said Messuages Tenements or Hereditaments of the said now Lord North according to the true meaning of the said several Deeds And that it shall and may be lawful at all times hereafter to and for the said Dudley Lord North his Heirs Tenants and Assigns and all others inhabiting and possessing the said Mansion-house or any other the said Messuages Tenements or Hereditaments of the said Lord North for themselves their servants and workmen to have free ingress and regress into and from the Orchards Gardens or other places of the said Hospital where it shall be needful to survey repair cleanse amend and new make the said Pipes Conduits Cocks Chanels and Water-courses and all other Pipes Conduits Cocks Chanels and Water-courses that hereafter shall be erected or placed within the precinct of the said Hospital for the conveying of Water unto the said Mansion-house or other the Messuages Tenements or Hereditaments of the said now Lord North or any of them and to that purpose to subvert and digg up the Soil of the said Orchards Gardens or other places of the said Hospital where it shall be needful Provided also A Proviso for the Viscountess Maidstone and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that this Act or any thing therein contained shall not in any wise extend unto the Mansion-house of the Right honourable Elizabeth Viscountess of Maidstone scituate and being in Charter-house Church-yard near unto the said Hospital nor to any the Buildings Outhouses Gardens or Grounds therewith used or thereto pertaining nor to any Mansion-houses Buildings or Grounds therewith used of any other person or persons within or near the precinct of the said Church-yard or Hospital and not conveyed or mentioned to be conveyed by the said Thomas Sutton to the said Governours by the said Indenture of Bargain and Sale But that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Viscountess of Maidstone and all and every other person and persons whatsoever to hold and enjoy the said several Mansion houses and Premisses therewith used or thereto pertaining together with all ways and passages with Carts or otherwise and all Liberties Profits Easements Water and Water-courses Pipes Cocks and Passages for Water and liberty to digg cleanse amend and new make such Pipes Cocks and Water-courses as fully and as amply as if this Act had never been had nor made Ego Henricus Elsyinge Armiger ' Clericus Parliamentorum virtute brevis dicti Domini nostri Regis de Certiorando mihi direct ' his annexat ' certifico superius hoc scriptum verum esse tenorem Actus Parliamenti supradicti in eo brevi mencionat ' In cujus rei testimonium Sigillum nomenque meum apposui atque subscripsi Dat' secundo Die Julii Anno regni dict' Domini nostri Regis Caroli quarto H. Elsyinge Cler ' Parl. Nos autem separales tenores brevis scedulae predict ad requisition ' Gubernatorum terrarum possessionum revencionum bonorum Hospitalis predict duximus Exemplificand ' per presentes In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium Decimo octavo die Julii Anno Regni nostri quarto Cesar Car. Examinat ' per nos Rob. Riche Edw. Clarke Clericos Irrotulat ' Rotul ' Patent ' Cur ' Cancellar ' Domini Regis Caroli infra script ' de Anno Regni ejusdem Regis Angliae c. Quarto Now all things are fixed and settled according to the admirable Ends they were designed for every one enjoying the benefit and refreshments of our Noble Founder's Charity Ezra 6.9 Day by day we have our Portions without fail that we may offer Sacrifices of sweet Savour unto the God of Heaven and pray for the Life and Prosperity of our most gracious King and the Happiness of our Noble Governours The Names of the present Governours 1. The most Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury 2. The Lord Chancellor of England 3. The Duke of Buckingham 4. The Duke of Monmouth 5. The Duke of Ormond 6. Lord Chamberlain 7. Lord Treasurer 8. Earl of Bridgewater 9. Earl of Craven 10. Earl of Shaftsbury 11. Lord Bishop of Winchester 12. Lord Bishop of Rochester 13. Lord Robarts 14. Mr. Secretary Coventry 15. Sir William Wild. 16. Martyn Clifford Esquire Thus the Government of this Foundation is fixed upon the most Honourable Grandees of our State and the most Reverend Prelates of our Church they who sit at the Helm of our Kingdom and are graciously pleased to steer and guide this goodly Ship of Renowned Sutton's Charity And here we may note the great Wisdom of our Founder who made choice of men of Honour and Power who were able to maintain his Foundation by their Interest and to grace it with their Honour When any of these Noble Lord happen to decease another is chosen within two months by the voices of the Major part The Patent runs thus TO all whom these Presents shall come the Governours of the Lands Possessions Revenues and Goods of the Hospital of King James founded in the Charter-house within the County of Middlesex at the humble