Minutes of a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society Present at the meeting; The President; Mr Hill; Dr Tyson; Mr Halley; Mr foley; Mr Bemde; Mr Morland; Dr Harwood; Dr Mead; Dr Cockburn ' The Councill appointed the President, Mr Hill, Mr Bemde, Sir Christopher Wren, Dr Sloane, Dr Tyson., and Mr Foley to be a Committee, or any three of them, to view a House (Mr Bemde knows) whether it will be sufficient for the Society, and to report their opinion therein to the Councill. ' 17 June 1708