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A94132	Suttons hospitall: with the names of sixteen mannors, many thousand acres of land, meadow, pasture, and woods; with the rents and hereditaments thereunto belonging: the governours therof, and number of schollers and others that are maintained therewith. As also, the last will and testament of Thomas Sutton Esquire, founder of the said hospitall: with the perticular summes by him bequeathed, for repairing the high-wayes of severall parts of this kingdom for ever, and what he gave to the poor of severall parishes, and other charitable uses amounting to above 20000. pounds. Wherein, many thousands at this day are intressed; and the knowledge and example hereof very usefull for all sorts of people. The copie hereof was taken out of the Prerogative Court; and is printed by the originall, according to order.	Sutton, Thomas, 1532-1611.	1646 (1646)	Wing S6214; Thomason E344_7; ESTC R200955	15,845	22

relieved As also for a School-Master and Usher to teach the children to reade and write and instruct them in their Latine and Greek Grammar for a Divine likewise to preach the Word of God unto them all and for one Master to govern all those people belonging to that House And to that end and purpose he had upon earnest Petition procured himself ability by vertue of an Act of Parl. begun and holden by Prorogation therof at Westmin in the County of Middlesex the 9. day of February in the 7. year of His Majesties Reign over England c. and there continued to the 24. day of July then next following To erect ond build in the said Town of Hallingbury Bouchers such an House for an Hospital as is immediately before remembred and that the said House should be called The Hospitall of K. James founded in Hallingbury in the County of Essex at the humble Petition and at the onely cost and charges of Thomas Sutton Esq And that the Archbishop of Canterbury that then was and other Reverend Prelates of this Realm and their Successors in their severall Seas the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Ellesm●re Lord Chancellour of England and such as should succeed after him to be L. Chancellors or L. Keepers of the Great Seal of England the Lord Treasurer that then was and those that should succeed in that Office with divers other select persons both of the Clergie and Laity in such manner as you shall find them set down in the said Volume of Reports whereunto I refer you were by the said Act of Parl. elected nominated and appointed the first and present Governours of the Lands Possessions Revenues and Goods of the said Hospitall But afterwards upon more mature deliberation finding this great Mansion of the Charter-House far more convenient for his purpose then that of Hallingbury could be he was an earnest Sutor to my Lord of Suffolk to buy that house of him acquainting his Lordship with the change of his mind concerning Hallingbury and his great affection to make the Charter-House his Hospitall To this Petition of his it is not to be doubted but that my Lord gave the more ready and willing way because the chief end thereof was the glory of God and the reliefe and comfort of a great number of poore people Long the matter was not debated between them but the price being concluded the Bargain and Sale was assured The Summe disbursed for this purchase came to thirteen thousand pounds which was paid down in hand before the conveyance was sealed Having thus assured the state of this great House to him and his Heires he makes humble suit to his Majesty to grant him licence to erect and establish his intended Hospitall and Grammar-School and other his godly and charitable uses in the said late dissolved Charter-House as in a more commodious place then that of Hallingbury Hereunto the King readily yee●ded being graciously affected to so charitable a work The better therefore to encourage and enable this Heroicall Gentleman to prosecute this good mind to the full perfection it pleased his Majesty out of his most Royal disposition to grant his Letters Patents unto him thereby authorizing him to the uses last mentioned as in his Letters Patents more fully appeareth Now therefore with alacrity this businesse goes forward The Reverend Father in God George Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Lord Elsmore Lord Chancellour of England Robert Earl of Sal●sbury Lord high Treasurer of England Iohn the Elect Bishop of London Lance●ot now Bishop of Ely Sir Edwa●d Cook Knight chief Justice of the Common-Pleas Sir Thomas Foster Knight one of his Majesties Justices of the Common-Pleas Sir Henry H●bart Knight and Baronet Atturney General● Iohn Overal now Dean of the Cathedrall Church of Saint Paul in London George Mountain Dean of the Collegiat Church of Westminster Henry Thursby Esq one of the Masters of the Chancery Ieffery Nightingale Esq Richard Sutton Esq Iohn Law Gentleman Thomas Brown Gentleman and Master of the Hospital of King Iames founded in Charter-house within the County of Middlesex at the humble Petition and only costs and charges of Thomas Sutton Esq are elected nominated and ordained by the Kings most excellent Majesty in his Letters Pattents