| Description | Writer: Knight, Sarah, widow, of St Alphege's, Canterbury, Kent|
Addressee: Sancroft, William, archbishop of Canterbury
Sent to Dr [George] Thorpe [cathedral prebendary, also chaplain to Archbishop Sancroft] at Lambeth. Her fortune was squandered by another (her husband?). Aged 54, asks for position of sister within St John's Hospital or Nicholas' at Harbledown. She has presented petitions before, the last about 8 years ago. Recommended by John Stockar, 'reader' (possibly altered from rector), James Knott and Valentine Marable, church wardens, and George Thorpe, prebendary of Canterbury Cathedral. In another hand, note that on 23 Apr Elizabeth Arnold, sister of St John's Hospital, died. 27 Apr. |