History of the Company. "]"] 



The Company appear from a very early date 

 Company's to have Supported a number of poor 

 tl'erskie^.' Scholars at the Universities of Oxford 

 and Cambridge. 



1613. July 2'jtk. 



" It was this day ordered that Giles Rankin the sonne 

 of John Rankin being now a Scholler in St. John 

 Baptist's colledge in Oxford was graunted to have fortie 

 shillings a yeare paied hym towards his maintenance of 

 his studie in good literature in Oxford the first payment 

 to be made him at the feast of St. Michael the Arch- 

 anngell next ensewing." 



162 1. October gth. 



" This daie a peticon from Thomas Akers was read in 

 Co""* (being one of o'' Schollers) whereby hee desired to 

 have his exhibicon of xP p. ann. encreased w'^^ was 

 raysed to fower marks p. ann. {£2 13^". 4^.)." 



Frequent gifts were also made to other poor 

 Scholars to buy books. Each of the Company's 

 Scholars at Oxford or Cambridge " going out " 

 B.A. received from the Company a gift of 5 

 marks (^3 6s. Sd.), which was doubled upon his 

 passing M.A.^ 



In 1 6 14 St. Vedast Church was repaired and 



St. Vedast's enlarged, and the Company contributed 



Church. ^]^Q s^j-Q Qf ^^^ pounds towards the 



1 The Company's Scholarships are now awarded to boys of 

 the City of London School. 



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