HISTORY OF MALTA.
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The controller of the conservatory, in the gift of the grand-master and council.
The castellain of the castellany. This office commenced on the 1st of May,and continued two years.
Two solicitors for the prisoners, the poor, the widows and orphans ; one ofwhom was a knight, and the other a priest, who was either a chaplain or abrother of obedience.
The protector of the monastery of St. 7
Ursula.$ a grand cross.
Two prud'homines, or controllers of} , , , . ,
. . , > a grand cross and a knight,
the church .... 3 6 b
Threecommissariesforthe poorbeggars . grand crosses.
Two commissaries for dispensing alms . a grand cross and a knight.
Two commissaries for sick poor women . knights.
Two protectors of the catechumens'and the new convents
Three commissaries of redemption, inthe gift of the grand-master
”'a knight of the language of France,
’ £ a grand cross and a knight,a grand cross and two knights.
The overseer of the infirmary .
The prior and sub-prior of the infirm-ary .
The scribe .....
The armourier, or press keeper
Two prud’hommes, or controllers ofthe infirmary ....
Four commissaries of war and fortifi-cations . . . .
in the presentation of the grand-hospitaller.
(appointed by the grand-hospitaller.* Approved by the grand-master andcouncil.
two knights named by the grand-ma-ster, and approved by the council,four grand crosses from the four na-tions of France, Spain, Italy, andGermany.
Four commissaries of the congrega-tion of galleys
Two commissaries for regulating the'caravans
Four commissaries for naval armaments . three grand crosses and a knight.
A president and four commissaries for'I
the congregation of vessels belong- >a grand cross and four knights.
ing to the four nations . . j
^ four knights of the four nations,grand crosses.