Mr. Pepys to the Right Honourable Sir Francis Child, Kt. Lord Mayor, and to the Court of Aldermen upon the present state of Christ-Hospital.
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
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Mr. Pepys to the Right Honourable Sir Francis Child, Kt. Lord Mayor, and to the Court of Aldermen upon the present state of Christ-Hospital.
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.
Child, Francis, Sir, 1642-1713, recipient.
City of London (England). Court of Common Council, recipient.
[6] p.
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1699]
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Mr.
PEPYS
To
the
Right
Honourable
Sir
Francis
Child
,
Kt.
Lord
Mayor
,
and
to
the
Court
of
Aldermen
,
upon
the
Present
State
of
CHRIST-HOSPITAL
.
York-Buildings
,
March
7
th
.
1698
/
9.
My
Lord
and
Gentlemen
,
THAT
nothing
may
rest
uncommunicated
to
this
Court
,
of
what
goes
from
me
to
that
of
Christ-Hospital
;
any
more
than
,
by
your
Allowance
,
I
with-hold
from
Them
,
ought
of
what
I
offer
You
:
I
here
tender
you
a
Copy
of
a
Letter
of
mine
thither
,
of
the
25.
of
January
.
The
Contents
of
which
bearing
my
Farewel
to
Them
,
as
with
all
respect
my
purpose
is
in
this
to
You
;
I
cannot
but
recommend
the
Perusal
thereof
to
this
Court
;
as
carrying
with
them
such
a
Representation
of
the
perishing
State
of
that
House
,
in
some
fresh
Particulars
essential
to
the
Well-being
of
it
,
as
render
it
a
thing
little
less
than
hopeless
for
me
(
by
ordinary
Means
,
at
least
)
any
longer
to
think
of
saving
it
:
After
finding
my self
put
to
above
seven
Months
Labour
,
in
compassing
only
its
Treasurer's
Signing
that
one
Article
of
his
Account
,
which
you
had
before
had
from
him
Vnsign'd
;
and
more
than
ten
,
in
finding
Passage
only
,
through
this
Court
thither
,
to
my
late
Report
of
the
State
of
the
same
.
And
What
it
is
that
may
be
look't-for
from
it
,
even
now
it
is
there
,
with
a
Committee
of
few
less
than
forty
,
and
of
them
the
Majority
such
,
as
will
find
little
Work
for
them
in
it
,
but
Self-Arraignment
;
I
submit
to
your
Lordship
and
this
Court.
Especially
,
when
you
shall
be
pleas'd
to
reflect
upon
the
present
Circumstances
of
that
House's
Government
;
viz.
VNDER
the
Guidance
of
a
President
,
equal
indeed
to
the
worthiest
of
his
Predecessors
,
both
in
his
general
Virtues
,
and
special
Munificence
to
that
Place
.
But
One
,
whose
Piety
has
out-liv'd
his
Strength
for
being
otherwise
personally
aidful
to
it
,
in
any
of
the
Weightier
Duties
of
that
Charge
.
VNDER
a
Treasurer
,
who
(
besides
what
you
have
elsewhere
before
you
concerning
him
)
was
also
pleas'd
to
declare
himself
unable
both
in
Mind
and
Body
,
for
the
longer
Execution
of
his
Office
;
and
therefore
made
his
formal
Resignation
of
it
,
and
had
it
as
formally
accepted-of
from
him
in
Court
there
,
above
two
years
since
.
VNDER
the
Direction
of
Gentlemen
acting
indeed
as
Governours
,
and
to
whom
as
such
I
have
for
more
than
23.
years
had
the
Honour
of
reckoning
my self
a
Fellow-servant
;
but
are
said
to
stand
reported
to
You
at
this
day
by
your
Learned
Council
,
not
to
be
such
,
nor
capable
of
being
so
,
without
(
what
they
have
never
yet
had
)
the
Confirmation
of
this
Court.
