John Howes' ms., 1582 : being "a brief note of the order and manner of the proceedings in the first erection of" the three royal hospitals of Christ, Bridewell & St. Thomas the Apostle / Reproduced and printed at the charges of Septimus Vaughan Morgan, Esq., a governor of Christ's Hospital ; with introduction and notes by William Lempriere.
- Howes, John
- Date:
- 1904
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: John Howes' ms., 1582 : being "a brief note of the order and manner of the proceedings in the first erection of" the three royal hospitals of Christ, Bridewell & St. Thomas the Apostle / Reproduced and printed at the charges of Septimus Vaughan Morgan, Esq., a governor of Christ's Hospital ; with introduction and notes by William Lempriere. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CLT? A Minute of Court, 27 September, 1558, states that : “There was also assigned to be the Renter for the ‘* oatheringe and collectinge aswell the rentes of the landes ‘in the Citie as also of all the landes in the Countrie John “ House serunt w M’ Grafton at the speciall request of his ‘ said M* who also hath promysed to aunswer for his said “serunts doings from tyme to tyme to whome theare is ‘‘ oraunted yerely for the doinge thereof vi xii® ij*.” Another Minute of 24 July, 1559, orders : “‘ That John © “ House serunt wyth M* Grafton shall attende upon the ‘‘ Scruteners of Thospitalls for the tyme being who aftre ‘knowledge to him Geuen by willm Smothinge aforesaid “(the Steward] shall enquyer and searche out for the ‘‘ payments of all the legacies so geuen and make thereof ‘‘ yehearsall to the Scruteners or gatherers of them who ‘* shall receave the same.” A Minute of 22 August, 1559, adds: ‘“‘ And that John ‘‘ House for the collectinge or knowledge geuinge to the ‘* Seruteners of all the said legacies shall likewyse haue of ‘“ euye pounde receaued ij* and none other fee or wages.” The following entry in the Register of Lands shows that he remained a resident within the Hospital : ‘“ John ‘‘ Howe, Grocer, for a Tenement on West side of the ‘“ Great Hall of ye Hospitall, a yaarde and a Quille of ‘¢ water yerely xl*.”’](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33390216_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