Petition and only Costs and Charges of Thomas Sutton Esquire send greeting in our Lord GOD everlasting Whereas _____ one of the Governours of the Lands Possessions Revenues and Goods of the Hospital of King James aforesaid lately died and departed this life by means whereof his room and place of a Governour did become and yet is and continueth void Know ye therefore that the said Governours according to the true intent and meaning of the Letters Patent of our late Soveraign Lord King James for the Foundation of the said Hospital bearing date the Two and twentieth day of June in the Ninth year of his Reign do elect nominate and appoint _____ to be henceforth one of the Governours of the Lands Possessions Revenues and Goods of the said Hospital of King James founded in the Charter-house within the County of Middlesex at the humble Petition and only Costs and Charges of Thomas Sutton Esquire in the room and place of a Governour so being void as aforesaid by the death of the said _____ _____ to be and continue in the room and place and to have exercise and enjoy the said room and place of one of the Governours of the Lands Possessions Revenues and Goods of the Hospital aforesaid according to the true intent and meaning of the said Letters Patent In witness whereof the said Governours have hereunto set their Common Seal and every one of them his particular Seal c. The Members that are kept and maintain'd in the Hospital chiefly consist of old Gentlemen and Children 1. FOurscore ancient Men who have been formerly in the Wars and been serviceable to their King and Country or else decay'd Merchants whose Estates have been swallowed up in the Deep or aged and poor Housholders who have formerly lived in a fair esteem in the World who have a long
but to recommend this Great Example to the Christian World The Poets feign that at the end of the thred or web of every mans life there is a little Medal containing the person's name and that Time waiting upon the Shears as soon as the thred was cut caught the Medals and carried them to the River Lethe about whose Banks there were many Birds flying up and down that would get the Medals and carry them in their Beaks a little while and then let them fall into the River only there were a few Swans which if they got a Name would carry it to a Temple where it was Consecrated May the memory of this great Man long endure and in this Temple dwell for ever The last WILL AND TESTAMENT OF Thomas Sutton Esquire IN the Name of God Amen The Second day of November in the year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred and eleven I Thomas Sutton of Camp Castle in the County of Cambridge Esquire being weak in body and of good and perfect mind and memory thanks be given to Almighty God for the same Do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say First and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God trusting through his mercy and by the precious death and passion of my Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ to be saved and to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven for ever And my Body I will to be buried where and in what sort it shall seem meet and convenient to mine Executor or Executors and Supervisor or Supervisors of this my last Will and Testament with the least pomp and charge that may be Item I give to every one of the Children of Richard Coxe late Bishop of Ely who shall be living at the time of my death Ten pounds apiece of lawful mony of England Item I give to the Children of Eleanor Aske late wife of Robert Aske of Aughton in the County of York Esquire the Sum of One hundred pounds of good and lawful mony of England to be equally distributed amongst them Item I give to the poor Town of Berwick upon Tweed One hundred Marks of lawful mony of England to be distributed amongst the Poor there by the discretion of the chief Governour and Preacher there for the time being to be paid within one year after my decease Also I give to Andrew Westwood's wife of Newcastle upon Tyne or to her Children or to so many of them as shall be living at my death Ten pounds to be bestowed equally amongst them And I give to the poor people of Stoke-Newinton in the County of Middlesex Ten pounds to be distributed by the Constables Church-wardens and Parson of the same Town for the time being to the most needy people there Also I give to Mr. Gray dwelling in Yorkshire sometimes servant to Ambrose Earl of Warwick or to his Children if any of them be living at my decease Forty pounds of good and lawful mony of England to be distributed equally amongst them within six months after my decease Also I give to the Children of my Aunt White or to so many of them as shall be living at my decease One hundred Marks to be equally distributed amongst them within six months next after my decease Also I give to William Cocket Son to William Cocket late Alderman of the City of Lincolne