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 aiAl::fita8: ofrho C H .4 R TE R Grolzrodhj H25 ‘lot./2 Ii/Iczjoflj King CH A RI. E S H. (of ever Blefled Memory)
i for Erofling zz Corporationgfor ‘iiolzofof Poor Wu/om: mm’ Children of Clergy-men: Dorm’ July I, I 678.

I S» 17:‘-id late M A] E 3T Y i‘-3'95-'13 lake“ "0556 I That €iiV€I'S Ciiafiffzlbie Perfons had appeared very forward in Contribu'tii~.g totheRelief rof fuch of the Widows and Cliildreri
of Loyal and Orthodox Clergy-men as were Pooix and of the good Eliefi; the fame had ; and taking into his Princel y Conlideration, the Great Stifferings of many of the"Clergy
in 13 NG I-A ND {OF tilt‘? L0."3iil' ; Was, GI'3Ei0l1g,V E iegtfdg by, H!”  HA R i§,i§)R6bUnderthe Great Seal of ENG L A N D, to Ordain. Coniiitute, and'G-mutt , That
the Perfons therein named, ard their Succeiiors to e e- e as istierein expre e fg mtg ’}5i:iDp ffloiitick arm Qrugtiagnte, b the siiame of €12 ®3iJ9'I7ill3 .
DUDE Qbbfltitl} fag13slirfuf1;>oug,<Ii1iiDnmi3 iillfl Qbijlillgfill Of @l£l,'g’P-I1,I8l‘l: And that by the fame Name they {hould have Periietual SllCC€iiiOI‘l’, and be capable
Purchafe , Have or take Maniiors, Lands and Hereditaments, (he. not exceeding the Yearly Value of ‘Two thcurand pounds; and a11mam,€,: Ofgoods and chattels, and to

«i A “C difpofe thereof : And by th it Name to Plead and to be lmpleaded in all Aétions , <.’9'o, And to Aét all other Matters and Things, as fully as any other ‘Body ‘Politick in this

. Realm can do : And that the faid Governors {hoiild have one Common Seal.

   
 

  

And His ii-iid late Majelty did further Grant to the laid Governors , That there fliould be a Prefident, a Vice-Prefident , Three Treafurers, and Forty two Amfiants , Members of the fiaiid Corpo~ i

ration ; and that they, or any Five of them (whereof the Prefid ent, Vice-Prefident, or one of the Treafurers to be one) {hould be called QUE Qffluitt Bf Qlflfifillffi Ofthfiifaid Corporation, who
. fhould have the Management of all the Affairs of the (aid Corporation , and lliould make Laws and Ordinances for tiiegood Government thereof, as well in mattersconcerningthefaid Corporation,
V; as in Elecfting of Ofiicers, and Management of their Revenues; and Impofe Penalties on Offenders againft the faid=Law5, and recover the fame to the ufe of the faid Corporation.
And therein it is appointed , That the Perfons thereby Conftituted to be the hrfi Prefident, Vice-Prefident, Treafurers, and firlt Afliftants , fhould continuein their refpeétive Places until the Second
Thurfday in November 1679. And from thenceforth , until there fhould bea new Choice of Peifons to fucceed them, .
And that on every Second Thurfday in November forever (or oftner if there be occafion) there fliould be a General Affembly of the faid Governors; And the major part of the Members then P,-5..
. fint, might Chufe a Prefident, Vice-Prefident, Three Treaiiirers, and Forty two Affiftants, who fhould continue for t1ieYear following ; and that in Cafe of the Death of any of the faid Olficers
 within theYear , others might be chofen at a General Aliembly into their Places. _
And that ftich General Allembly might Eleét fuch other Perfon or Perfons to be Members and Governours of the raid Corporation , as they or the greater part of them thould think fit.
, fiflgohtheu , That the Preiident, Vice-Prefident, and Ti'eafiirers above-named, fliould, before they enter upon their Places, take their Oaths before the Lord Chancellor , faithfully to execute their
~ reiprctive Triilis: And that allother the Members of the faid Corporation, before they aét as Aliiftants, and all fucceeding Prefidents, Vice-Prefidents, Treafurers, Afliftants, and all other their
irili:rioiir Ofiicers, fhould take the like &)ath bebfore the Perfons byqtfie faidI§3H1t‘:é{ETI%R Dimioweréd to Adminifier the fame.
And rharvrhe 13.0311 9il‘CiJ=i1lflJ0l1 at‘ itntei: iirr, £020 ibis) Jam 02 0 113 an 3 U30 PCi.l'i1illJ0lJ of a it 0 loan iheepei: uftbc ® izatevizalufizrii Iaiih its viii‘ I m*ca=
V filtet, ILClglJ "$111101! Of ILUIIUOII, iLDgD flltllfltlet , filth CUE 1l.U3iJ9EflPU3 Elf ILIJHIJUII , for the time being , fil(1)%lCib’eVgifllZOl’S of the {aid Corporaiion , and fettle allgDiffer’encei=. abi)t?tJtlieGo-

