Cork Infirmary Act 1751
CORK INFIRMARY ACT 1751 | ||
CHAP. XXIII. | ||
An Act for establishing an infirmary in the city of Cork, and to vest the house called the Infirmary-House and the back-yard thereunto belonging, which is built at the east end of the churchyard of said Mary Shandon, otherwise saint Ann’s in the liberties of the city of Cork, in certain trustees for ever, and to give such trustees such powers as may be necessary to promote and execute the purposes of an infirmary in the city of Cork; and for uniting several small parishes in the suburbs of the said city. | ||
An hospital erected in the Church-yard of St. Mary Shandon in Cork: | ||
dimensions thereof: | ||
a backyard Belonging thereto. | ||
Several diseased poor persons received in and attended there. | ||
The ground and buildings vested in trustees to charitable uses herein mentioned. | ||
WHEREAS several well-disposed persons have in the church-yard of the parish of saint Mary Shandon in the north suburbs of the city of Cork erected an house with proper conveniencies for an infirmary or hospital for the accommodation and use of such maimed, diseased, and infirm persons, as the subscribers towards the support of the said infirmary should from time to time judge to be proper objects to be placed therein; which house contains in length from north to south eighty feet, or thereabouts, and in breadth from east to west twenty five feet six inches, or thereabouts, and is bounded on the east by a backyard, enclosed with a stone wall belonging to the said house, on the south by a garden commonly called the Infirmary Garden, but which doth not now belong to the said infirmary, on the west by part of the said church-yard and a small part of the ministers garden, and on the north by the church-yard and a row of trees; to which house or infirmary there belongs a back-yard, containing in length sixty six feet or thereabouts, adjoyning to the said house; which back-yard is bounded on the east by a row of trees, and on the south by the minister’s garden; and which house and back-yard adjoining thereunto were useless until employed for the use aforesaid: and whereas for several years past many maimed, diseased, and infirm poor persons have been received in the said house, and duly attended by physicians and surgeons without fee or reward to the great relief of the poor, and benefit of the publick: and whereas the bishop of the said diocess of Cork, and the patrons and minister of the church and parish of saint Mary Shandon aforesaid, are desirous that the said piece or parcel of ground, containing the said house and the said back-yard adjoining thereunto, shall be vested in the persons herein after mentioned as a body corporate upon the trusts and to the intents and purposes herein after mentioned: now to the intent and purpose, that the said piece of ground may for ever hereafter be applied to the said pious and charitable use, and for the better carrying into execution the said charitable design; be it enacted by the King’s most excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal and commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the said piece or parcel of ground with all the buildings, which now are or at any time hereafter shall be erected thereon, shall be and are hereby vested and settled in and upon the several persons herein after named (that is to say) the most reverend his grace Arthur lord archbishop of Cashell, and his successors archbishops of Cashell, the right honourable James earl of Kildare, the right honourable Richard earl of Barrymore, patrons of the said church, and their respective heirs, the right reverend Jemmett lord bishop of Cork and Ross, and his successors bishops of Cork, the right reverend Robert lord bishop of Clogher, and his successors bishops of Clogher, the right reverend George lord bishop of Cloyne, and his successors bishops of Cloyne, the right honourable Henry Boyle of Castlemartyr esquire and his heirs, the right honourable Edward Southwell of Kings Weston in Great Britain esquire and his heirs, Emanuel Pigott and Thomas Newenham esquires, representatives in Parliament for the said city of Cork, and the representatives in Parliament for the said city for the time being, the mayor of the said city of Cork, the recorder of the said city of Cork, and the sheriffs of the said city of Cork, all for the time being, the dean and archdeacon of Cork for the time being, the reverend George Tisdall minister of the said parish of Saint Mary Shandon, and his successors for the time being, the minister of the parish of Saint Ann’s, the minister of the parish of Saint Paul’s, and the minister of the parish of Christ Church, all in the said city or suburbs thereof, and their successors for the time being, to the intent or purpose, and upon this special trust and confidence, that the said piece or parcel of ground, and the buildings which are or shall be erected thereon, shall for ever hereafter be applied to and disposed of to the pious and charitable uses herein mentioned. |