An Act for enabling the Governors of the Lands, Possessions, Revenues, and Goods of the Hospital of King James, founded in Charterhouse within the County of Middlesex, at the humble Petition and only Costs and Charges of Thomas Sutton Esquire, to sell the Site of the School of the said Hospital and other Lands; to acquire a new Site for the School, and to erect a new School thereon; and for other Purposes. (The Charterhouse School Act, 1867)
WHEREAS by a Charter of the 9th Year of the Reign of King James, the First there was granted to Thomas Sutton, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, full Power, Licence, and lawful Authority, at all Times thereafter, at his and their Will and Pleasure, to erect, found, and establish at or in a House called the late dissolved Charterhouse besides Smithfield, and other Premises, in the County of Middlesex, One Hospital House, or Place of biding, for the finding Sustentation and Rel...