vernment thereof, and touching the Difpoiitions of their Revenues.

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\ ;.The better to promote this Pious Work , it waS thought fit hereby to Publiih this Great Favour of His late Maiefly, and to fet down the i

‘‘ Forms of Subfcriptions; and alfo how any Legacy in Money, -or Houfes and Land, may be given by Will to the {aid C0rp.0i‘at'i0.-n.  

 '‘ Ff do promlfl’ to pay to the Governor: of the Charity, for Relief of Poor Wiclo wt and .Chz'/oirczz
' of Cl; rg )1-rizozz , the Sow of Sterling, on or heforethe i Wimefr my Hrmd. »
 of do promifle to pay to the Governor: of the Charity, for Relief of Poor Wid ow: and Childrm
of Clergy-rrzcrz , tho Sill?! of Sterling, at the «twouflml Feofi-Do)»: of theAnnunciation of the BleflecliVirgi7¢ Mary and St. Michael the Arch.~cz:»//-gel, hyteqzml Por-
 Iiom, cfuriizg   The Fiifl Poyrrzcvzt to he ’mocie‘ot the next of the Feqfl-Day: ohove-mentioned, that {hall happen ofterthe .Dote..hercof. »Wit7ze/i my Hdfid.
 y This may be Inferted among LE ‘G A CI ES in a W IL L. i
  Tern , ‘I Give orid Beqztezzth unto the Governor: of the Charity, for.Rei’ief of Poor Widows, and Chz'lo’irerzrifClergy-ozerz , the tiimz of t A . ..Pozr2z.c£r , to he

paid to one of the .Tre_cg/itrerx.

For Devifing H ous 1: s or L AN us.   r  

r Tent, [Give and Dcwfl: unto the Governor: of the Charity , for the Relief of Poor Widow; mod Cbztdrgn gfClc-rgyamen, email their a.ii${cC£:fli.7l‘.f._f‘0?“‘€‘Z?€?, 41/ th.ot>m}..ZWifliioge
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.31" he. Names of the .G0:V.Ct‘nQr.S of thef horit y, for the Relief of Poor I/Vio’oiis and C hilt/r672 oflerg y-men chcfen the Ninth clay of November 1599.
ovhe iadded to the L I S T o;iGoVernors fcirometljr Eltiifeoi.   C ‘i

 

In B?   F‘ ‘ i  V. e I V r C flliver Whitby, Gent.
Lexander Baxter, Gmt. iRobert*-Fides, Gem. _ fiche;-c Ham-is G 1.,     A .  g e, ’ - I
A Richard Baxter. Gent. James Ford, Gent. i in . The’ Vernon’ Gem’ , at Z.
C. _ G. - ZS. , :_ R W“. W. f   _ArthutZouch, Heart.
  ‘7RiCha1‘d Curtis, cm. Arthur Candy. Gem. James stiiiingaeet, .4. M. ‘ °ge". C’ ‘ams’ Gm"