And
lastly
,
VNDER
an
Administration
also
on
the
part
of
your
Lordship
and
your
Honoured
Brethren
,
so
Gentle
;
as
to
have
suffer'd
your
Orders
thither
,
even
in
Points
the
most
important
,
to
lye
7.
Months
together
wholly
neglected
,
and
your
Authority
as
openly
renounc'd
;
without
having
yet
thought
fit
to
have
ought
done
(
within
my
Notice
at
least
)
in
Assertion
of
it
.
A
Reflection
,
My
Lord
,
as
hard
to
be
accounted-for
,
as
in
it self
Grievous
.
Forasmuch
as
,
If
after
so
uninterrupted
a
Jurisdiction
,
as
has
been
always
exercis'd
by
this
Court
,
and
with
a
Submission
as
constantly
paid
thereto
from
these
Hospitals
;
If
after
so
long
a
Succession
of
Gifts
and
Bequests
to
them
,
and
those
to
great
Values
,
in
reliance
upon
the
Credit
and
Authority
of
this
Court
alone
for
their
Security
;
If
after
so
establish'd
a
Veneration
acquir'd
to
it
,
as
Guardians
of
these
Foundations
,
and
particularly
as
the
Moral
Fathers
of
the
Orphans
of
this
House
,
when
in
your
Easter
and
other
Solemnities
,
They
,
as
Your
Children
,
bear
no
small
part
in
the
Honour
of
your
Processions
;
And
lastly
,
If
after
what
in
my
particular
I
have
been
endeavouring
herein
for
Your
Service
,
and
for
the
Service
of
the
Poor
;
this
Court
shall
appear
to
have
been
all
this
while
thus
credited
and
thus
obey'd
,
without
Authority
at
this
day
,
under
the
greatest
of
their
Miscarriages
,
to
visit
and
reform
Them
;
for
so
also
your
Learned
Council
are
said
to
have
determin'd
.
What
must
be
thought
of
this
mistake
?
And
particularly
,
How
will
the
Pious
Credulity
of
our
Princely
Founders
and
past
Benefactors
be
to
be
lamented
;
and
what
more
to
be
either
hop'd
or
wish'd-for
of
Them
,
on
these
Terms
,
in
time
to
come
?
What
must
the
Apprehensions
now
be
of
Those
,
whose
Subsistence
rests
upon
the
Authority
only
of
this
Court
,
for
the
Payments
that
House
stands
charg'd
with
to
their
Vse
,
out
of
the
larger
Benevolences
of
their
Charitable
Auncestors
?
Or
Theirs
;
whose
Debts
of
more
modern
Date
,
lye
unpaid
(
many
Thousand
Pounds
deep
)
by
that
Hospital
at
Interest
,
upon
no
other
Security
?
What
is
there
to
be
rely'd-on
of
Fruit
from
the
Retrospections
said
to
be
now
on
foot
there
,
or
those
lying
before
your
Lordship
and
this
Court
,
from
my
Report
?
Or
in
a
Word
;
What
to
be
hop'd-for
either
of
Satisfaction
for
so
much
of
our
Poor's
Stock
and
Benefactor
's
Bounties
as
has
already
miscarry'd
;
or
of
better
Provision
in
time
to
come
,
for
securing
the
Remainder
?
What
,
I
say
my
Lord
,
must
the
Result
of
all
this
be
,
and
how
to
be
answerd-for
;
should
this
Court
be
so
unhappy
,
as
knowingly
to
permit
such
a
Foundation
and
its
Revenue
to
rest
one
day
longer
,
in
Hands
no
otherwise
qualify'd-for
,
nor
better
intitled
to
the
Trust
of
it
?
While
by
a
Resolution
of
its
own
,
not
yet
16.
