History of the hospital and school in Glasgow : founded by George and Thomas Hutcheson of Lambhill, A.D. 1639-41, with notices of the founders and of their family, properties and affairs / by William H. Hill.

  • Hill, William H. (William Henry), 1837-
Date:
1881
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Credit: History of the hospital and school in Glasgow : founded by George and Thomas Hutcheson of Lambhill, A.D. 1639-41, with notices of the founders and of their family, properties and affairs / by William H. Hill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    School, for Whitsunday and Martinmas terms mail of his house. Previous to this a payment of 40s. to S^ William Struyis for male {i.e., rent) of ane chalmer to be ane Sang Scole, ye year 1577, appears in the same Accounts.' On 15th July 1626 it is minuted in the Records of the Town Council that they had agreed with James Sanders to instruct the haill bairns within this Burgh, that is put to his School, music for los. ilk quarter to himself, and forty pennies to his man ; and therefore the said Provost and Bailies discharges all other Sangsters within this Burgh to teach music in tyme coming, during their will allenarly. The School did not, however, succeed with Mr. Sanders.- In later times the following advertise- ment appeared in the Mercury, of 22nd November 1756:—By order of the Magistrates.—To encourage and promote the improve- ment of Church Music, the Magistrates have directed M^^ Moor to open a free school in Hutchesons' Hospital, on Tuesday the 22nd inst., at 7 o'clock in the evening, where the inhabitants of the City will be admitted and taught at the public charge, on their producing certificates of their character from the Minister and elders of the Parish where they reside. The Minutes of the Town Council, as well as those of the Patrons, on the subject of the appointment of the Schoolmaster, are interesting, as showing that the boys maintained in the Hospital previous to this time were educated at some School unconnected with the Institution, and further as evincing the willingness of the Town Council to supplement the funds of the Hospital for the jiurposes of education. The Town Council Minutes recording M'Lay's election to be Master of the School, to be established in Hutchesons' Hospital, recommend to the Preceptor of the Hospital to provide him with a School within the said House. Besides an allowance of twenty merks for byegone services, to be paid by the Town Treasurer, it appears that he also received a salary from the Town Council; the amount of this is not stated, but it was ^10 sterling per annum in 1784,3 in addition to a salary of ^100 Scots, agreed to be paid him by the Patrons. In fixing this salary the Patrons appear to have been ' Burgh Records, p. loo, also p. Ii6. ^ See Minutes of 5th May 1638 and 12th September 1646. 3 2nd June 1784.