A biographical history of Guy's Hospital / by Samuel Wilks and G.T. Bettany.

  • Wilks, Samuel, Sir, 1824-1911.
Date:
1892
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Credit: A biographical history of Guy's Hospital / by Samuel Wilks and G.T. Bettany. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Gerstein Science Information Centre at the University of Toronto, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Gerstein Science Information Centre, University of Toronto.

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    meeting of tlie Court at which he was present was September Ist, 1724. John Osborn became a member of the Court of Assistants of the Company in April 1723. He did not long remain at the sign of the Oxford Arms after Guy's death. It is most interesting to note that Thomas Longman, founder of tlie house of Longman, was appren- ticed to John Osborn, whose daughter he married ; so tliat we may trace a continuous chain between Thomas Guy and the great firm at the Sign of the Ship of the present day. In October 1724, after Longman had ])urc]iased the business of William Taylor, the publisher of Robinson Crusoe, a prospectus of Robert Boyle's works was issued to be printed for W. and J. Innes, at the West End of St. Paul's Churchyard, J. Osborn at the Oxford Arms in Lombard Street, and T. Longman at the Ship and Black Swan in Paternoster Row. A few months later Osborn transferred his business and capital to his son-in-law's establishment in the Row, and con- tinued in partnership with him till his death. Early in 1721 the Minutes of St. Thomas's record the first formal arrangement about Guy's new hospital. Our worthy governor and benefactor, Thomas Guy, intending to found and erect an Hospital for Incurables, in the close of this hospital, in the parish of St. Thomas, we have agreed to grant him a lease, or to such persons as he may appoint, of several ])arcels of ground within the close of this hospital, and in the parish, upon several leases, and under several ground rents, amounting to <£17 14s. per annum—purchased by said Thomas Guy, or in trust for him for 1000 years at £30 per annum, tax free. On March 1st, 1721, our worthy benefactor, Thomas Guy, having desired a small piece of garden, late Norgate's, for his new Hospital 1—granted. On May 6th, 1724, thanks were given to Guy for his