1634
Trinity House appoints foreign consul
Trinity House Court Minute:
“Trinity House appoints Sir Philip Barnady to be Consul at Genoa.”
One of the more obscure duties of the Elder Brethren was the appointment of consuls at foreign ports. Although it is a little-documented duty, there is evidence of Trinity House appointing consuls to such far-flung locations as Leghorn, Genoa, Trapani and Livorno.
1743
Church of All Hallows-by-the Tower and view along Great Tower Street, 1955
Trinity House gives aid victims of fire in Tower Street, London
Trinity House Board Minute:
“Most of the Considerable Inhabitants of this parish having contributed largely to the sufferers by the fire in Tower St on Wednesday morning (where four persons perished in the flames) and the Church Wardens applying for this Corporations Charity on the unhappy occasion five guineas ordered to be given to them.”
