from the Colwctois of the Cufioms or Excile, in confequence of Certificates figned and tranfmitted by the Treafnrer, and attcfled by the Steward, or Clerk of the Checque.
About 2650 Out-Penfioners have been admitted from the palling of the above-mentioned Adt to the prelent time.
N. B. By fie above-mentioned Aft “ All ajji n- £( ments> bargains , ja 's, orders, contracts, ' agreements , or “ Jec unties whatjbever, which Jhall be green or made by “ any Out-Perijioner , jot ■, upon , or in rejpecl of, any Jum or juna oj money, to become due on any Out-B enjion granted
establishment.
u
e( by the Commifiioners or Governors of the Hofpital , fall be ab~* <e folutely null and void to all intents and purpofes
Alfo, “ the perfonatmg or falfely a fuming the name and “ char after of an Out-Penfioner of Greenwich Hofpital hi “ order to receive the Out-Penfiont or procuring any other to “ do the fame} is made felony without benefit of Clergy
n THE
THE
PAINTED-HALL.
mafferly manner, was undertaken by Sir James Thornhill, in 1 708.
with it’s proper points duly bearing. And in the covings, in chiaro ofcuro, the Four Winds with their different attributes.
Over each of the three doors are compartments, in chiaro ofcuro, (fupported by boys fuppofed to be the fons of poor
Seamen) containing the names of the feveral Benefactors to the Hofpital ; and above, in a niche, is the figure of
Charity.
In this veRibule is the model of an antique Ship, pre- fented by the late Lord Anfon ; the Original, which is of marble and was found in the Villa Matter in the 16th cen- tuary, now hands before the Church -of Sta< Maria in Rome, hence called Sta> Maria in Navicella.
From this veftibule a large flight of Reps leads into the Saloon, or grand Hall, which is about 106 feet long, 56 wide, and 50 high ; ornamented with a range of Co-
painting of this flail, which is executed in a
In the cupola of the veftibule is reprefented a Compafs
rinthian
P A I N T E D
PI A L L.
91
rinthian pilafters {landing on a Bafement, and fupporting a rich Entablature above. Between them, on the South-fide, are the windows, two rows in height, the jambs of which are ornamented with rofes impanelled. On the North-fide are recedes anfwering to the windows, in which are painted, in chiaro ofcuro, the following allegorical figures, viz. Hof- pit alii as , Magnanimitas , Liberalitas, Mifertcordia , Gencroft-as, Bonitas , Benig?iitasy Humamtas.
In the frize around the Hall is the following in- fc rip t ion :
Pietas augujia ut habit ent fecure et publice alantur qui pub - licce fcuritati invigilarunt regia Grenovoci Maria aufpiciis fublevandis nautis deftinata regnantibus Gulielmo & Maria
MDCXCIV.
Over the great arch, at the weft end, are the Britifh Arms fupported by Mars and Minerva, which are very finely fculptured.
On the Cieling are the portraits of King William and Queen Mary, the Royal Founders, furrounded by the Cardinal Virtues, &c. and with the emblematical repre- fentation of the Four Seafons of the Year y this Cieling is very well defcribed by Sir Richard Steel in his Lover -y of which the following is a Copy :
“ In the middle of the Cieling is a very large Oval frame “ painted and carved in imitation of gold, with a great “ thicknefs rifing in theinfide to throw up the figures to the
N 2 “ greater
9*
P A I N T E D
HALL,
“ greater height; the Oval is fattened to a great Suttite adorned “ with rofes in imitation of copper. The whole is fup- “ ported by eight gigantic figures of Slaves four on each fide, “ as though they were carved in ttone; between the figures, “ thrown in heaps into a covering are all manner of Maritime “ Trophies in Metzo -relievo ; as Anchors, Cables, Rudders, “ Matts, Sails, Blocks, Capitals, Sea-guns, Sea-carriages, “ Boats, Pinnaces, Oais, Stretchers, Colours, Enfigns, Pen-
nants. Drums, Trumpets, Bombs, Mortars, Small-arms, ** Granades, Powder-barrels, Fire-arrows, Grapling-irons, ct Crofs-ttaves, Quadrants, Compafies, &c. all in ttone-colours, “ to give the greater beauty to the rett of the cieling, which “ is more fignificant.
“ About the Oval in the infide are placed the twelve figns “ of the Zodiac ; the fix northern figns, as Aries, Taurus, “ Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, are placed on the north fide “ of the Oval; and the fix fouthern figns, as Libra, Scorpio, “ Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pifces, are to the fouth, *' with three of them in a groupe, which compofe one quarter “ of the year; the Signs have their attitudes,* and their drape- “ ries are varied and adapted to the feafons they pofiefs, as
* Aries is of a turbulent afpect with little winds and rains hovering about him, his drapery of a blewifh green, fhadowed with dark ruffet to denote the changeablenefs of the weather. April , or Taurus , is more mild ; May, or Ge- mini, in blue ; “June, a calm red ; July, more reddifh, and as he leans upon his Lyon veils a little from the Sun. Virgo almoft naked, and flying from the heat of the Sun ; Libra in deep red ; Scorpio veils himfelf from the fcorqhing Sun in a flame colour mantle ; Sagittarius in red, lefs hot ; December or Capri- corn, blewifh ; Aquarius in a waterifh green ; Pifces in blue. Over Aries , Taurus, Gemini prefides Flora ; over Cancer, Leo , Virgo prefides Ceres ; over Libra , Scorpio, Sagittarius , Bacchus ; and over Capricorn , Aquarius , Pifces , Hyems hovering over a brazen pot of fire,
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the cool, the blue, and the tender green to the Spring, the yellow to the Summer, and the red and flame colour to the Dog-days and Autumnal feafon, the white and cold to the Winter ; likewife the fruits and the flowers of every feafon as theyfucceed each other.