granted as aforesaid the first Governours of the Lands Possessions Revenues and Goods of the said Hospitall of King Iames founded in Charterhouse And further power is given to the said Governours as you may find more at large in the said Letters Patents Hereupon divers Lands by him formerly purchased are made and past over to this Hospital for maintenance of the poor people there to be relieved Preparations is made for fit Lodgings and other necessaries and all things go onwards with as convenient speed as may be to the wished end Now for the Readers better information and content it will not be amisse to set down what Lands they were and in what Counties which were made over and annexed by Mr. Sutton to the said Hospitall Thus therfore they are named as they follow in order viz. All those his Mannors and Lordships of Southminster N●…on little Hallingbury alias Hallingbury Bouchers and Much Stanbridge in the county of Essex with all their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances whatsoever Also all those his Mannors and Lordships of Bastingthorp alias Buslingthorp and Dunnesby in the County of Lincoln with their and every of their rights members and Appurtenances whatsoever Also those his Mannors of Santhorp alias Saltrop alias Haltrap Chilton and Blackegrove in the County of VVilts with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances whatsoever and also all those his Lands and Pasture Grounds called Blackegrove containing by estimation two hundred Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Blackegrove and VVroughton in the said County of VVilts and also all that his Mannor of Missenden otherwise cal●ed the Mannor of Missunden in the Parishes of VVroughton Lydi●rde and Tregose in the County of VVilts with all his rights members and appurtenances And all that his Mannor of Elcombe and Parke called Elcombe Parke with the appurtenances in the said County of VVilts Also all that his Mannor of VVatlescote alias VViglescete with the appurtenances in the said County of VVilts And also all that his Mannor of VVoscote alias VVesc●te with the Appurtenances in the said County of Wilts and also all those his Lands and Pastures containing by estimation 100 Acres of Land and 60 Acres of Pasture with the Appurtenances in Wiglescote Wroughton in the said County of VVilts and all that his Mannor of Vffcote with the Appurtenances in the said County of VVilts and also all those his two Messuages and 1000. Acres of Land 2000. Acres of Pasture 300 acres of Meadowes and 300 Acres of Wood with the Appurtenances in Brodehinton in the said County of VVilts And also all those the Mannors and Lordships of Campes alias Campes Castle otherwise called Castle Campes with the Appurtenances scituate lying being and

SUTTONS HOSPITALL WITH The Names of Sixteen Mannors many Thousand Acres of Land Meadow Pasture and Woods with the Rents and Hereditaments thereunto belonging The Governours thereof and number of Schollers and others that are maintained therewith AS ALSO The last Will and Testament of Thomas Sutton Esquire Founder of the said Hospitall With the perticular Summes by him bequeathed for repairing the High-wayes of severall parts of this Kingdom for ever and what he gave to the poor of severall Parishes and other charitable uses amounting to above 20000. pounds WHEREIN Many Thousands at this day are intressed and the knowledge and example hereof very usefull for all sorts of People The Copie hereof was taken out of the Prerogative Court and is printed by the Originall according to Order LONDON Printed by BARNARD ALSOP dwelling in Grubstreet 1646. SUTTONS HOSPITALL CHARITY of the three Theologicall Vertues by the uncomptrolable testimony of St. Paul the greatest hath in these our dayes upon whom are or may be supposed to have been come the ends of the World amongst them all of all so●ts hath been least regarded The consciences of some particular persons sealed with the true Seals of Peace and Purity to their own everlasting comfort and the sensible good of their fellow-members remaining have left to Posterity notable markes of their Godly Devotion whose steps few have followed This paucity of well-doers agrees well with the Scripture where every man receiving according to the works he hath done in his body it is said few shall be saved Indeed it is not to be marvailed at that Charity waxeth cold in these times where Avarice hath gotten the upper hand Christ himself long since prophecying that towards the end of the World it should be so All States generally are corrupted each man preferring his own private interest before the common care of his distressed brethren not measuring any thing but by the rule of his own profit To insist longer upon these common places would be over-tedious to the Reader and not much availeable but rather hurtfull as wherein he may behold the Worlds miserable thrift and so become a Sectator therof whilest in the mean while he made shipwrack of his Conscience and hazard the perdition of Heaven and his own Soule Let us therefore walk into the Valley of Lillies where Christ with his true and everlasting delights is ready to entertain us Hereunto wishes alone