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RefNoCMO/1/148
AltRefNopage 165
LevelItem
TitleMinutes of meeting
Date18 May 1668
DescriptionPresent at the Council: The President, Lord Brouncker; Henry Howard of Norfolk; Mr Charles Howard; Mr Robert Boyle; Mr Aerskine; Mr Daniel Colwall; Mr Hoskyns; Mr Hernry Oldenburg

Mr Hoskyns was asked to speak to Sir Anthony Morgan about drafting a Conveyance of Mr Howard's ground for building by the next Council meeting.

Mr Hoskyns to speak to Sir Anthony Morgan about an attorney who may appear for the defence of the Society's possession of Chelsey-college.

Mr Hoskyns produced and delivered to the President the Memorial for persuading the Lord Privy Seal of the uneffectualnesse of adding a clause against alienating Chelsey-college.

Mr Hook was asked to bring in at the next Council meeting the number of the books in the Arundel Library, and to meet with Dr Balle next Saturday to complete the Catalogue of the said Library.

It was proposed that the dimensions for the great meeting room of the College to be twenty eight feet broad, forty two feet long, and twenty five feet high.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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