Rules and qualifications to be observed in the admission of children into Christ-hospital this year, 1683/4 Christ's Hospital (London, England) 1684 Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A92081 Wing R2251D ESTC R42402 36273497 ocm 36273497 150244

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 eng Christ's Hospital (London, England) Orphanages -- England -- London. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. 2007-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Rules and Qualifications, to be obſerved in the Admiſſion of CHILDREN into CHRIST-HOSPITAL this Year, 1683/4.

I. THAT no Child be taken in, but ſuch as are the Children of Freemen of this City.

II. That no Child be taken in, under the Age of Seven Years.

III. That no Children be taken in, but ſuch as are Orphans, wanting either Father, or Mother, or both.

IV. That none be taken in that are Foundlings, or that are maintained at the Pariſh Charge.

V. That none be taken in that are Lame, Crooked, or Deformed, nor that have any Infectious Diſeaſe, as the Leproſie, Scald-head, Itch, Scab, or that have the Evil or Rupture.

VI. That none be admitted, but ſuch as are without any probable means of being provided for other ways, nor without a due Certificate from the Miniſter, Churchwardens, and three or four of the principal Inhabitants of the Pariſh from whence ſuch Children came, certifying of the Poverty and Inability of the Parent living, (if any be living) to maintain and provide for ſuch Children, and the true Age of the ſaid Child: And engaging to diſcharge the Hoſpital of them before or after the Age of Fifteen Years, if a Boy; and before and after the Age of Fourteen Years, if a Girl; which ſhall be left to the Governours pleaſure to do, both by the Parent if any, and Miniſter and Churchwardens aforeſaid; ſo that it ſhall be wholly in the Power of the Hoſpital, to diſpoſe of ſuch Children, or to return them to the Parent or Pariſh, as aforeſaid, as to the Hoſpital ſhall ſeem good.

VII. That no Children be taken in that hath a Brother or Siſter admitted into the Charge of the Hoſpital.

Laſtly, To the end, no Children may be admitted contrary to the rules aboveſaid, when the General Court ſhall direct the taking in of any Children; before ſuch Children be admitted, they ſhall be preſented to a Committee, conſiſting of the Preſident, Treaſurer, the Almoners, Renters, Scruitenors, and Auditors, and all other Governours to be Summoned at the firſt time, and ſo to Adjourn from time to time; and that they or any Thirteen or more of them, whereof the Preſident or Treaſurer, for the time being, to be one, who ſhall ſtrictly examin, touching the Age, Birth, and Quality of ſuch Children, and of the Truth of ſuch Certificate; and when the Committee ſhall find cauſe, they ſhall forbid or ſuſpend the taking in of any Child or Children preſented, until they receive full ſatisfaction, that ſuch Child or Children is duly qualified, according to the Rules above-mentioned.

That ſuch Child or Children as ſhall be preſented to be admitted, in purſuance of the Will of any Benefactor, ſhall be examined by the ſaid Committee, who are to take care, that ſuch Child or Children be qualified according to the Wills of the Donors or Benefactors, (as near as may conſiſt with ſuch Wills) agreeing to the Qualifications above.