availe not though in themselves commendable Quiddam altius in desiderio There is somthing more to be desired With this godly desire we must joyn sanctity Holinesse of life is it whereby we are acceptable before God Naturally we are inclined to wish well to our own selvs Nemo odit carnem suam But to this well-being wel-doing is required Quid oportet me facere was well propounded by that Holy Convertite in the Acts What must I do to attain everlasting life For to this end by the free grace of God we are delivered from the bondage of Sinne and Death That we may serve him in holinesse Surely the yoke of the Old Law was insupportable in respect of flesh yet that yoke was not so taken off by our Saviour that we should think our selves free from all manner of yoke Iugum meum dulce l●ve My yoke is sweet and light yet a yoke He that sustains the world bears part with us therfore an easie yoke As easie notwithstanding as it is few undergo it How culpable therfore the most part of Mankind is in refusing to bee coupled in this sweet yoke and to draw together with Christ who bears the heaviest part thereof it is more than to be lamented Not a Fountain but an Ocean of tears is here to be desired to wash away this guilt Ex fructibus by their fruits you shall know them is the Cognisance whereby the good are discerned from the bad the surest mark of all others whereby either God or Sathan may claime their own If therefore we would be accounted and taken for the true servants of God we must wear this cognisance we must labour to make our Election sure by bringing forth such fruits as proceed from a Faith working by Love But this Badge is so seldome seen among us as it may well be supposed that God hath here but a very few servants Let us desire the Almighty for his great love to Mankind that He will more and more kindle the small spark of Charity that is amongst us that it may break forth into a bright flame of brotherly love and wholly involve us in the zeal of Gods house Then may we joyfully burn incense to the God of Israel and offer up our vows without fear For the mercifull man hath cast his bread upon many waters and the Lord hath assured him a reward Now it is time to commend to Posterity the true praises of that truely worthy and never to be forgotten Gentleman Mr. Thomas Sutton the right Phoenix of Charity in our times who mounting up to the highest top of Gods holy Hill and gathering together the Aromatical spices of Love and Compassion hath consumed himselfe in the fire of fervent zeale towards Gods poore Saints who setting all worldly respects either of Alliance or Consanguinity far behind his Love to God and his poore brethren in Christ hath made them in effect the Heires of al● those great riches wherwith it pleased the Lord to blesse him This Godly Act of his hath herein especially approved it self for that he never stuck at any cost nor let slip any occasion which might further or establish it to the benefit of the poore people The greatnesse of the gift and the religious care taken for confirmation thereof with the pious forwardnesse of our good Soveraign in the advancement of so good a Work are at large set forth in a more full Volume amongst many other notable Reports by a Reverend famous and learned Judge of this Land whereunto when it shall be published I refer the courteous Reader for his more ample satisfaction In the mean time briefly take this The late dissolved Charter-house by Smithfield not long since belonging to the Right Honourable Thomas Earle of Suffolke Lord Chamberlain of the Kings Houshold is well known to be a very large and goodly Mansion beautified with spacious Gardens Walkes Orchards and other pleasures enriched with divers dependencies of Lands and Tenements thereunto belonging and very fitly seated for wholesome Ayre and many other commodities This commodiousnesse of sight and largenesse of circuite gave occasion to this worthily renowned Gentleman Mr. Sutton to affect this house as the only fit place wherein to lay the Foundation of his Religious designs For he had before that time a setled determination to erect an house in Hallingbury Bouchers in the County of Essex to be an Hospitall for such poor Men and Children as He himself in his life time or the future Governours of the same Hospital should nominate and appoint to be lodged and

extending in the Counties of Cambridge and Essex or in either of them or else-where within the Realme of England And also all that his Mannor of Balsham in the County of Cambridge with all and singular the rights members and appurtenances thereof whatsoever And also all those his Messuages and Lands scituate lying and being in the Parishes of Hackney and Tottenham in the County of Middlesex or in either of them with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances whatsoever which said Messuage was lately purchased of Sir William Bowyer Knight and the said Lands in Tottenham now or ●ately were in the tenure or occupation of William Be●ning Yeoman And also all and singular the Mannors Lordships Messuages Lands Tenements Reversions Services Meadowes Pastures Woods Advousons Patronages of Churches and Hereditaments of the