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             The case of the city of London, in reference to debt to the orphans, and others.
             City of London (England). Court of Aldermen.
          
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             Printed by Samuel Roycroft, Printer to the honourable city of London,
             [London] :
             1692.
          
           
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           Orphans -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800.
           Poor laws -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800.
           Broadsides -- England -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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             official blazon
          
        
         
           The
           CASE
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           In
           Reference
           to
           DEBT
           to
           The
           ORPHANS
           ,
           and
           Others
           .
        
         
           BY
           the
           Custom
           of
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           confirmed
           by
           divers
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           
             Lord
             Mayor
          
           and
           
             Court
             of
             Aldermen
          
           are
           Guardians
           of
           the
           
             ORPHANS
          
           of
           all
           Freemen
           of
           the
           said
           City
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           Care
           and
           Government
           of
           Them
           ,
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           Marriages
           ;
           and
           have
           a
           Customary
           Jurisdiction
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           
             The
             Court
             of
             Orphans
             .
          
        
         
           By
           that
           Custom
           the
           
             Executors
          
           of
           every
           the
           said
           Citizens
           are
           bound
           ,
           either
           to
           find
           sufficient
           Sureties
           to
           the
           
             Chamberlain
          
           for
           the
           
             Orphans
             Portions
             ,
          
           who
           is
           a
           sole
           Body
           Corporate
           for
           that
           purpose
           :
           Or
           otherwise
           ,
           to
           pay
           the
           same
           into
           the
           
             Chamber
          
           of
           
             London
          
           as
           a
           Deposit
           ,
           to
           be
           kept
           for
           them
           until
           Security
           be
           found
           ,
           or
           their
           respective
           Portions
           become
           due
           ;
           and
           such
           Maintenance
           to
           be
           allowed
           to
           the
           
             Orphans
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Custom
           directed
           ,
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Finding-Mony
             .
          
        
         
           In
           regard
           the
           Estates
           of
           the
           Citizens
           were
           mostly
           Personal
           ,
           and
           liable
           to
           be
           wasted
           by
           Widows
           and
           Executors
           ,
           That
           Court
           hath
           been
           found
           by
           the
           Experience
           of
           many
           Ages
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           most
           necessary
           and
           effectual
           means
           to
           preserve
           the
           Estates
           and
           Children
           of
           the
           Citizens
           ;
           and
           the
           Protection
           and
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Persons
           ,
           Estates
           and
           Marriages
           of
           many
           Thousands
           of
           
             Orphans
             ,
          
           are
           owing
           to
           the
           Care
           of
           that
           Ancient
           Court.
           
        
         
           The
           
             CHAMBER
          
           of
           
             London
          
           (
           being
           the
           Receipt
           of
           all
           the
           Cities
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           the
           Treasury
           wherein
           all
           the
           Portions
           of
           
             Orphans
          
           were
           to
           have
           been
           deposited
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           Sacred
           Treasury
           )
           had
           for
           many
           Ages
           a
           most
           unquestionable
           Credit
           ,
           very
           Great
           Sums
           of
           Mony
           being
           continually
           Receiving
           in
           ,
           and
           Paying
           out
           :
           And
           the
           
             Chamber
          
           had
           Sufficient
           to
           Answer
           to
           every
           
             Orphan
             ,
          
           and
           all
           other
           Debts
           ,
           until
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           late
           Troubles
           between
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Scotland
             .
          
        
         
           But
           about
           the
           Beginning
           of
           those
           Troubles
           ,
           divers
           Debts
           owing
           to
           the
           City
           ,
           amounting
           to
           near
           
             Thirty
             Thousand
             Pounds
             ,
          
           became
           desperate
           :
           And
           about
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           the
           City
           in
           compliance
           with
           His
           late
           Majesty
           King
           
             Charles
          
           the
           First
           ,
           having
           Advanced
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           Expended
           for
           him
           ,
           about
           
             Forty
             Thousand
             Pounds
          
           more
           ,
           the
           City
           became
           Indebted
           in
           the
           Year
           1638
           ,
           in
           
             Seventy
             Thousand
             Pounds
             .
          