In the middle of the oval are reprefented King William and Queen Mary fitting on a Throne under a great pavi- lion, or purple canopy, attended by the four cardinal virtues,, as Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, and Juftice.
“ Over the Queen’s head is Concord, with the Fafces, at her feet two doves, denoting mutual concord and inno- cent agreement, with Cupid holding the King’s Sceptre while he is prefen ting Peace with the Lamb and Olive Branch, and Liberty expreffed by the Athenian cap to Eu- rope, who laying her Crowns at his feet receives them with an air of repefCt and gratitude. The King tramples- Tyranny under his feet, which is expreft by a French per- fonage with his leaden Crown falling off, his chains, yoke and iron fword broken to pieces. Cardinal’s cap, triple crowned mitres, &c. tumbling down. Juft beneath is Time bringing Truth to light, near which is a figure of Architecture holding a large drawing of part of the Hof- pital with the Cupola, and pointing up to the Royal Foun- ders, attended by the little Genii of her art. Beneath her is Wifdom and Heroic Virtue, reprefented by Pallas and Hercules, deftroying Ambition, Envy, Covetoufnefs, De- traction, Calumny, with other vices, which feem to fall to to the earth, the place of their more natural abode.
<f Oven
94
F A I N T E D - H A L L.
44 Over the Royal pavilion is fhewn at a great height 4 4 Apollo in his golden chariot, drawn by four white horfes 44 attended by the Horae, and morning dews falling before 44 him, going his courfe through the twelve figns of the <4 Zodiac \ and from him the whole plafond or cieling is en- 64 liehthened.
O
44 Each end of the Cieling is raifed in perfpedtive, with a 44 balluflrade and eliptic arches, fupported by groupes of hone “ figures, which form a gallery of the whole breadth of the 44 Hall ; in the middle of which gallery (as though on the “ flock) going into the upper Hall, is feen in perfpedive the 44 Tafferil of the Blenheim man of war, with all her galleries, 44 port-holes open, &c. to one fide of which is a figure of Vic- 44 tory flying with fpoils taken from the enemy, and putting 44 them aboard the Englifh man of war. Before the fhip is 44 a figure reprefenting the City of London, with the arms, 44 fword and cap of maintenance, fupported by Thame and 44 Ifis, with other fmall rivers offering up their treafures to 44 her. The river Tine pouring forth lacks of coals. In 44 the gallery on each tide the fhip are the Arts and Sciences 44 that relate to Navigation with the great Archimedes, many 44 old philofophers confulting the compafs, &c.
44 At the other end, as you return out of the Hall, is a 44 gallery in the fame manner, in the middle of which is the 44 Hern of a beautiful galley filled with Spanifh trophies* 44 Under which is the Humber with his pigs of lead. The 44 Severn with the Avon falling into her, with other leffer 44 rivers. In the North end of the gallery is the famous Ticho 44 Brahe, that noble Danifh Knight, and great ornament of
44 his
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H A E L.
95
« his profeffion and human nature. Near him is Copernicus <£ with his Pythagorean fyflem in his hand ; next to him is <{ an old mathematician holding a large table, and on it aie <e defer ibed two principal figures, ol the incomparable Sn « Ifaac Newton, on which many extraordinary things in that « art are built. On the other end of the gallery, to the fouth, « is our learned Mr. Flamftead, Reg. Aflron. Profeff. with « his ingenious difciple, Mr Thomas Wefton. In Mr. iC Flam (lead’s hand is a large ici oil or pape,, on wnich is (( drawn the great Eclipie or the Sun th.-t \viil happen in
« Aoril— -1715 5 near him is an old man with a pen-
<( dulum counting the ieconds or dime, as Mi. Mam (lead « makes his obfervations with his great mural arch and “ tube on the defeent of the moon on the Severn, which at “ certain times form fuch a roll of the tides as the failors <£ corruptly call the Higre, inftead oi the Eager, and is veiy ££ dangerous to all (hips in its way. This is alfo expreffed by ££ rivers tumbling down by tne moon s innuence into the <£ Severn. In this gallery are more Arts and Sciences relating
££ to Navigation.
££ All the great rivers, at each end of the Hall, have their i( nroper produdt of fi(h iffuingout of their vafes.
<£ In the four great angles of the Cieling, which are over <£ the arches of the galleries, are the four elements, as Fire, <£ Air, Earth, and Water, reprefented by Jupiter, Juno, ££ Cybele, and Neptune, with their leffer Deities accompa- ££ nying, as Vulcan, Iris, the Fauni, Amphitrite, with ail t£ their proper attitudes, &c.
“At
PAINTED-HALL.
?6
<f At one end of the great Oval is a large figure of Fame 4 4 defcending, riding on the winds, and founding forth the “ praifes of the Royal Pair.
“ All the fides of the Hall are adorned with fluted Pi- “ laflers, Trophies of fhells, Corals, Pearls ; the jambs of the “ windows ornamented with rofes impanneled, or the opus
reticulamium, heightened with green gold.
