sixth day of September, in ye thyrd yere of our raigne of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland the thirty-eighth. To our trusty and welbeloued servant Sr Thomas Knyvett, Knight, warden of our mynt. C. C. INWOOD. But, although this is the earliest document concerning the Lazar-house I have seen, there exist earlier, to which the public have not access. Lysons says there is, among the records of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, a statement of its condition in 1595, drawn up by John Glassington, Governor of the House, by profession a surgeon, and whose family rented the hospital, &c., from the Church of Westminster (at the rent of 4s. per annum) for many years. In this document he states that there were no lands belonging to this hospital, nor a groat of endowment; that there had been a certain piece, which was then enclosed within Hyde Park, to the great detriment of the charity. He also states that when he became governor, the building was ready to fall; that he had expended above £100 on it; that there were commonly thirty-six or thirty-seven persons in the house, who were supported by voluntary contributions; that the charge of the previous year, in provisions only, and exclusive of candles, linen, woollen, salves, medicines, burials, &c., had been £161 19s. 4d. He adds a list of fifty-five persons whom he had cured, some of whom had been dismissed as incurable from other hospitals. An account of the regulations of the house is subjoined by him, by which it appears that the patients attended prayers every morning and evening, and that on Sundays there was morning and evening service for the neighbours; that those who were able were obliged to work; that they dined every day on “warm meat and porrege,” and that every man had his own “dish, platter, and tankard, to kepe the broken from the whole.” {55} In the parish accounts of St. Margaret’s are several entries relating to this hospital: 1634. Item, for a pair of sheetes 3s. 6d. for Jane Clare, when wee sent her to the Spittle at Knightsbridge 1638. Item, to Mr. Winter, keeper 16s. of the hospitall at Knightsbridge, for the keeping of the Three Innocents for one month 1639. Item, to Mr. Thomas Neale, 6s. 6d. for three paire of shoes, two paire for the poore Innocents at the Spittle at Knightsbridge, &c. 1646. Disbursements for the poore £4 2s. 11d. {56} Innocents in the Spittle, or Lazar-house, at Knightsbridge; sum total,