        
         
           Ever
           since
           the
           said
           Year
           ,
           the
           
             Chamber
          
           paid
           
             Interest
          
           for
           the
           said
           Debt
           ,
           and
           the
           then
           Government
           of
           the
           City
           very
           Improvidently
           allowed
           the
           Executors
           of
           the
           Citizens
           ,
           to
           bring
           into
           the
           
             Chamber
          
           Orphans
           Portions
           upon
           Interest
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           only
           deposited
           by
           such
           Executors
           as
           could
           not
           ,
           or
           would
           not
           give
           the
           
             Chamber
          
           Security
           for
           them
           :
           And
           by
           that
           means
           a
           great
           Cash
           was
           kept
           in
           the
           
             Chamber
             ,
          
           of
           which
           no
           profit
           was
           made
           ;
           and
           out
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           
             Interest
          
           was
           constantly
           paid
           for
           the
           said
           Debt
           ,
           as
           also
           for
           the
           said
           Portions
           :
           So
           that
           by
           a
           true
           Account
           ,
           Mony
           being
           taken
           in
           at
           Interest
           to
           pay
           Interest
           ,
           the
           said
           Debt
           of
           
             Seventy
             Thousand
             Pounds
             ,
          
           in
           
             FIFTY
             AND
             FOVR
             YEARS
             ,
          
           hath
           increased
           to
           above
           Five
           times
           that
           Sum
           :
           And
           the
           Interest
           paid
           also
           to
           
             Orphans
             ,
          
           contrary
           to
           the
           Custom
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           hath
           made
           up
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           present
           Debt
           .
        
         
           The
           Cities
           Ancient
           great
           Revenues
           ,
           given
           by
           Benefactors
           for
           the
           support
           of
           its
           Government
           ,
           might
           in
           some
           measure
           have
           prevented
           the
           vast
           Encrease
           of
           its
           Debt
           ;
           If
           the
           Troubles
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           had
           not
           happen'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           first
           broke
           out
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           a
           Civil
           War
           here
           ensued
           ,
           whereby
           the
           City
           was
           constrained
           (
           by
           the
           Powers
           unto
           which
           they
           were
           Subject
           )
           to
           lay
           out
           several
           Sums
           of
           Mony
           upon
           divers
           Occasions
           ,
           as
           the
           prevailing
           Powers
           Commanded
           .
           All
           which
           ,
           together
           wth
           their
           great
           Losses
           and
           Diminution
           of
           their
           Revenue
           by
           the
           
             Irish
             Rebellion
             ,
          
           Augmented
           their
           Debt
           ,
           and
           whilst
           the
           City
           laboured
           under
           the
           intollerable
           Burthen
           of
           Interest
           for
           
             Orphans
             Portions
             ,
          
           Unduly
           and
           Improvidently
           (
           as
           is
           before
           mentioned
           )
           brought
           upon
           th●m
           ,
           the
           dreadful
           Fire
           of
           
             London
          
           happen'd
           ,
           and
           consumed
           most
           part
           of
           the
           Cities
           Revenue
           ,
           which
           consisted
           in
           
             Houses
             .
          
        
         
           Nevertheless
           the
           Credit
           of
           the
           Chamber
           continued
           ,
           and
           Payments
           both
           of
           Principal
           and
           Interest
           were
           ansvered
           until
           the
           
             Quo
             Warranto
          
           brought
           against
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           destroy
           their
           Being
           :
           Which
           not
           only
           put
           them
           to
           great
           Charge
           ,
           but
           so
           ruined
           their
           Credit
           ,
           that
           all
           Payments
           into
           the
           Chamber
           ceased
           ,
           and
           the
           Body
           Corporate
           and
           all
           its
           legal
           Powers
           (
           until
           this
           present
           happy
           Revolution
           )
           was
           taken
           to
           be
           utterly
           destroyed
           :
           Whereby
           the
           Duties
           of
           Waterbailage
           and
           Tronage
           ,
           or
           Kings
           Beam
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           ancient
           Duties
           and
           Profits
           belonging
           to
           the
           Corporation
           ,
           were
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           lost
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           a
           vast
           Debt
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           continually
           growing
           ,
           the
           City
           became
           disabled
           to
           answer
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Notwithstanding
           for
           the
           Reasons
           aforesaid
           ,
           the
           City
           hath
           not
           received
           any
           
