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Christ's Church. Yearly Accounts.
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gacies, whether in Sums of Money, or in Houses and Lands. But some of late have
been extraordinary in their Bounty: As Mr. Stone of Skillingthorp in
Lincolnshire, left
an Estate there of about 500l. a Year, for the proper Use of this Place: Yet
leaving many
Charities for the Hospital first to pay out.
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Mr. Garraway left an Estate to it, near Arundel in Sussex, of above 700l. a
Year:
Whose Picture, in grateful Memory of him, is set up in the great Hall by Mr.
Treasurer.
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One Mr. Bacon gave a considerable Estate in Reversion, in case of the Death of
Two
Relations.
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Sir John Frederick, Sir Robert Clayton, Sir John Moore, Mr. Morice, Noble
Benefactors, we have mentioned before: And a great Number more might be
mentioned.
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So that their yearly Revenue in Houses and Lands, as it ought to be, to satisfy
such vast
Charges, so (Thanks be to God for Persons well disposed to this Charitable
Foundation) is considerably great. And by the Bounty of the City, to increase
the
wealthy Estate thereof, it hath allowed this House the Benefit of looking after,
and
Licensing the Carts of London; the whole Care and Ordering whereof belongs to
it.
There are 420 Carts allowed in the City: Each of which pays a certain small Sum
of
Sealing.
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Revenues belonging to this Hospital.
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They have also a Duty of about Three Farthings upon every Cloth brought to
Blackwell
Hall; allowed them by Acts of Common Council: And they keep Clerks there, to
receive
it.
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The Account given in, in the Year 1704, of the State then of this Hospital, was
thus:
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The Account of this Hospital Anno 1704.
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Put forth Apprentices,
and discharged
the Hospital, |
28 |
Whereof Five from the
Mathematical
School, put forth
to Commanders of Ships. |
| Children buried the Year
before, |
6 |
Children remaining there; kept in
the
House, and at Nurse, 438
Newly admitted, 200 |
638 |
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The Account given in the Year 1705, of the State of this Hospital, stood thus:
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Anno 1705.
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Put forth Apprentices, and discharged this Hospital the Year past, | 48 |
| Thirteen whereof, instructed in
Mathematicks and Navigation, were placed forth to
Commanders of Ships. |
| Buried the same Year, | 10 |
Remaining under the Care and Charge
of the said Hospital, kept either in
the House, or at Nurse, 596
And newly admitted, 103 | 699 |
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The Condition of Christ's Hospital, from the Year 1705, to 1706, (as it was
published)
was thus:
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An. 1706.
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| Children put forth Apprentices, and
discharged the Hospital, | 35 |
| Nine whereof being instructed in the
Mathematicks and Navigation, were put out to
Commanders of Ships. |
| Children buried, | 9 |
| Children remaining in the Hospital, or
at Nurse elsewhere, | 814 |
| Of these, those at Nurse are 664; and
150 newly admitted. |
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And from Easter 1706, to Easter 1707, this was the State thereof.
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An. 1707.
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| Put forth Apprentices out of Christ's
Hospital the last Year, | 69 |
| Whereof out of the Mathematical School,
to Commanders of Ships, | 11 |
| Remaining under Care and Charge of the
Hospital, with 150 newly admitted, | 901 |
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Some few Years after, viz. in the Year 1711, the Account of this Hospital stood
thus:
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Anno 1711.
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| Put forth Apprentices, and discharged,
were, | 125 |
| Whereof Ten, instructed in Mathematicks
and Navigation, were put forth to
Commanders of Ships. |
| Children buried, | 11 |
| Remaining there in the House, or at
Nurse elsewhere, | 871 |
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Now for the Year 1717, the Account given in, was;
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An. 1717.
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| Children put forth Apprentices, and
discharged, | 80 |
| Whereof, out of the Mathematick School,
placed to Commanders of Ships, Nine. |
| Children buried the Year
before, | 9 |
| Then remaining under the Care and Charge
of the Hospital, and at Nurse elsewhere, | 773 |
| And more newly admitted, | 205 |
| Amounting in all to | 978 |
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The Names of all which are registred in Books kept in the Hospital, and to be
seen; and
also when and whence they were admitted.
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In the Month of September, 1717, the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, together
with
several of the Aldermen and Governors of Christ's Hospital met there: Where Six
of the
Boys educated at that School were, after passing Examination, and being found
fit, sent
to the University, to study there.
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Certain Boys of this Hospital sent to the
University.
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The Report given of this Hospital this last Year, viz. 1718.
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The Report in 1718.
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| Children put forth Apprentices, and
discharged the Hospital, | 101 |
| Eleven whereof, instructed in
Mathematicks and Navigation, were placed forth
Apprentices to Commanders of Ships. |
| Buried in the preceding
Year, | 4 |
| Children then remaining under the Care
and Charge of the Hospital, both in the House,
and at Nurse, | 811 |
| Newly admitted, | 121 |
| Amounting in all to | 932 |
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Christ's Church Hospital hath been seasonably relieved in the Year 1718, with
these
Legacies.
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Benefactors in that Year.
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