AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE COMMISSION, APPOINTED TO INQUIRE CONCERNING CHARITIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES; AND, AN ILLUSTRATION OF SEVERAL OLD CUSTOMS AND WORDS, WHICH OCCUR IN THE REPORTS. BY NICHOLAS CARLISLE, F.R.S., M.R.I.A., AND FELLOW AND SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, THESE THREE; BUT THE 1 Corinth. c. xiii. v. 13. LONDON: MESSRS. PAYNE AND FOSS, No. 81, PALL MALL. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, &c. &c. &c. SIR, WHEN I requested to have the honour of Dedicating this Work to YOU, I anticipated the Courtesy which I should receive. The Reports, to which the following Observations refer, have been welcomed by the Unanimous approbation of the Country, and are an eminent instance of |