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Charter under the Great Seal, in favours [sic] of the College and Corporation of Surgeons of the City of Edinburgh, incorporating them, of new, under the name and title of the Royal College of Surgeons of the City of Edinburgh, and authorizing them to carry into execution a scheme for making a provision for the widows and children of the members of the Corporation, and their clerk.

  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Date:
M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Charter under the Great Seal, in favours [sic] of the College and Corporation of Surgeons of the City of Edinburgh, incorporating them, of new, under the name and title of the Royal College of Surgeons of the City of Edinburgh, and authorizing them to carry into execution a scheme for making a provision for the widows and children of the members of the Corporation, and their clerk. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to ceafe upon their death or marriage. 1 Provifion to Children under 16 years of age. [.12 ] mas 1777, (herein after called future Con-* tributors,) and who fhall furvive the term of Candlemas, at which their fourth year’s rate has become due, and leave widows, fuch widows fhall be in titled to annuities, as follows, viz. toL.12: ios. Sterling, as an half year’s annuity at the term of Whitfunday immediately follow¬ ing the year in which their refpecftive hufbands died, and computed from the i ft of January to the 31ft of December ; and L.25 Sterling as a full year’s annui¬ ty at each term of Whitfunday thereafter / during life and their continuing unmar¬ ried; but in cafe of their death or mar¬ riage, the faid annuity fhall immediately ceafe, and fhall not be due for any term * * happening after either of thefe events. That the original and future Contribu¬ tors, who fhall furvive the refpeftive terms above mentioned, and fhall die wi¬ dowers, leaving a child or children un¬ der fixteen years of age, fuch child or children fhall at the term of Whitfunday immediately