Royal Letter This is used for ceremonial correspondence from the Monarch. Transcript A transcript of the document. George R. Right Reverend Father in God, Our Right Trusty and Welbeloved Councillor, We greet you well; Being informed that the poorer Sort of Our Subjects in and about Our City of London do suffer great Hardships at this Time, and being graciously disposed to do all that lies in Us for their Relief and Support, We have thought fit, heartily, to recommend it to you, and do hereby expressly require you, to take Care that Publication be made in all the Parish Churches within Our said City, and Liberties thereof, the Lord’s Day next following the Date of these Presents, that the Church Wardens or Overseers of the Poor do, the week following, collect the Benevolence of Charitable and Well-disposed People at their respective Dwellings within each Parish, for, and towards the Support and Relief of Our said poor Subjects; and that the Ministers in each Parish do, effectually, excite their Parishioners to a charitable Contribution, and to cause the several Sums, so collected, to be paid immediately into the Chamber of London, to be distributed to the several Parishes as the Lord Mayor of Our said City, and you, shall think fit and direct; And that Our own Example may not be wanting, Our further Pleasure is, that you call upon Our Commissioners of Our Treasury for such Sum of Money as We have directed and appointed to be paid to that End, and to dispose the same as aforesaid. And so We bid you heartily Farewell. Given at Our Court at St James’s the Ninth Day of March 1761. In the First Year of Our Reign. By His Majesty’s Command Holdernesse Superscribed To the Right Reverend Father in God Our Right Trusty & Welbeloved Councillor Thos Lord Bishop of London. Countersigner The individual who countersigned the Warrant. Robert, 4th Earl of Holdernesse (Secretary of State for the Northern Department) Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. This text is taken from a handwritten transcript of the document and may not reflect the formatting of the original. Recipient(s) Thomas Hayter (Bishop of London) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Royal Letter - Directing the Bishop of London to Hold a Collection for the Poor [1761-03-09] Subject The topic of the resource Social Issues Ecclesiastical Description An account of the resource Royal Letter of King George III directing Thomas Hayter to hold a collection for the benefit of the poor of the City of London. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource King George III Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived SP 44/158 f.2-3 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1761-03-09 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant London Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/511">Letter to the Lord Mayor of London</a> Bishop of London Monarch Northern Secretary Royal Prerogative Social Issues