“ The whole raifes in the fpedtator themofl: lively images
of Glory and Victory, and cannot be beheld without much “ paffion and emotion.”
From this Saloon you afcend,by another flight of Reps, into the upper Hall, the Cieling and Sides of which are adorned with different paintings. In the centre of the cieling is reprefented Queen Ann and Prince George of Denmark accompanied with various emblematical figures.
In the four corners are the Arms of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, between which are the four quarters of the world, Europe, Afia, Africa and America, with the emblems and productions of each.
On the left hand fide as you enter is a painting in imita- tion of Baffo Relievo reprefenting the landing of the Prince of Orange, afterwards King William. On the right hand over the chimney is the landing of King George the Firfl: at Greenwich,
At the further end of this Hall are painted the por- traits of King George the Firfl; and his Family, with many emblematical figures ; amongfl: which the Painter (Sir James Thornhill) has alfo introduced his own por- trait.
On
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H A L L.
97
On the right and left of the entrance are allegorical paintings reprefen ting The Public Weal , and Public Safety .
The whole of this celebrated work was not completed till 1727, and coft 6,685/. being after the rate of 3/. per yard for the Ceiling and 1/. per yard for the Sides, agreeable to a refolution of the Directors, after confulting the following eminent Painters, viz. Yandervelt, Cooper, Richardfon, Sykes, and Degard, who reported the perfor- mance to be equal to any of the like kind in England, and fuperior in number of figures and ornaments.
When Sir James had finished the Ceiling and Sides of the great Salomon in 1717, he delivered in a Memorial to the Di- rectors, Rating the prices which were given for paintings of the like kind at the Banqueting-Houfe, Whitehall, the Duke of Montague’s, the Palaces of Windfor and Hamp- ton-Court, Bulftrode-Chapel, and other works at the Duke of Portland’s, and at the Earl of Burlington’s, which is too curious to be omitted, and the following copy of it is therefore inferted :
To the Right Honourable the Commifioners for building the Royal Hofpital at Greenwich .
The Memorial of James Tjhornhill, Hiflory-Painter, Sheweth,
That, in purluance of an order of the 10th Inft. fignified to me by Mr. Corbet that I fhould make a demand and valuation of the Painting done by me at the faid Hofpital, I have made dil igent enquiry into the prices of Hiftory Painting in this kingdom, and find, that when
O money
PAINTED - WALL.
money was at much greater value, greater prices were given,, and beg leave to inflance in one, not prefuming to a parallel. Sir Peter Paul Rubens had 4,0.0 o/. for the ceiling of the Banqueting- Houfe, at Whitehall, which is little more tham 400 yards of work, fo was near 10/. a yard..
The late Duke of Montague paid Monsr- RofTo for his Salloon 2,000/. and kept an extraordinary table for him, his friends and fervants, for two years, whilfl the work was doing, at an expence computed at 50 ol. per Ann . ; which is near 450 yards, amounting to about 7/. per yard, ceiling and fides.-
Signr> Varrio was- paid for the whole Palaces- of Windfor: and Hampton Gourt, ceilings,, fides, flairs, and back-flairs, 8 j. per foot, which is 3/. 12 s. per yard, exclufive of gild- ing, had wine daily allowed him, lodgings in the Palaces y.. and, when his eye-fight failed him, a peniion of zoo>l. per Ann . and allowance of wine for- his life.
Sign Rizzi had of the prefent Duke of Portland
1000.
for 3 Rooms - For the little Chapel at Bulflrode Of the Lord Burlington for his flaircafe
600
Signr* Pellegrini of the Duke of Portland for
work at his houfe
And for a fmall picture over a chimney Of the Earl of Burlington for the fides of
. 5°
his hall
All
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PAINTED-HALL.
All which prices are by meafure, more than Sign* Varrio’s ; and I was lately paid for a Ceiling at Hampton Court, upon a reference from the Right Honourable the Lords Commifiioners of his Majefty's Treafury to the Honourable Board of Works, 3/. 15s. per yard, including gilding. And, although thefe painters were foreigners, yet fince the feveral ingenious Gentlemen painters and artifts, to whom your Honours have been pleafed to lefei this for a parallel to be drawn, have not thought this inferior in performance, and more full of work, I have no reafon to apprehend any difcouragement rrom youi Honours, but that you will be pleafed to allow me as good a price as any of thefe modern painters, efpecially fince I have fpent fix years of the prime of my life therein ; and* tho I have in that time done feveral fmall works, yet they have chiefly ferved to enable me by experience and money t® carry on this great one, which muff oiherwife neceifarily have re- quired a confiderable impreft for which a large inteieft would have been paid*
And alfo hope that this being an Hofpital will make no difference, fince Royal Hofpitals are as well embellifhed as Palaces, and with as much expence. Thereiore humbly fubmit myfelf to your Honours juftice herein, and am.
Your Honours
24th Augujl , 1717.
Moft faithful, and
Obedient humble Servant,
JAMES THORNHILL. O 2 CHAPEL.
IOO
CHAPEL.
1 HE interior part and roof of the former Chapel, which was executed under the direction of Mr. Ripley the Surveyor being deftroyed by fire on the 2d of January, 1779, has been reftored in the moft beautiful and elegant Ryle of Gre- cian Architecture from defigns of the late Surveyor, James Stuart, Efq. the celebrated publiffier of the Antiquities of Athens, and under the fuperintendance of Mr. William Newton, Clerk of the works.