Months
old
,
you
have
been
pleas'd
to
declare
your selves
standing
Governours
of
the
same
,
and
(
as
such
)
required
your
being
(
as
anciently
)
summon'd
to
every
of
its
Courts
,
and
accordingly
have
ever
since
been
so
,
and
now
are
:
To
the
entitling
Your selves
(
I
fear
)
to
a
nearer
Concernment
in
the
Fate
of
it
,
than
may
have
been
yet
sufficiently
reflected-on
;
and
possibly
,
to
an
Accountableness
with
Them
,
for
the
good
or
bad
Events
of
their
Managements
there
.
A
Consideration
I
am
the
more
willingly
your
present
Remembrancer
in
,
from
the
fresh
Endeavours
said
to
be
now
on
foot
there
,
for
resuming
their
Old
Liberty
of
taking-in
Children
,
while
unprovided
of
a
Bit
of
Bread
for
those
they
now
have
,
otherwise
than
by
running
into
new
Debt
,
or
length'ning
their
Score
of
Interest
upon
the
Old
;
Besides
sacrificing
the
Innocence
of
so
many
fresh
Infants
,
to
the
Dissoluteness
of
Manners
now
reigning
,
among
those
they
are
to
be
there
mixed-with
.
The
Evil
of
whose
Contagion
,
and
Pressure
of
which
Debt
,
I
take
to
be
no
otherwise
removable
,
than
by
a
total
Stop
to
be
for
some
time
put
,
to
the
Occasions
of
Both.
An
Expedient
,
that
I
well
know
will
at
the
first
hearing
be
thought
as
Impracticable
,
as
in
other
Respects
Extraordinary
.
But
the
Case
is
Extraordinary
too
;
and
consequently
,
to
restrain
its
Remedy
to
Ordinary
Methods
only
,
is
little
other
,
than
to
leave
it
Remedy-less
.
Which
I
cannot
think
any
Gentleman
,
who
hath
the
Honour
and
Trust
of
a
Governour
there
,
will
contentedly
sit-down
with
,
while
furnish'd
with
any
thing
to
offer
towards
the
Saving
it
,
as
(
for
want
of
better
)
I
do
this
:
And
yet
with
an
Opinion
so
far
from
deeming
it
Impracticable
,
as
to
reckon
it
a
Work
neither
of
Length
nor
Difficulty
;
if
,
in
Atonement
for
that
Misconduct
of
ours
,
by
which
,
from
the
Prosperity
this
House
was
in
while
under
the
Care
but
of
16.
Governours
with
500.
Children
,
it
has
been
brought
into
the
Condition
it
now
lies
with
400.
Governours
(
little
more
or
less
)
and
but
400.
Children
;
if
(
I
say
)
in
Atonement
for
that
Misconduct
,
we
would
improve
the
Opportunity
of
this
nearness
in
our
Numbers
,
to
the
easing
the
House
at
once
of
the
Whole
,
by
every
Governour
's
taking
to
himself
One
:
Thereby
leaving
the
Income
of
it
entirely
free
to
the
Discharge
of
its
Debts
,
doing
Right
to
its
Founders
and
Benefactors
,
and
that
being
done
,
to
the
setting-out
afresh
,
with
a
Revenue
clear'd
,
its
Discipline
reform'd
,
and
Provision
made
for
its
future
better
Conduct
through
the
Whole
.
And
this
I
lay
with
all
Deference
before
your
Lordship
and
this
Court
,
as
that
without
which
,
or
some
other
Aequivalent
,
I
must
avow
my
Despair
of
ever
seeing
this
unhappy
House
in
the
State
it
ought
to
be
;
and
therefore
would
be
glad
,
with
your
Concurrence
and
the
Concurrence
of
the
Gentlemen
of
that
Body
,
to
be
doing
my
part
,
either
in
this
or
any
other
Effectual
Proposition
,
towards
it
.