One hundred pounds of lawful mony of England Also I give to the Children of John Copeland late of Skillingthorp in the County of Lincoln or to so many of them as shall be living at the time of my decease One hundred pounds of lawful mony of England to be equally distributed amongst them saving unto Elizabeth Copeland for my meaning is that she shall not have any part of the said Legacy of One hundred pounds And unto the said Elizabeth Copeland I give the Sum of One hundred pounds of lawful mony of England to be paid unto her at the day of her marriage or within one year after my decease Item I give unto Jane Upton one of the Daughters of Elizabeth Upton late wife of Hamond Upton of Wamfleet in the County of Lincoln Esquire the Sum of fifty pounds of lawful mony of England And to every other of the Children of the said Elizabeth who shall be living at the time of my decease Twenty pounds apiece of lawful mony of England to be paid within six months next after my decease Also I give to the Children of one Skelton late of Lowth in the County of Lincoln and sometimes towards the Henneages of Heniton in the said County Ten pounds to be equally divided amongst them Item I give to the Children of Thomas Pynner late of Micham in the County of Surrey Esquire or to so many of them as shall be living at my decease Twenty pounds to be equally distributed amongst them Item I give to the Children of Henry Tutty late Gunner in Barwick or to so many of them as shall be living at my decease Ten pounds of lawful mony of England to be equally distributed amongst them Also I give to my Neece Elizabeth Allen Two hundred pounds of lawful mony of England And to every of her Children which shall be living at my decease One hundred Marks apiece Item I give to Simon Baxter if he be living at my decease Three hundred pounds of lawful mony of England if not then I give the same Sum to his Child or Children to be equally divided amongst them Item I give unto Francis Baxter if he be living at my death Five hundred Marks of lawful mony of England if not I give the same Sum to his Child or Children to be equally divided amongst them Item I give unto each of my Serving-men to whom I give wages with my Cook that shall be alive at my decease Thirteen pounds six shillings and eight pence over and above their wages then due Item I give to so many of my Maid-servants as I have in my house at the time of my decease five Marks apiece over and above their wages Item I give unto the Children of Reynold Tomps my late Servant if any of them be alive at my death Ten pounds to be distributed amongst them Item I give to the Fishermen of the Town of Ostend in the Low-Countries One hundred pounds of lawful English mony to be given and distributed amongst the poorest Fishermen of that Town or for want of a competent number of them to call in some other of that Town to have a share of the said one hundred pounds by the discretion of the Governours of that Town and his Assistants and the Parson and Minister there for the time being the same to be paid within one year after my decease Item I give towards the mending of the Highways between Islington and Newington in the County of Middlesex Twenty six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence of lawful mony of England to be imployed and bestowed by
his Assistants for the time being to this end and purpose That they shall distribute or cause to be distributed the yearly profit arising of the same over and above the yearly Rent payable to the Kings most Excellent Majesty amongst the poorest people dwelling within the said Town of Beverly Also I give to the Maior and Aldermen of the City of Lincoln for the time being all such Profits and Revenues as shall arise and grow of the Parsonage of Glentham within the County of Lincoln and all the residue of the years that shall remain after my decease to this intent that they shall distribute and bestow or cause to be distributed and bestowed the same amongst twenty of the poorest people that shall then be dwelling in the said City with the consent and privity of the Dean of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln or the Recorder of the same for the time being they the said Maior Aldermen Dean and Recorder foreseeing that the Parsonage be letten for their most benefit Item I give into the Treasury or Store-house of mine intended Hospital to begin their Stock with and to defend the Rights of the House One thousand pounds of lawful English mony And I give to every one of my Feoffees whom I have put in trust about my intended Hospital to whom I have not given any thing in this my last Will the Sum of Twenty six pounds thirty shillings and four pence of lawful mony of England Item I give to Amy Popham if it please God she live to keep House three Feather-beds and so many pair of Holland Sheets with the Boulsters to them and so many Hangings of Tapestry as furnish her a