Immediately before the Entrance of the Chapel is an OCtan- ^ulai vefiibule in which are four niches containing the ftatues of Faith, Hope, Charity, and Meeknefs, worked from defigns made by Weft ; from which veftibule you afcend, by a flight of 14 ^ePs> to the Chapel; which is 1 1 1 feet long and 52 broad, and capable of conveniently accommodating 1000 Penfioners, Nurfes, and Boys, exclufive of pews for the Di- rectors, and for the feveral Officers, under officers, &c. Over the Portal or great Door of the Chapel is this infcription, in letters of gold:
Let them give thanks , whom the Lord hath redeemed \ and delivered from the hand of the enemy." Pf. 107.
The portal confifts of an Architrave, Frize, and Cornice of ftatuary marble, the jambs of which are twelve feet high in one piece, and enriched with excellent fculpture. The
Frize
101
CHAP EL.
Frize is the work of Bacon, and confifls of the figures cf two Angels with feftoons fupporting tthe facred Writings, in the leaves of which is the following infcription :
“ The Law was given by Mofes ;
<( But Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ.
The great folding doors are of mahogany highly enriched, and the whole Compofition, of this Portal is not, at this timer tc be paralleled in this, or, perhaps, in any other countiy.
Within this entrance is a Portico of fix fluted marble columns fifteen feet high. The capitals and bafes are Ionic, after Greek models. The Columns fupport the organ gallery, and are crowned with an entablature and balluflrade enriched with fuitable ornaments.
On the Tablet in the front of the gallery is a Baflb-relievo reprefenting the figures of Angels founding the Harp $ on the pedeftals, on each fide, are ornaments confiding of Trumpets and other inftruments of mufic ; and, on the tablet between, is the following infcription in letters of gold :
uPraife him with the found of the trumpet :
“Praife him with fringed infruments and organs'* Pf. 150.
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In this gallery is a very fine Organ, made by Mr. Samuel Green.
On each fide of the Organ Gallery are four grand Co- lumns; their fhafts of Scagliola in imitation of Sienna marble, by Richter, and their Capitals and Bafes of Statuary marble; At the oppofite end of the Chapel are four others of the fame fort, which fupportthe arched Ceiling and Roof. Thefe Columns are of the Corinthian order, and, wifhAheir Pedeflals, are 28 feet high.
On the fides of the Chapel, between the upper and lower range of windows, are the two galleries, in which are pews for the Officers and their Families : thofe of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, which are oppofite each other, are dif- tinguiffied by ornaments confifling of the Naval Crown, and other fuitable Infignia. Underneath thefe galleries, and the Cantilivers which fupport them, are ranges of fluted Pilaflers. The Cantilivers are decorated with antique foliage; the En- tablature over the Pilaflers with Marine Ornaments ; the interval between them with Fefloons, &c. and the Pedeflals of the Balluflrade in the front of the Galleries with Tridents and Wreaths. The tablets in the middle of each Balluflrade contain the Hofpital’s arms, and the Frize below is carved with foliage in the Greek mode. Over the lower range of Windows are Paintings, in chiaro ofcuro, reprefenting fome of the principal events in the life of our Saviour, which are accompanied with ornaments of Candelabra and Fefloons.
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Above the Galleries is a richly-carved Hone Fafcia, on which Hands a range of Pilafters of the Compofite mode, their fhafts being of Scagliola, correfponding with thofe of the eight great columns, and, jointly with them, appearing to fupport the Epirtylium which furrounds the whole Chapel. This Epirtylium is enriched with Angels bearing feftoons of Oak-leaves, Dolphins, Shells, and other appli- cable ornaments. From this rifes the curved Ceiling which is divided into Compartments and enriched with foliage, golochi, &c. in the antique rtyle. Between the upper pilafters are recedes in which are painted, in chiaro-oicuro, the Aportles and Evangelirts.
At each end of the Galleries are concave recedes, the coves of which are ornamented with Coffers and Flowers carved in Hone:, in thefe recedes are the doors of entrance
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to the Galleries, decorated with enriched P Harters and En- tablatures, and a group of ornaments, confirting of the Naval Crown, wreaths of Laurel and Tridents. Above the doors are circular recedes, containing paintings, in chiaro-ofcuro, of the Prophets Ifaiah, Jeremiah, Moles,, and David*.
The Communion Table is a femi-oval dab of rtatuiry marble near eight feet long. The afcent to it is by three Heps of black marble, on W'hich is dxed an ornamental railing reprefenting fertoons of Ears of Corn, , and Vine foliage. This Table is fupported by fix Cherubin Handing ©n a white marble Hep of the fame dimen dons.
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Above is a Painting, by Weft, in a fuperb carved and gilt frame, reprefenting the Prefer vat ion of St. Paul from fhipwreck on the If and of Melit a.
This picture is 25 feet high and 14 wide, and confifts of three principal groups. The fird, which is at the lower part, reprefents the Mariners and Prifoners bring- ing on fhore the various articles which have been pre- ferved from the wreck ; Near thefe is an elegant figure, fuppofed to be a Roman Lady of didin&ion, clafping with affection an Urn containing the adies of her deceafed hufband who had fallen in the wars of Judea. Before her is an aged, infirm Man } who, being unable to affift himfelf, is carried in the arms of two robuft young men.
