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 and St. Thomas the Apostle / reproduced and printed at the charges of Septimus Vaughan Morgan, with introduction and notes by William Lempriere.

  • Howes, John.
Date:
1904
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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 and St. Thomas the Apostle / reproduced and printed at the charges of Septimus Vaughan Morgan, with introduction and notes by William Lempriere. 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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    INTRODUCTION. ^5«ioo Among the ancient Archives of Christ's Hospital are many interesting Records :— (i.) The Registers, containing the names of all Children admitted on the Foundation, and beginning in 1566. (ii.) The Court Minutes. (iii.) The Annual Accounts, showing the yearly receipts and payments, date back to 1552, when the Monastic Buildings of the Gray Friars were fitted for the reception of the Blew Boys and Girls. But, among them all, the small volume herein repro- duced is not the least interesting. Not only is it the earhest History of the Royal Hospitals, but it vividly portrays the state of the City of London consequent on the suppression,—contrary to the desire and advice of Cranmer and Gresham as representing the Church and the Citizens,—of the Spitals attached to the Monasteries. John Howes, the writer of the MS., was a Citizen and Grocer, who had been * apprentice and servant (i.e., clerk or private secretary) within the Gray Friars to Richard Grafton, the first Treasurer General. Richard Grafton, Citizen and Grocer, of London, pp. 75-76, by Mr. John Abernethy Kingdon, F.R.C.S., privately printed, 1901.