. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury, with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published . both the city and the cathedral fromNorthgate to Burgate ; and the other going roundtlie liberty of St. Gregorys priory, by crossingtlie New Military Road, will bring us into North-gate-street, at the end of which is Jesus hospital,more commonly called Boyss, from Sir JohnBoys the founder of it, who died in 1612, andwhose monument we shall see in the cathedral. Sir John endowed this hospital for eight poormen, and four women, viz. a warden, who has ahouse to himself, sev
. A walk in and about the city of Canterbury, with many observations not to be found in any description hitherto published . both the city and the cathedral fromNorthgate to Burgate ; and the other going roundtlie liberty of St. Gregorys priory, by crossingtlie New Military Road, will bring us into North-gate-street, at the end of which is Jesus hospital,more commonly called Boyss, from Sir JohnBoys the founder of it, who died in 1612, andwhose monument we shall see in the cathedral. Sir John endowed this hospital for eight poormen, and four women, viz. a warden, who has ahouse to himself, seven brothers, of whom one isclaviger, or porter, with 40s. addition to hissalary, and four sisters. Their apartments formthree sides of a little scpiare, on a bank close bythe much frequented road from Canterbury toThanet, and the coast from thence to entrance is by a gate four steps above theroad, in the middle of a dwarf wall, which com-pletes the square, and gives the fraternity a near 1 In 1808, part of this wall was taken down, and a morJorn brick one(erected round the new County Sessions house nnd Ethelred. ^n^^-zl^anM ^f^^/fyria Z^^^^hm/^^, t^/Ar/tr^//f^n*i: nau/ f/ 35 view of all that passes. Tlie warden aiul brothers?^Iioidd attend the catliedral in govvns every Sun-day morning-. Sir Jolin, in liis book of ordinancesof this hospital, directs that the \\arden shall beappointed by such of the surname of the founder,as shall be owner of Betteshanger (if not iniderage) or, in default of them, by such of the samename as shall be owner of Fredville, [these weretwo of the numerous seats of that ancient familyin our neighbourhood;] in default of these, bythe dean of Canterbury for the time being ; if nodean, by the mayor of the city; if these fail tonominate in two months, then, after proper no-tification, by the archdeacon. The seats beingnow in other names and families, our deans havefor many successions been masteis here, and assuch, on any vacancy o
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