In the middle part of the piece is the principal group, confiding of St. Paul fhaking into the fire the Viper that had faflened on his hand, the Brethren who accompanied him, his friend the Centurion, and a band of Roman Sol- diers with their proper infignia.
The figures above thefe, on the fummit of the rocks, form the third group ; and confifl of the hofpitable Iflanders lowering down fuel and other neceffaries for the relief of the Sufferers.
The Sea and wrecked Ship, (which at this point of time are confidered as an epifode) appear in the back-ground, and combine to exhibit a fcene that cannot fail of having a proper effedt on the minds of Sea-faring men, and of imprefling them with a due fenfe of their pad prefer-
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vation, and their prefent comfortable fituation and fup- port in this glorious Afylum for naval misfortune and naval worth.
On either fide the arch which terminates the top of this picture, are Angels of ftatuary marble as large as life, by Bacon ; one bearing the Crofs, the other the emblems of the Eucharift. This excellent combination of the works of art is terminated above in the fegment between the great cornice and ceiling by a painting of the Afcenfion, defigned by Weft, and executed by Rebecca, in chiaro ofcuro ; forming the laft of the feries of paintings of the life of our Saviour which furround the Chapel.
The middle of the aile, and the fpace round the altar and organ gallery, are paved with black . and white marble in golochi, frets, and other ornaments; having, in the centre, an Anchor and Seaman’s Compafs.
The Pulpit is on a circular plan, fupported by fix fluted columns of Lime-tree, with an Entablature above richly carved and of the fame material. In the fix Inter-columns are the following alto-relievos, taken from the Ads of the Apoftles, executed after defigns by Weft.
The Converfionof St. Paul, Ads, chap. ix.
Cornelius’s Vifion, x.
Peter releafed from Prifon by the Angel, xii.
Elymas ftruck blind, xiii.
St. Paul preaching at Athens, and converting Dio-
ny fius the Areopagite, Paul pleading before Felix,
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The Reader’s Defk is formed on a fquare plan, with columns at the four comers, and the Entablature over them fimilar to thofe of the Pulpit; in the four Inter- columns are alfo alto relievos of the Prophets, copied after defigns by the fame artifL
Daniel.
Micah.
Zachariah.
Malachi.
The following paintings, in chiaro-ofcuro relative to our Saviour, are placed over the lower windows.
The firfl four of the feries, painted by De Bruy n, are at the Eaft end of the South-lide of the Chapel, and reprefent
The Nativity.
The Angel appearing to the Shepherds,, .
The Magi worshiping.
The Flight into Egypt**
The four, which follow on the fame fide, are by Catton And reprefent
St. John baptizing.
Calling of St. Peter and St. Andrew,
Our Saviour preaching from a Ship to the People on Shore.
The Stilling of the Temped:.
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The four, at the Weft-end of the Norili-fide, are by Milburne and reprefent
Our Saviour walking on the Sea, and faving Peter from finking.
The Blind Man cured by a Touch.
Lazarus raifed from the Dead.
The Transfiguration.
The next four on the fame fide are by Rebecca and reprefent
The Lord’s Supper.
Our Saviour carried before Pilate.
The Crucifixion.
The Refurredtion.
The Apoftles and Evangelifts in the recefles between the upper windows, and the four Prophets in the circles above the Gallery-doors are by the laft-men tioned Artift, after defigns of Mr. Weft.
The Principal Artificers who were employed in rebuild- ing the Chapel were :
Mr. John Deval, Mafon.
Mr. Richard Lawrence, Carver.
Mr. Samuel Wyatt, Carpenter.
Mr. James Arrow, Joiner.
Mr, John Pap worth, Plaifterer.
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N. B. The four ftatues in the veftibule of the Chapel — the medallions or alto-relievos in the Pulpit and Reading-delk — the pannel of Cherubims ■with the Harp, and the two pannels of the Hofpital Arms in front of the Galleries — the Cherubims fupporting the Communion-table — all the Pil after Capitals, &c. are of artificial ftone, executed at C 0 A D E ’s Ornamental Stone Manufactory, near Weftminfter-bridge.
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ADJOINING to the Governor’s Apartment in King Charles’ Building is a Room fo called, where the Directors occafionally meet on the affairs of the Hofpital; and a Council is held every Friday, (or oftnerif neceffary,) by the Officers in- truded with the internal Government of the Pensioners, &c.
In this Room are Several paintings.
At the upper-end is a whole-length Portrait of King George the Second in his Robes, by Schakleton, the bequeft of a former Governor, Admiral Townfend.
On each fide of it are two half-lengths, one of K. William, the other of Queen Mary, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, the gift of the late Sir John Van Hattem, Knight, of Dinton Hall, Bucks.
At the lower- end is a whole-length Portrait, by Gainfbo- rough, of the prefent Earl of Sandwich, the gift of Sir Hugh Pallifer, Bart, the prefent Governor.
On the right is a half-length Portrait, by Sir Peter Lely, of Edward the ftrfl Earl of Sandwich, who was killed in the engagement in Solfcay in 1 672, the gift of the prefent Earl.
On the left is a half-length of Lord Vifcount Torrington, by Davifon.
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Over the Chimney is a whole-length Portrait of Robert Ofbolilon, Efq. (whofe munificent benefaction has already been noticed) copied from an original in the pofleffion of Lord Aylmer, a former Governor, at the expence of the Hof- pital, by Degard.
