Greave’s court, George yard, Whitechapel.†

Green alley, 1. Broad Sanctuary. 2. Coleman street, Wapping. 3. St. Saviour’s Dock. 4. Tooley street.

Green Arbour court, 1. French alley. 2. Lambeth hill, Thames street. 3. Little Moorfields. 4. Little Old Bailey.

Green Bank, 1. Horselydown. 2. Coleman street, Wapping. 3. St. Olave street. 4. Wapping.

Board of Green Cloth, a court of justice continually sitting in the King’s house. This court is under the Lord Steward of the King’s houshold, and is composed of the Treasurer of the houshold, the Comptroller, Cofferer, Master of the houshold, two clerks of the Green Cloth, and two clerks comptrollers; and receives its name from a green cloth spread over the table, at which they sit.

In the absence of the Lord Steward, the Treasurer of the King’s house, in conjunction with the Comptroller, and other officers of the board, together with the Steward of the Marshalsea, have power to determine treasons, felonies and other crimes committed within the verge. By the direction and allowance of this board, the Cofferer pays the wages of the King’s servants above and below stairs, and the bills for provisions. Also before this board the Averner to the Master of the horse lays the accompts of the stables for horse meat, livery wages, and board wages, in order to be passed and allowed. See the article Lord Steward of the King’s Houshold.

Green Coat Hospital, Tothill fields. Several of the inhabitants of Westminster having resolved to settle an hospital like that of Christ Church in the city of London, where poor orphans might not only be furnished with all the necessaries of life, but instructed in manual arts, in the year 1633 obtained a charter from King Charles I. by which they were constituted a body politic and corporate, by the appellation of The Governors of the hospital of St. Margaret’s Westminster, of the foundation of King Charles; to consist of twenty Governors, inhabitants of Westminster, with the right of purchasing lands, tenements, &c. in mortmain, to the value of 500l. per annum. But the civil war soon after breaking out, in a manner quashed this noble design. However, by the charitable benefactions of King Charles II. and others, the estate amounts to above 300l. a year, and there are at present twenty boys maintained upon this foundation. Maitland.

Green court, 1. Green Bank, Wapping. 2. Knaves Acre. 3. Little Minories. 4. Marshal street, Shoreditch.

Mr. Spencer’s.
S. Wale del. B. Green sculp.