I
am
well
aware
,
My
Lord
,
of
the
Censure
this
Fervor
of
mine
may
expose
me
to
,
as
One
overpressing
in
a
Cause
,
wherein
Others
neither
less
interested
nor
less
discerning
than
my self
,
are
pleas'd
to
shew
so
little
of
the
Dissatisfaction
I
do
;
and
without
any
surprise
on
my
side
at
it
,
as
well
remembring
how
little
different
my
own
Sentiments
were
of
it
,
while
my
Knowledge
thereof
(
like
theirs
)
had
no
other
Direction
,
than
the
Information
of
Others
.
Whereas
no
sooner
was
I
engaged
in
the
closer
and
more
deliberate
Enquiries
apply'd
thereto
of
my
own
,
but
that
Indifference
of
mine
was
awaken'd
to
the
Degree
of
Concernment
I
now
profess
;
and
which
,
on
like
Conviction
,
would
be
no
less
in
any
other
,
whose
Morals
(
like
mine
)
know
no
middle
,
in
matters
of
Trust
at
least
,
between
scrupulously
Iust
,
and
down-right
the
contrary
.
Or
to
speak
more
plainly
;
between
mixing
my
own
Hand
in
the
Ruin
of
this
Religious
House
,
and
sitting
silently
within
View
of
its
being
brought-about
,
by
the
Vanitie
,
Supineness
,
Prodigality
,
or
Self-interest
of
Others
.
Indulge
me
therefore
,
My
Lord
,
the
Liberty
of
this
One
only
closing
Note
to
Your
Lordship
upon
this
Subject
.
Namely
,
That
as
the
Direction
of
the
Hospitals
,
has
in
all
times
hitherto
been
undeniably
exercised
by
your
Honourable
Predecessors
,
in
this
Place
;
and
as
uninterruptedly
submitted-to
.
So
is
it
no
less
evident
,
that
however
an
Occasion
has
now
(
after
sevenscore
years
Practice
)
been
administred
to
the
questioning
it
;
Your
said
Predecessors
,
(
the
Lord
Mayor
,
Commonalty
,
and
Citizens
of
London
)
upon
Covenants
first
by
Them
entered-into
with
K.
Edward
VI.
for
the
good
Government
of
Them
,
were
by
his
special
Charter
of
Incorporation
as
Governours
thereof
,
furnished
with
all
the
Powers
requisite
to
the
enabling
them
to
make-good
those
Covenants
.
In
consideration
of
which
,
and
in
Duty
to
Your
Lordship
,
to
the
City
,
to
this
Court
,
and
to
the
Poor
,
I
cannot
(
as
a
Servant
to
all
)
but
most
earnestly
pray
;
that
this
Matter
may
without
delay
,
be
laid
for
Remedy
before
that
Body
Corporate
,
where-ever
it
now
rests
;
in
order
to
the
preventing
,
if
possible
,
any
unnecessary
recourse
to
Methods
Extraordinary
,
for
what
should
be
thought
attainable
by
Ordinary
.
Especially
while
,
Sitting
a
Parliament
,
with
so
many
of
your
own
Number
,
and
of
the
Hospital's
,
Members
therein
,
and
with
a
Bill
already
(
I
take
it
)
before
Them
,
relating
to
Charitable
Uses
▪
no
reasonable
Supplement
ought
to
be
doubted
from
it
,
to
that
Ordinary
Power
:
If
any
such
can
be
judg'd
wanting
,
after
so
illustrious
a
Proof
,
as
I
have
sometime
since
given
you
,
of
the
issue
of
his
Lordship
,
the
present
Lord
Chancellor's
Proceeding
in
the
late
Memorable
Case
of
St.
Katharines
〈◊〉
Proceeding
I
cannot
but
remind
you
of
;
as
well
as
of
the
Check
put
but
few
years
before
at
the
Great
Seal
,
to
a
Visitation
then
offered-at
,
in
a
Method
less
regular
,
in
the
Case
of
St.
Thomas's
.