On the right hand of the chimney is a whole-length Por- trait of Lord Vifcount Torrington, by Davifon, in 1734.
On the left a ditto, by Richardfon, of Admiral Sir John Jennings, a former Governor.
Near the window at the upper end of the room is a three quarters Oval of Captain Clements, a former Lieutenant Go- vernor, by Greenhill, pupil of Sir Peter Lely, the gift of the Captain’s Widow.
At the lower-end the Head of a venerable old Man,, Lid to have been the fir ft Penfioner who was admitted into the Hofpital.
In the Pannel oppofite the Chimney is a Spring-Clock, by Holmes, ornamented with the Signs of the Zodiac, beautifully carved and gilt, from a defign of the late Mr. Stuart, when Surveyor of the Hofpital,
Under feveral of the above Pictures are fome of Sir James Thornhill’s original fketches, for the Paintings in the Great Hall, prefented by the faid Mr. Stuart, and Mr, Cox of Bad- bey, Northamptonfhire.
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Near the Door is a Month Equation Clock with a double Pendulum, by Quire; And, in different parts of the Room, the following Paintings, viz.
Two large Sea Pieces, given by Philip Harman, Efq; re- preferring the Naval exploits of his Ancedor, Captain Tho- mas Harman, in the Reign of King Charles II ; One, at the upper-end of the Room, being an engagement between the Tyger Frigate commanded by Captain Harman and eight Dutch Privateers, in oppofition to which he conducted a large Fleet of Colliers into the River Thames, without the lofs of one, when there was the greated want of Coals in London ; The other, over the Door at the lower-end, being an engage- ment between the fame Captain, in the fame Frigate and a Dutch Man of War, in the Bay of Bulls ; in which the latter was taken and towed into the Harbour of Cadiz, in fight of a Squadron of Dutch fhips riding there.
In other parts of the Room are fix fmall Pictures repre- lenting the Lofs of the Luxemburgh Galley, commanded by William Kellaway (which was burnt in the year 1727, on her p adage from Jamaica to London) and the fubfequent didreffes of part of her crew; the gift of Mr. Parker, Ex- ecutor to Captain Maplefden, late Lieutenant-Govarnor of the Hofpital. As the circumftances of this difader are in- tending and extraodinary, we are induced to give the fol- lowing fhort account as related by Captain Boys himfelf, late Lieutenant-Governor of the Hofpital, who was fecond
Mate of the fhip at that time.
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“ On the 23d day of May, 1727, we failed from Ja- “ maica, and on Sunday the 25th day of June were in “ the latitude of 41% 45' N. and in the longitude of 20°,
“ 30' E. from Crooked Ifand, when the galley was per- “ ceived to be on fire in the Lazaretto. It was occafioned “ by the fatal curiofity of two black boys, who, willing “ to know whether fome liquor fpilt on the deck was “rum, or water, put the candle to it, which rofe into “ a flame, and immediately communicated itfelf to the “ barrel from whence the liquor had leaked. It had “ burned fome time before it was perceived, as the boys “were too much intimidated to difcover it themfelves.. “ Having tried all poflible means to extinguith the fire in “vain, we hoified out the yaul, which was foon filled “ with 23 men and boys, who had jumped into her with s. “ the greatefl: eagernefs. The wind now blowing very “ frefh, and fhe running 7 knots and a half by the log, , “ we expeded every moment to perifh, as fhe was loaded “within a ftreak and, a half of her gunnel. We had “ not a morfel of victuals, nor a drop of liquor • no mail,, “ no fail, no compafs to direct our courfe, and above a ;. “ hundred leagues from any land. We left 16 men in “ the fiaip, who all perifhed in her : they endeavoured to “ hoifl: out the long-boat, but, before they could effed “ it, the flames reaching the powder-room, the blew up,
“ and we faw her no more. A little before this we could “ diftinguifh the Firfi: Mate, and the Captain’s Cook “ in the mizen-top, every moment expeding the fate “ that awaited them. Having thus been eye-witnefies “ of the miferable fate of our companions, we expeded “ every moment to perifh by the waves, or, if not by 5 ‘ them,, ,
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44 them, by hunger and third:. On the two firR days it 44 blew and rained much, but the weather coming fair on 44 the third day, viz. the 28th, as kind providence had 44 hitherto wonderfully preferved us, we began to contrive 44 means how to make a fail, which we did in the follow- “ ing manner : we took to pieces three mens’ frocks and “ a flair t, and with a fail-needle and twine, which we “foun d in one of the black boy’s pockets, we made drift “ to few them together, which anfwered tolerably well. “ Finding, in the fea, a fmall Rick, we woulded it to a ** piece of a broken blade of an oar that we had in the “ boat, and made a yard of it, which we hoiRed on an 44 oar with our garters for halyards and fheets, &c. A 44 thimble, which the fore-fliect of the boat ufed to be 44 reeved through, ferved at the end 01 the oar or maR to 44 reeve the halyards. Knowing, from our obfervations, that 44 Newfoundland bore about North, we Reered as well 44 as we could to the northward. W e judged of our couiie, 44 by taking notice of the Sun and of the time of the 44 day by the Captain’s watch. In the night, when we 44 could fee the North-Rar, or any of the Great Bear, we 44 formed the knowledge of our courfe by them. We 44 were in great hopes of feeing fome flnip, or other, to 44 take us up. The 4^ or 5^ night a man, Thomas 44 Craniford, and the boy that unhappily fet the drip on 44 fire, died, and, in the afternoon the next day, three more 44 men, all raving mad, crying out milerably lor water. 44 The weather now proved fo foggy, that it deprived us 44 almoR all day of the fight of the Sun, and of the 44 Moon and Stars by night. We ufed frequently to holloo 44 as loud as we coud, in hopes of being heard by fome
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<e fhip. In the day-time our deluded fancies often imagined ft fliips fo plain to us, that we have hollooed out to them “ a long time before we have been undeceived ; and, in the “ night, by the fame delufion we thought we heard men “ talk, bells ring, dogs bark, cocks crow, &c. and have “ condemned the phantoms of our imagination (believing “ all to be real £hips, men, &c.) for not anfwering and “ taking us up. The 7th day we were reduced to 12 in “ number, by death. The next night, the wind, being about “ E. N. E, blew very hard, and the fea running high,
“ we fcudded right before it with our fmall fail about €t 4 down, expecting every moment to be fwallowed up by “ the waves. July the 5th, Mr. Guifhnet died, and on “ the 6th died Mr. Steward, (fon of Dr. Steward, of Spa- “ nifh-Town, in Jamaica) and his fervant, both paflengers.