said Thomas Sutton whatsoever scituate lying or being within the said Counties of Essex Lincoln Wilts Cambridge and Middlesex or in any of them with all and every their rights members and appurtenances whatsoever except all his Mannors or Lordships of Littlebury and Hadd-stocke with their appurtenances in the said County of Essex But alas what perpetuity can be looked for in this world where there is no certainty but of change In this great expectation of all men whilest our eyes and mindes are occupied with admiration of the work Death steals away the Master workman but not unprovided as having his Viaticum sealed up unto him in the peace of a good conscience Many prayers of the Saints went up before him to prepare a place for him against the day of his dissolution and the corruptible Mammon which he had here imployed to the reliefe of Gods Servants on Earth begot him friends to entertain him in Heaven So he fell asleep in the Lord leaving the rest of his pious intendments to be performed by his trusty Executors Mr. Richard Sutton and Mr. Iohn Law Behold here a perfect Israelite This is a good work but he hath not not set his rest on this onely He hath grown up from Faith to Faith to the accomplishment of many other singular works of Charity whereof his last Will and Testament gives such ab●ndant testimony that it needs no other splendour than it se●fe Upon this respect I will make no other Proeme to it then a gentle invitation to the Reader to peruse it lest otherwise I might seeme to shew the Sun at Noon Day or perswade credit to apparent demonstration Thus it followeth The last Will and Testament of Thomas Sutton Esquire IN the Name of God Amen The 2. day of Novemb. in the yeare of our Lord God 1611. I Thomas Sutton of Campes Castell in the County of Cambridge Esquire being weak in body and of good perfec● mind and memory thankes be given to Almighty God for the same Do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following that is to say First and principally I commend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God trusting through his mercy and by the precious death and passion of my Saviour and Redeemer Iesus Christ to be saved and to inherit the Kingdome of Heaven for ever And my body I will to be buried where and in what sort it shall seeme 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 a piece of lawfull money of England Item I give to the children of Ellenor Aske late wife of Rob. Aske of Aughton in the county of York Esquire the summe of one hundered pounds of good and lawfull mony of England to be equally distributed amongst them Item I give the poore towne of Berwick upon Tweed one hundered marks of lawfull mony of England to be distributed amongst the poore there by the discretion of the cheife governour and preacher there for the time being to be paid within one yeare after my decease Also I give to Andrew Westwoods 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 poore people of Stoke-Newinton in the County of Middlesex Ten pounds to be distributed by the Constables Church-Wardens and Person of the same Towne for the time being to their 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 40 l. of good and lawfull money of England to be distributed equally amongst them within 6 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 100 marks to be equally distributed amongst them within 6 moneths next after my decease Also I give to William Cocket Son to Will. Cocket late Alderman of the City of Lincoln 100. l. of lawfull money of England Also I give to the children of Iohn Copeland late of Skillingthorpe in the county of Lincoln or to so many of them as shall be living at the time of my decease 100. l. of lawfull money of England to be equally distributed amongst them sa●ing unto Eliz. Copeland for my meaning is that she shall not have any part of the said Legacy of 100. pounds And unto the said Eliz. Copeland I give the sum of 100. l. of lawfull money of England to be paid unto her at the day of her marriage or within one year after my decease Item I give unto lane Upton one of the Daughters of Eliz. Upton late wife of Hamond Upton of Wamfleet in the county of Lincoln Esq the sum of 50. l. of lawfull money of England And to every other of the children of the said Elizabeth who shall be living at the time of my decease 20. l. a piece of lawfull money of England to be paid within 6 months next after my decease Also I give to the c●ildren of one Skelton late of Low●h in the county of Lincoln and sometimes towards the Henneages of Heniton in the said county 10. l. to be equally divided amongst them Item I give to the children of Tho. Pinner late of Mi●cham in the county of Surrey Esq or to so many of them as shall be living at my decease 20. l. to be equally distributed amongst them Item I give to the children of Henry Tutty late Gunner in Berwick or to so many of them as shall be living at my decease 10. l. of lawfull money of England to be equally distributed amongst them Also I give to my Neece Elizabeth Allen 200 l. of lawfull mony of England And to every of her children which shall be living at my decease 100 marks a peece Item I give to Symon