(vii) In 1697, (8&9W.3. c.23), an act was passed creating the Royal Hospital at Greenwich and confirming the contents of the Royal Charter of the Corporation of Trinity-House of the guild holding perpetual lease over Greenwich as the custodians of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich and the creation of a new Assurance and Welfare Fund for Seamen, Military Personnel, Veterans, Widows and the “Brethren” and certain nobility, who stood to gain enormous wealth through property and assets seized in Admiralty and “donated” to run the hospital. A year later (on 4th January 1698), most of the Palace of York Place in London burnt to the ground in mysterious circumstances. The land remained cleared and temporarily turned into parkland, except the Banquet Hall which survived, as King William remained convinced he could raise sufficient funds to rebuild the Palace. Queen Anne also retained hopes of rebuilding the palace until the the Corporation of Master Wardens and Brethren of the Trinity was instrumental in acquiring a perpetual lease for half of the land of the former palace (on the park side) to build an admiralty administration and treasury buildings designed by Christopher Wren. Christopher Wren was also commissioned to construct a grand series of buildings for Greenwich, later known as the “Placentia Palace” in front of the White House (Queen’s House). The Admiralty Buildings in London were also white and soon gained the name “White Hall” (Whitehall). ; and (viii) In 1729, Corporation of Master Wardens and Brethren of the Trinity changed their name as part of the transformation of British Institutions and Bodies into “parochial parishes” with the formation of the new parish church of Saint Nicholas, Deptford in Kent under the control of the guild. The guild then became known as The Master Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Brethren of the most glorious and undivided Trinity of the Parish of Deptford in the County of Kent; and (viii) In 1875, the Corporation of Trinity House moved the complete operations of Admiralty, including the High Court of Admiralty and Admiralty Administration to the District of Columbia, with the Executive Mansion renamed the “White House” as the home of the High Court of Admiralty of Great Britain and the First Lord of Admiralty for Great Britain. Greenwich was then converted to the Royal Naval College. one-heaven.org/canons/fiduciary_law/article/169.html https://ucadia.s3.amazonaws/audio_reference/american_history/greenwich.jpg
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