             Orphans
          
           Mony
           into
           the
           Chamber
           since
           
             Christmas
          
           1683
           ;
           yet
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           there
           has
           been
           such
           Care
           to
           get
           in
           Debts
           owing
           to
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           to
           improve
           their
           Revenue
           ,
           That
           they
           have
           paid
           to
           all
           
             Poor
             Orphans
          
           (
           whose
           Portionsin
           the
           Chamber
           of
           
             London
          
           exceeded
           not
           
             Fifty
             and
             Five
             Pounds
          
           )
           Their
           Whole
           Debt
           ,
           amounting
           to
           
             Ten
             Thousand
             Six
             Hundred
             Seventy
             Three
             Pounds
             ,
             Two
             Shillings
             and
             Eight
             Pence
             ;
          
           And
           have
           further
           Paid
           to
           the
           
             Orphans
             ,
          
           and
           Others
           ,
           for
           Interest
           ,
           
             One
             Hundred
             Thousand
             ,
             Five
             Hundred
             and
             Fifty
             Pounds
             .
          
        
         
           But
           the
           Present
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           (
           finding
           it
           impossible
           for
           the
           Government
           of
           this
           City
           to
           be
           supported
           under
           the
           burthen
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Debt
           )
           have
           thought
           it
           their
           Duty
           ,
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           to
           apply
           themselves
           to
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           proper
           Remedies
           to
           such
           a
           Grievance
           :
           In
           regard
           it
           is
           the
           Case
           of
           the
           Capital
           City
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           in
           whose
           Support
           and
           Welfare
           the
           whole
           Nation
           is
           much
           concerned
           ;
           And
           this
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           humbly
           hope
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           rightly
           urderstood
           ,
           that
           the
           Debt
           has
           not
           been
           incurred
           ,
           nor
           augmented
           by
           their
           Default
           ,
           Negligence
           ,
           or
           Expence
           ;
           They
           serving
           the
           City
           freely
           at
           their
           own
           Cost
           ,
           without
           Eating
           or
           Drinking
           at
           the
           Cities
           Charge
           ,
           as
           has
           been
           untruly
           suggested
           .
        
         
           And
           they
           have
           been
           and
           are
           uncessant
           in
           their
           Cares
           and
           Endeavours
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           utmost
           Improvement
           of
           all
           that
           belongs
           to
           the
           City
           ,
           only
           for
           the
           Benefit
           of
           the
           
             Orphans
             :
          
           And
           are
           now
           humble
           Solicitors
           to
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           not
           for
           any
           Interest
           or
           Benefit
           of
           their
           own
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           Relief
           of
           the
           Distressed
           ,
           and
           the
           Quiet
           and
           Support
           of
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           And
           they
           shall
           humbly
           crave
           leave
           to
           shew
           unto
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           (
           if
           they
           may
           be
           admited
           thereunto
           )
           wherein
           they
           conceive
           this
           City
           to
           be
           wronged
           and
           deprived
           of
           divers
           Ancient
           Rights
           and
           Customs
           belonging
           to
           it
           :
           Which
           being
           Restored
           and
           Established
           by
           Act
           of
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           will
           greatly
           help
           towards
           the
           Payment
           of
           the
           said
           Debt
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           reasonable
           perpetual
           Interest
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           
             Parliament
          
           shall
           think
           most
           convenient
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Printed
           by
           
             SAMVEL
             ROYCROFT
             ,
          
           Printer
           to
           the
           Honourable
           City
           of
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           1692.
           
        
      
    
  