(t In the afternoon we found a dead duck which looked “ green, and not fweet ; we eat it however very heartily,
“ (not without thanks to the Almighty) and it is impoffible €t for any body, except in the like unhappy circumftances,
“ to imagine how pleafant it was to our tafte at that time,
“ which, at another, would have been offenfive both to our “ tafte and fmell. On the 7th day of July, at one in the after- “ noon, we faw land about fix leagues off. At 4 o’clock another “ man died, whom we threw overboard to lighten the “ boat. Our number was then reduced to feven. We had often taken thick fog banks for land, which as often “ had given us great joy and hopes that vaniihed with *c them at the fame time 5 but when we really faw the land,
4t it appeared fo different from what we had fo often taken t( for it, that we wondered how we could be fo miftaken,
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“ and.’tis abfolutely impodible for any man, not in ou r circum- “ Ranees, to form an idea of the joy and pleafure it gave us “ when we were convinced of its reality. It gave us drength “ to row, which we had not for four days before, and mud: “ infallibly mod of us, if not all, have perifhed that very te night, if we had not got on diore. Our Luis exulted “ with joy and praifes to our Almighty Preferver. About “ 6 o’clock we faw feveral fhallops fifhing, which we “ Leered for. Having a fine gale of wind right on fhore,, <e we went with fails and oars, about three or four knots : “ when we came fo near that we thought one of the “ fhallops could hear us (being juft under fail and' going in “ with their fifh) we hollooed as loud a^ we could j at length “ they heard us, and lowered their fail. When we ap- proached pretty near them, they hoifled it in again, and “ were going away from us $ but we made fo difmal and “ melancholy a noife, that they brought to and took us in “ tow. They told us our afpedts were fo dreadful, that “ they were frightened at us. They gave us fome bread “ and water $ we chewed the bread fmall with our teeth, <f and then by mixing water with it, got it down with 4< difficulty.
“ During our voyage in the boat, our mouths had been (( fo dry for want of moifture for feveral days, that we were obliged to wafh them with fait water every two “ or three hours to prevent our lips glewing fad together. “ We always drank our own water, and all the people “ drank fait water, except the Captain, Surgeon, and my- “ felf. In foggy weather the fail having imbibed fome “ moidure, we ufed to wring it into a pewter bafon which 3 “ we
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“ we found in the boat. Having wrung it as dry as we “ could, we fucked it all over, and ufed to lick one another's “ clothes with our tongues. At length we were obliged “ by inexpreffible hunger and third; to eat part of the " bodies of fix men, ,and drink the blood of four j for we “ had not fince we came from the fhip faved, only one^ time, about half a pint, and, at another, about a wine “ glafs full of water, each man in our hats. A little food “ fufficing us, and finding the fleffi very difagreeable, we “ confined ourfelves to the hearts only. Finding ourfelves “ now perifhing with third:, we were reduced to the me- “ lancholy, diftrefsful, horrid aft of cutting the throats of “ our Companions, an hour, or two, after they were dead, “ to pmcure their blood, which we caught in a pewter bafon, each man producing about a quart. But let it ei be remembered in our defence, that without the affid:- S£ ance this blood afforded to nature, it was not poffible “ that we could have furvived to this time. At about “ 8 o’clock at night we got on fhore at Old St. Lawrence “ Harbour in Newfoundland, where we were kindly re- “ ceived by Captain Lecrafs of Guernfey, or Jerfey, “ then Admiral of the Harbour. We were cautioned to “ eat and drink but little at firfi, which we obferved as “ well as the infirmity of human nature, fo nearly ftarving, “ would allow- We could deep but little, the tranfports’ “ of our joy being too great to admit of it. Our Captain, who had been fpeechlefs 36 hours, died about ^ o’clock “ the next morning, and was buried with all the Honors “ that could be conferred upon him at that place. The “ names of thofe perfons who were burnt in the fhip,
“ who were ftarved in the boat, and who lived to get on “ fhore, are as follow, viz.
CLz
" Ralph
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Ralph Kell a way, HI Mate lx’aac Holroide, 3d Mate.. Jerald Hedge, Gunner. James Crook, Cooper. John John fon, 1 Wiliam Coats, f Seamen. William Day, 1 James Amhrofe>J
Seamen ;
Burnt in the Ship .
