| Description | The papers comprise:
1) abstract of the Act
2) and 3) letters from John Penny and Philippe Fruchard (Directors of the Hospital), who had been consulted on the question, October 1737
4) case for counsel, with opinion of Nicholas Fazakerley, MP, 27 May 1738
5) copy case and opinion by William Strahan, on a similar claim against Guy's Hospital, 13 October 1741
6) note of the measurements of the burial ground and the number of corpses that could be accommodated, two deep. |
| AdminHistory | In 1737, after the demolition of the Pest House and the use of the land for other purposes including a burial ground, a claim was made by St Luke's parish, Old Street, for burial fees, under the Act of 6 George II 'for providing a maintenance for the Rector of St Luke's'. |