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King Edward VI granting his Royal Charter to Bridewell Hospital. Engraving by G. Vertue, 1750, after a painting by G. Scrots.

Twenty kings and queens of England. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Old Saint Thomas's Hospital, Southwark: inside the first courtyard. Engraving by W. Elliot after S. Wale.

Statue of Edward VI at St Thomas's Hospital, Southwark, London. Coloured lithograph by H. Tiffin, 1849, after a sculpture by P. Scheemaeckers.

Old St. Thomas's Hospital, Southwark: inside the first courtyard. Engraving.

Old St. Thomas's Hospital, Southwark: inside the first courtyard. Engraving by T. Higham after T. H. Shepherd.

King Edward VI, seated on a throne, presenting the Charter of Bridewell Hospital to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London. Engraving by G. Vertue after H. Holbein, 1750.

Saint Thomas's Hospital, Southwark: the enfilade of three courtyards, surmounted by portraits of King Edward VI, Sir Francis Prujean and Thomas Wharton. Oil painting.

The Order of the hospitalls of K. Henry the viiith and K. Edward the vith, viz. St. Bartholomew's, Christ's, Bridewell, St. Thomas's : by the major, cominaltie, and citizens of London, governours of the possessions, revenues and goods of the sayd hospitalls, 1557.

Fit to rule : how royal illness changed medical history. Part 1.Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men.

The history of Christ's Hospital, from its foundation by King Edward the sixth. To which are added memoirs of eminent men educated there; and a list of the governors / [John Iliff Wilson].

The supplication made to His Majesty King Edward the Sixth, for obtaining the House of Bridewell : and a copy of the deed of settlement, made by His Majesty King Edward the Sixth, on the Hospitals of Christ, Bridewell, and St. Thomas.

Copies of the charter of the Hospitals of Christ, Bridewell, and St. Thomas the Apostle, dated 26th June, 7 Edw. VI and of the indenture of covenants made between the King and the citizens of London, dated 12th June, in the same year; together with a translation of the charter, from the original Latin / [by J. Hewlett].

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The history of Christ's Hospital, from its foundation by King Edward the sixth. To which are added memoirs of eminent men educated there; and a list of the governors / [John Iliff Wilson].

The supplication made to His Majesty King Edward the Sixth, for obtaining the House of Bridewell : and a copy of the deed of settlement, made by His Majesty King Edward the Sixth, on the Hospitals of Christ, Bridewell, and St. Thomas.