# Rebuilding of Saint Paul's and Westminster Abbey Act 1696, Section VI


£3,000 out of the said Duties to be paid in 4 Years towards building St. Thomas's Church, in Southwark.
And whereas the Parish Church of St. Thomas in Southwarke is so much decayed that of necessity it must be rebuilt and it being incumbent upon the Hospital to rebuild the same which after so great Charge as the Governors have been att to new built the Hospitall it selfe they are not able to do without expending a great part of that Revenue which now is laid out for the Cure of Sick and wounded Seamen and Soldiers which in great Numbers together with other poor People are every Yeare sent thither for Help and Relief Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That a Su[m]m not exceeding Three thousand pounds part of the Duty hereby granted shall in Foure Yeares be paid towards the building the said Church of Saint Thomas aforesaid according to such Directions as the President Treasurer and Governors of the said Hospital with Allowance of the Arch Bishop of Canterbury the Bishop of London and the Lord Mayor of London for the time being or any Two of them shall approve and allow Any thing in this Act to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/8-9/14/section/VI (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rebuilding-of-saint-pauls-and-westminster-abbey-act-1696/section-VI
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