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"MAISON DE LA TRINITE" A QUEBEC

LE BULLETIN DES RECHERCHES HISTORIQUE8
Vol. XXIV page 105
La fondat,ion de la TRINITY-HOUBE, cn Angleterre,
remonte B 1515. Son fondzteur ou organisateur fut sir
Thomas Spert, cont,rbleur de la marine, commandant du
grand navire HENRI GRACE DE DI~U.
La TRINITP-HOUSE était composée d'un maftre
(ma~tei.), de quatre gardiens (mrdens), de huit assistants
(assistantsj et de dix-huit :~riciens frères (elder brcthren).
Les membres de la TRINITY-HOUBE étaient choisis par-
mi les capitaines de la niarine de guerre ou de la marfne
marchande.
Les pouvoirs de 1;~ TRISITY-HOCSE étaient nombreux:
L'EKCYCLOPEDIA RRITAKXICA les résume ainsi :
"They examinc the matheinatical children of Christ's
hospital, and the ~~lr'tsters of his Majesty's ships; they
appoint pilots for the river Thames, settle the general rates
of pilotages; erect light houses and sea marks; giant licences
to poor seamen, not free of the city, to rour on the Thames;
prevent foreigners from serving on board our ships with-
out licence; punish seamen for mutiny and desertiou; hem
and determine compIaints of officers and men in the mer-
chants service,but liable to appeal to the judge of thecourt
of Admiralty; superintend the deepening and clennsing of
the river Thames, and have under their juridiction the hal-
last office; have powem to buy land, and receive donations
for charitable uses; and in consequencc, relieve annually
many thousrtnds of poor seamen, their widon.s and orphans,
La Corporntion Ptait connue B l'origine sous le titre de
"The master, wardena and assistants of the guild or frater-
nity of the inost and gloriuus and undivided Trinity". ('1

(*) Le Premier hlinistre de la Grande-Bretagne est, de droir,
Membre de 1s "Truu'ty Hause" et en rev&t l'uniforme dans les dé-
montrati~ns officieiios. (J. C. P.)