Charterhouse

Zachariah Williams was a man of large views, with ambitious schemes about desalination of sea water for ships, and coal-mining ventures. When he became dissatisfied with conditions at the Charterhouse , where he had sought...

Zachary Williams's health improved radically after his eviction from the Charterhouse , with better food and more comfort. He returned to his longitude investigations and that was when he made the acquaintance of a helpful...

The next year Zachary published an account of his dispute with and mistreatment by the Charterhouse officials, entitled A True Narrative of Certain Circumstances relating to Z. W. . . . in Sutton's royal hospital...

When Zachary Williams published A True Narrative of Certain Circumstances relating to Z. W. . . . in Sutton's royal hospital, the Charterhouse, he included in the text some letters of Anna 's.

Inmates at the Charterhouse were entitled to (cheap and unpalatable) food in the dining hall, with a compensatory allowance if they could not reach the hall and another allowance of coal for their rooms. Nursing...