Charles James, J Francis Mitto, J Thos- Hina, Quarter Mailer, Edward Thicker, ]3eamen- Evander M. Avy, J Sharper,
Jemmy, [-'Black Boys*.
CofTea,.
Starved in the Boat ...
Thomas Steward, Paffenger.. Mr. Stewards, Servant. William Piggs, Paffenger.
John Horn,
John Eaft,
Henry White, Tho8, Croniford, Simon Emar,
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William Walker > John Simenton, William James, Thos Nicholfon,
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Henry Gaiiihnett, Clerk. Caufoiy Y
Hamofe, j-Black Bo.ysa..
Merry Winkle, J,
Lived to get on Shore.
William Kellaway, Captain. William Gibbs, Caipenter0~ William Boys, ad Mate. Robert Kellaway, a Boy.
Thomas Scrimfour, Surgeon. George Mould, Seaman. William Batten, Boatfwain.
“ The boat in which we got to Newfoundland, distance « 100 leagues, was only 16 feet long, 5 feet 3 inches bioad, ** and two feet 3 inches deep. It was buiit for the Lux- « burgh Galley, by Mr. Bradley, of Deal.”
N. B. Lieut. Governor Boys was accuflomed to pafs an- nually in prayer and falling the number of days the Blip’s, crew were in diflrefs as above-mentioned ; in commemo- ration of his wonderful deliverance.
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INFIRMARY*
|N 1763 it was fubmitted to the General Court b 7 the Dire&ors whether it would not be advile- ble to build an Infirmary without the Wails of the. Ploipital;, in order that more Penfioners might be added to the. eftablifliment, and the fick taken care of with greater convenience and more comfort to themfelyes..
A work fo necefiary was immediately concluded upon;, and a Building ordered to be eredted for that purpofe ; which was defigned by Mr. Stuart the late Surveyor, and completed under the direction, of Mr. Robinfon them Clerk of the Works.
It is a quadrangular brick Building 198 feet in lengthy, and 175 feet in breadth; and divided into two principal parts, one for the Patients under the care of the Phy- fician, and the other for thofe whofe Cafes require the attendance of a Surgeon,.
Each part is two Rories in height, containing a double row of rooms being altogether in number 64, calculated, to hold 256 Patients ; each room has a Chimney - place, with an aperture near the Ceiling for the purpofe of venti-r- lation,, and, will accommodate four Patients,
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In the fore-part of this Building, which confifts of the Phyfician’s divifion, is the Hall ; oppofite to it, in the back part which belongs to the Surgeon, is the Kitchen ; and, in the upper ftory, is a fmall Chapel, where prayers are read by the Chaplains, twice a week, for the benefit of the Patients.
In the four angles and other parts of the building, are the Difpenfary and Surgery and apartments for the Phyfi- cian ; for the Surgeon and Difpenfer, with their refpe&ive AfMants ; and for the Matron ; and adjacent, within the wTalls, are hot and cold Baths,
As nothing has been omitted which was judged necef- fary to render this building convenient and comfortable to the Patients, fo all pofiible care is taken that the Diet (a fcheme of which is annexed) is adapted to their parti- cular Cafes ; the Drugs and Medicines are bought of the Apothecaries Company in order that they may be the befl of their kinds ; and, when it is neceffary for any of the Patients to go to Bath, or the falt-water, or, in Cafes of Infanity, to Bethlem or other places of confine- ment, they are immediately fent thither; the Hofpital paying all necefiary expences.
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TABLE of DIET.
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Days. |
Bread. lb. |
Beer. Quarts |
Veal. lb. |
Muttn lb. |
Beef. lb. |
Milk. Quarts |
Butter lb. |
Eggs. No. |
Sugar. lb. |
Rice. lb. |
|
Sunday |
I |
I |
3 4- |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Monday |
I |
I |
— |
— |
— |
I |
I ~6~ |
2 |
1 |
— |
|
T uefday |
I |
I |
— |
3 4 ■ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Wednefd. |
I |
I |
— |
— |
— |
— |
I ~6~ |
2 |
f “S' |
— |
|
Thurfday |
I |
I |
— |
— |
3 4. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Friday |
I |
I |
— |
— |
— |
I |
r ~6" |
2 |
1 ~6" |
I z |
|
Saturday |
I |
I |
— |
3 4 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Total per Week 5 |
7 |
7 |
ii |
1 |
2 |
1 X |
6 |
I X |
I z |
N. B. Water-gruel for breakfaft and milk-pottage for fupper on meat days 3 panada for breakfad: and rice-milk for fupper on banyan days. Wine, alfes milk, &c. are fupplied according to the demands of the Phyfician and Surgeon.
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The following TABLE ihews the Number of Peru lioners who died in the laft twelve Years.
|
d |
Feb. |
Mar. |
April |
May |
Tune > J |
3 > |
-tii 3 <C |
Sept. |
O |
Nov. |
Dec. |
Total. |
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|
1777 |
18 |
13 |
15 |
1 3 |
11 |
18 |
11 |
*5 |
1 9 |
16 |
21 |
15 |
185 |
|
1778 |
18 |
11 |
11 |
22 |
16 |
*9 |
11 |
19 |
16 |
16 |
21 |
14 |
194 |
|
*139 |
19 |
.18 |
2 5 |
22 |
16 |