Bed-chamber The rest of my Housholdstuff I will shall be sold by mine Executors for the speedier payment of my Legacies and performance of this my last Will. Item I give to the Widow Tassel of Balsham the Sum of Five pounds of lawful mony of England and to Thomas Lawrence the elder of the same Town Five pounds of lawful mony of England Item I give and bequeath unto the Brother of Percival Graung my late Servant deceased the Sum of Twenty pounds of like lawful mony of England And of this my last Will and Testament I make and ordain Richard Sutton of London Esquire and John Law one of the Procurators of the Arches London my Executors charging them as they will answer at the last Day of Judgment that they or one of them in the absence of the other endeavor themselves with all earnestness and diligence to see this my Will performed according to my true meaning and charitable intent And I make Overseers of this my last Will and Testament the Reverend Father in God George Abbot Arch bishop of Canterbury unto whom I give and bequeath the Sum of Forty Marks of lawful mony of England or a piece of Plate of that value at his election and choice And also Launcelot Andrews Almonizer to the Kings Majesty my other Supervisor and Overseer of this my last Will and Testament unto whom I give and bequeath the Sum of Twenty pounds of lawful mony of England or a piece of Plate of that value at his election and choice Item My will and full intent and meaning is That if any person or persons whosoever to whom I have in and by this my last Will and Testament given and bequeathed any Legacy or Sum or Sums of mony shall any ways gainsay impugn contradict or impeach this my last Will and Testament that then all and every one so impugning contradicting impeaching or gainsaying this my last Will and Testament and every of their Children and Kinsfolks to whom I have in and by this my last Will and Testament given and bequeathed any Legacy or Sum or Sums of mony shall have no part nor portion of any such Gift Legacy or Bequest but shall utterly lose the same and be utterly barred thereof as if no such Legacy Gift or Bequest had been given unto him her or them by this my last Will and Testament any thing before in these presents mentioned or contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding Item I give and bequeath to Richard Sutton one of my Executors before named the Sum of One hundred pounds and to Mrs. Law over and besides the Legacy before to her given I give the Sum of Forty pounds to make her a Gown withal Item I give to Master Hutton the Vicar of Littlebury Twenty pounds To the Town of Camps Castle where I dwell to be distributed amongst the poor of the same Parish Ten pounds Also to the poor of the Town of Elcomb to be equally distributed amongst them the Sum of Ten pounds Item I give and bequeath those my Mannors of Littlebury and Hadstock in the County of Essex to the Right Honourable the Lord Thomas Howard Earl of Suffolk and to his Heirs for ever upon Condition that he do well and truly pay or cause to be paid to my Executors before named or to the Survivor of them the Sum of Ten thousand pounds of lawful mony of England within One year next after my decease And if he shall refuse to pay the said Sum of Ten thousand pounds for the said Mannors then I give and bequeath the said Mannors of Littlebury and Hadstock to my said Executors and to their Heirs for ever And then I will and devise that the said Mannors of Littlebury and Hadstock shall be sold by my said Executors or the Survivor of them to the uttermost price and value that they may be sold for and the mony coming of the sale thereof together with as much more as shall make up the same Sum the full Sum of Twenty thousand pounds I will shall be imployed and bestowed by my said Executors or the Survivor of them with the advise of my Supervisors aforenamed in some good works and charitable uses for mine intended Hospital and for poor people or otherwise as they in their wisdoms and discretions shall think fit Item I give to Mr. Flud Parson of Newington the Sum of Thirteen pounds six shillings eight pence And to the wife of Benjamin King of Southminster Six pounds thirteen shillings four pence Item I give to Thomas Averell if it shall be found that he hath dealt faithfully and plainly with me in my business the Sum of Ten pounds which he oweth me Item I give unto the wife of Mr. Ingry of Littlebury Three pounds six shillings eight pence Item I give to Sir Henry Hubberd Knight the King's Majesties Attorney General a piece of Plate of the value of Ten pounds And to Mr Locksmith his Clerk the Sum of Ten pounds Item I give to the poor of the Parish of Hackney Ten pounds Item I give to Bridget Law the Sum of Ten pounds And to the Lady Altham daughter to Mr. Auditor Sutton the Sum of Twenty pounds Item I give to Sir Edward Philips Master of the Rolls a piece of Plate of the value of Twenty pounds And to