Excerpt from 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 In pursuance of two several Acts of Parliament, one, having been passed in the 58th year of His late Majesty George the Third, chapter 9l, -and the Other, in the 59th year of the same King, chapter 81, - both of which Acts have been continued by an Act, which was passed in the 5th year of His present Ma jesty George the Fourth, chapter 58. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.