To
conclude
,
My
Lord
,
this
Calamity
of
ours
in
our
Hospital-concernment
is
a
Spot
not
to
be
cover'd
in
our
Feasts
of
Charity
,
once
the
Glory
of
this
City
.
And
a
Spot
not
at
the
worst
neither
,
but
daily
spreading
,
and
daily
deepening
too
,
through
every
part
of
it
.
Witness
its
Appearance
(
where
least
to
have
been
lookt-for
)
in
the
very
last
act
of
our
Treasurer's
signing
this
Account
;
as
giving
you
therein
,
his
own
Hand
in
Evidence
against
the
Truth
of
what
you
had
had
before
from
him
Vnsign'd
;
and
in
which
,
as
in
all
other
its
former
Editions
,
to
my self
,
to
the
Hospital
,
and
from
thence
to
the
Lords
of
the
Treasury
,
there
had
been
suppress'd
in
the
single
Article
of
Sea
Wages
,
a
Sum
no
less
than
1400
l.
besides
others
of
greater
Moment
yet
behind
.
And
this
too
,
notwithstanding
repeated
Cautions
to
them
concerning
it
;
and
particularly
in
my
last
,
whereof
this
brings
you
a
Copy
.
And
since
which
(
as
fresh
at
it
is
)
they
have
nevertheless
adventur'd
to
ask
,
and
actually
received
more
than
700
l.
upon
that
very
Head
on
which
the
Treasurer
has
so
lately
own'd
his
having
twice
that
Sum
of
the
King
's
in
his
Hand
,
yet
to
be
accounted-for
.
Be
pleased
therefore
to
think
of
some
speedy
Prevention
to
the
Growth
of
this
our
Reproach
.
And
towards
it
,
permit
me
only
to
say
;
That
as
uneasy
as
the
Vndertaking
may
appear
to
others
;
I
see
no
Cause
of
apprehending
any
thing
of
more
difficulty
needful
towards
it
(
whether
as
to
the
due
animadverting
upon
what
is
past
,
or
better
providing
for
what
is
to
come
)
than
a
Right
Choice
of
a
very
few
Hands
to
be
assign'd
thereto
,
supported
with
an
Authority
suited
to
the
Work
,
and
Powers
requisite
to
the
rendring
their
Labours
and
Determinations
therein
Effectual
.
Which
being
adjusted
,
and
that
only
;
I
should
with
great
assurance
of
success
,
both
readily
and
gladly
pay
the
utmost
of
my
personal
Service
to
the
Gentlemen
so
commission'd
;
as
well
in
detecting
the
Errors
of
my
own
Calculations
(
and
which
for
the
Poor's
sake
I
could
wish
more
,
than
I
dare
yet
hope
them
to
be
)
as
suggesting
and
applying
adequate
Remedies
,
to
what
those
Gentlemen
in
their
happyer
Enquirys
may
find
truly
needing
the
same
.
But
if
after
all
(
which
God
avert
)
it
should
be
our
Infelicity
,
even
with
the
aid
of
that
Charter
,
not
to
have
wherewith
of
our
own
to
help
our selves
herein
.
The
Cause
nevertheless
is
too
sacred
,
both
in
it
self
,
and
as
it
is
the
King
's
,
to
be
permitted
to
sink
,
while
within
the
support
I
have
so
often
mention'd
,
of
his
Own
Soveraign
Visitation
;
And
more
particularly
in
what
relates
to
Himself
within
our
Care
in
the
Mathematical
Foundation
;
by
translating
it
,
from
the
Hands
in
which
it
now
languishes
,
to
those
he
is
pleased
to
intrust
with
that
of
his
Own
later
Erection
,
to
the
same
Royal
Purpose
in
the
Advancement
of
Navigation
,
within
his
Own
Palace
and
Inspection
at
Greenwich
.
I
am
in
most
respectful
manner
,
My
Lord
and
Gentlemen
,
Your
ever
most
faithful
and
obedient
Servant
,
S.
Pepys
.