Charterhouse

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...