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.,

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN TO HIS MAJESTY,

AND FELLOW AND SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES

OF LONDON.

AND NOW ABIDETH Faith, Hope, CHARITY, THESE THREE; BUT THE
GREATEST OF THESE IS CHARITY.

1 Corinth. c. xii, v. 13.

LONDON:
MESSRS. PAYNE AND FOSS, No. 81, PALL MALL.

1828.