Charterhouse, London | Two volumes relating to the history of the Charterhouse, London, 17th-18th century

The Charterhouse

Two volumes, comprising:

i) Charterhouse "Rules, Statutes, Orders, Ordinances, and Constitutions" established in 1627 by the Governors for the government of the Charterhouse Hospital, manuscript copy, 67 pages, plus blanks, in a seventeenth-century scribal hand, engrossed headings, red ruled margins, 12mo, mid-17th century, speckled calf, spine gilt

ii) Philip Bearcroft. An Historical Account of Thomas Sutton Esq; And of His Foundation in Charter-House. London, 1737. First edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and portrait, speckled calf gilt, joints tender, corners bumped

London's Carthusian monastery (Charterhouse) was closed in 1537 as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. In 1611 the property was purchased by Thomas Sutton (1532-1611) who endowed it as an almshouse, chapel, and school, naming the new institution King James's Hospital. Charterhouse School outgrew its origins and moved to larger premises in Surrey in 1872, but an almshouse and care home are still found on the site. 

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