SUTTON'S HOSPITAL, CHARTERHOUSE

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/131
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full 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 & 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.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
June to August 2010.