IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/131
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SUTTON'S HOSPITAL, CHARTERHOUSE
Date(s): 1786
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Sutton's Hospital was founded by businessman Thomas Sutton in 1611 in the old monastery of Charterhouse, situated on Charterhouse Square, EC1. The hospital was intended for professional men fallen into poverty through "shipwreck, casualty or fire". A school for poor boys was attached to the hospital. The hospital opened in 1614 and admitted 80 men.
In 1872 the school moved to Surrey and part of the London site was sold to Saint Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1941 Sutton's Hospital was badly damaged by enemy bombing, but was repaired and still functions as an almshouse.
See http://www.thecharterhouse.org/ for more information.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to a meeting of the Governors of Sutton's Hospital, Charterhouse, 2 May 1786.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For the main archive of Sutton's Hospital, see ACC/1876.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.