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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832 by Various
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governed by a prime and five other wardens, and a court of assistants.

The company supports a free Grammar School at Holt Market, in Norfolk,
founded by Sir John Gresham; Jesus Hospital, at Bray, in Berkshire,
founded by William Goddard, Esq. for forty poor persons; St. Peter's
Hospital, near Newington, Surrey, founded by the company; twelve
alms-houses at Harrietsham, in Kent, founded by Mr. Mark Quested; a
fellowship in Sidney-Sussex College, Cambridge founded by Mr. Leonard
Smith; a scholarship in the same college, founded by William Bennet, Esq.
Mr. Smith, executor.

The _Arms_ of the Company are in a shield supported by a merman and
mermaid, the latter with a mirror in her hand. The Keys refer to St. Peter,
the Patron Saint of the Company.


[1] Quoted by Cunningham in his "Life of Wren," from a contemporary
authority.

[2] Wards of London.

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HOLY SEPULCHRE, HECKINGTON CHURCH.

(_To the Editor_.)


From the description of the Holy Sepulchre in Heckington Church, given in
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