 

jfhe Names of the Members of the Courtof Afliliants , of the {aid Co1'porati~on, choferz on:/ogreed uyorz on Thzcerficfaiy the Ninth day
i of November , 16 9 9 , for the fear €I2fi¢i77g_ 3   V

Sir Thomas Meres , Knight , E-dW3l’1iF'l111€1‘ , Setetifmcm. '*  

Thai Mofi Reverend Father iin God,
TH OMAS Lord Arch-Biflrop , , 1, M D   G ~  ,_
‘f Canterbury 2 P"‘fl“i"”"‘ E I/imiirefldeflfi I]<iiInnSheiltt(.it?: i-Saaeiizeiti. § T”“f””"
A’ Wtimzm Sari,’ ff?‘ G’ iTh°ma9 I-'3mP1“gh» A M. C John Reeve Gem‘
.   Illiam Asfheton,D.B. wi1?ian:aC2(ir?]][’)iOnmtCii€nf. 35’ 01‘1and_0Gee, 19,,-gb,._ Francis Lever, Merchant.   i S
" Roger Akham’ B‘ D‘ Peter Crouch, Geizt. Th.°’.na5 Gilbert’ Gm’ , , ° C
i omas Cam. Gem. William Glfiard} Gent. M‘ Geo] ge StanhOPe9 D‘ D”

B. ’   y _y c , Thomas Manningham, 1)_ pi, £9112 5WY“il€“s B-13-
rSamuelrBlackerby, Efi,-;   ,  _   D. _ H, - Richard Morton, M. D. ' re emck S are’ M'D°
Capt.Theophy 130: Bietchynden. . G ii-I€ntY}I§ale,1.5'§e7chdnt» I011“ MOW-180: Gem» , , .   T_
§‘:{‘1§r&:asS$B€:ei:,;1e;,Gé:£.:' john Dillingham, Gent. . 8:123; H‘:)‘§(e}a:y’G‘(’;’:°”t" ' V   P.   .  3D.
john Ballam, Gent. . E_ ‘ ‘William Pocklington, Gent. g ’ rm‘
~ C W“ ‘ E G S , d L 1.» 6 Lara Thomas Pindar, Gent. ‘ C W,

' ‘ lam Y“? "W  irRichar evet  t -r 3' N h -- . -  .
W I L L I A M Lord Bifhop of Robert Edwaids, Merchant. Mayor of Lonéofifiig , . R. _ Tiionieis ,DI.<iii)i.glit
Coventry and Lichfield. Francis Edwards, Merchant. Edward Lake, D. D;   Nathaniel Resbury, D.D. A William Whitfield, A. M.

A111: f Wh h I d Subf -b d Edward Fufier .SeedI‘tnanin the Strarrzl, near Sonierfit-baufg,
and fiiciiraiiniiiall [(il€€i1i:3etaorge°:7eyany IC)i1:iefg1-H’: 305” M410’? aim W4] CW‘ "93? Cb”/ll‘ H9/him]: GW-

Sum, or Annual Benefaétion , are Intreated 70,3” 368.1’ 0”’ in D“l"" P 1”“: 5”‘””‘ .
to Pay the fame to the Prefem T,eafu,.e,,s_ Or either of them , or the fucceeding Treafiirers , or to any
Perfon deputed under the Hand and Seal of any of them.

And all Perfons who have COii€CiZ€(i any Money for the {End Corporation, are defired to pay the fame to the faid Treafurers , or one of them , or to give an Accent}:

therec-f to Mr. Thoma»: T}//oi , the Regifter of the Corporation, at Dofiorr Commom, London 5 to Whom ;i11Perfons who (11311 Pieafe tQ Pmmote this (3113,-ity or have
any thing to communicate concerning the lame , may direét Letters as occafion {hall require. C 9 C

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HOMAS TYLLOT, Rrgifior.

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