There were the names of good men on the List of Governors—take that for 1711, for instance. All the aldermen were so, ex officio, and there were the Earls of Abingdon, Anglesea, Ailesford, Lords Craven, Gower, Harcourt, and St. John of Bletsoe; the Earl of Scarsdale, Doctor Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick. The Earl of Thanet and Sir Philip York, the Attorney-General.
Of St. Bartholomew's Hospital Hatton says:—
| This Hospital of St. Bartholomew's the last Year 1706 cur'd and discharg'd of wounded, sick and maimed Souldiers, Seamen, and other diseased Persons from several Parts of the Queen's Dominions (and from Foreign Parts) who have been relieved with money and other Necessaries, notwithstanding the greatest part of the Revenue of this Hospital was consumed by the lamentable Flames in 1666 to the Number of | 2293 | |
| Buried in the Year 1706, after much Charge on them | 141 | |
| And at the beginning of the Year 1707, there remained Persons at the Charge of the Hospital under Cure | 371 |
St. Thomas's Hospital escaped the fire of 1666, and also a very bad one that happened in Southwark May 26, 1676, when 500 houses were burnt. It performed its share of merciful work, for in 1706 it discharged (cured) 2,820 persons, buried 174, and had 362 in hospital.
Of Almshouses there were plenty in existence, such as the Trinity, those of the different City companies, and of private benefactors; but the stream of charity seems to have flowed, in this reign, in a different channel, that of founding charity schools, and I can find no new almshouses recorded.
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LILLI-BURLERO.
From 'The Dancing Master,' 15 Ed. 1713.
Brit. Mus. C. 31, b. 21. H. Purcell.
