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residing therein above seven years, and maliciously expelled there- 

 from by one John Tripet, appeared at the Manor Court and 

 petitioned to be reinstated, and that the facts being found to be 

 true he was reinstated accordingly." 



The report goes on to state that the Hospital was managed by 

 two Wardens, of whom one was appointed for the town and one 

 for the country, and in Mr. Bankes's memoranda it is stated that 

 orders were entered in the earlier minutes enjoining decent 

 behaviour on the inmates of the Hospital on pain of expulsion, 

 also that to marry after admittance to the Hospital was prohibited. 



No timber trees growing on the estate were to be cut except for 

 necessary repairs. 



Between the years 1617 and 1648 the lettings of the Charity 

 Estate appear to have been with the consent of the poor people, 

 and occasionally by a person styled " Visitor," but the admissions 

 to the Hospital seem to have been generally made by the Steward 

 of the Manor of Kingston Lacey alone. 



The Commissioners found that in 1683 Robert Russell, Steward 

 of the Manor of Kingston Lacey, was appointed Governor jointly 

 with another person, that in 1689 he is styled sole Governor, and 

 so held the office till 1719, when his son, Nicholas Russell, 

 succeeded him in both capacities, and he acted alone until 1763 ; 

 that William Dean also hold both offices from 17% to 1803, when 

 Mr. William Castleman was appointed, who continued to hold the 

 offices at the time of the sitting of the Commission. 



The name of the Lord of the Manor of Kingston Lacey does not 

 appear in the minutes as Governor until 1775, when the late Mr. 

 Henry Bankes caused his name to be inserted as joint Governor 

 with his Steward, Mr. Dean. 



At the time of the Commissioners' report being drawn up, the 

 property belonging to the Charity comprised 24A. IR. 13p. of the 

 annual value, 104 3s. Od., besides a sum of money in the 

 funds. 



At that time the Hospital consisted of seven thatched tenements 

 in good repair, each comprising two rooms occupied by five men 



