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RefNoCMO/1/146
AltRefNopage 163
LevelItem
TitleMinutes of meeting
Date4 May 1668
DescriptionPresent at the Council: The President, William Lord Brouncker; Henry Howard of Norfolk; Mr Aerskine; Sir Paul Neile; Sir Anthony Morgan; Sir George Ent; Dr John Wilkins; Mr Daniel Colwall; Mr Hoskyns; Mr John Creed; Mr Henry Oldenburg

Ordered that the President, Sir Paul Neile and Sir Anthony Morgan be asked to speak with the Lord Privy-seal to satisfy him that the restraining the Society from the power of alienating what his Majesty has given them in the grant of Chelsey-college is uneffectual.

Ordered that the President, Mr Henry Howard and Dr Wilkins be asked to meet next Wednesday in the morning in Westminster Hall, to solicit the members of the Society who are in Parliament for contributions.

The President moved that the building of the Society's College might be begun forthwith, there being already more than one thousand pounds subscribed. Therefore Sir Anthony Morgan was asked that the Deed of Conveyance of the ground might be expedited, which Sir Anthony agreed should be done as soon as the ground had been surveyed to establish the bounds alloted for the building.

Dr Wilkins was asked to obtain Dr Wren's draft of the building at the next Council meeting.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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