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<p n="2295">Thursday 2d. June 1743</p>
<p n="2296"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">GurneyJohnPetr. for a<lb></lb>
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Lease repairs<lb></lb>
referred to Comee}</note>
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Upon reading the Petition of <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20206_n2296-1">John Gurney</rs>
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sett noforthThat he<lb></lb>
hold under the Governor a Team called Cothin near Deal in Kent<lb></lb>
at the yearly Rent of £253. the Lease whereof hath been sometime<lb></lb>
expiredThat a new floor he very much wanted in the Barn in<lb></lb>
the Farm Yard which will take up about 40 Deals and with the<lb></lb>
Joysts & Work worship will amount to about £12That he is<lb></lb>
very much s<obscured></obscured>
for room for his family in the House and there<lb></lb>
being an half at the back front the Wings whereof cat and 12<lb></lb>
foot beyond the Middle part which is about 18 foot in length there<lb></lb>
might be a Ground Room made with a Room over it by running up<lb></lb>
a brick Wall from out Wing to the other and the charge of building<lb></lb>
& covering in the same & flooring and plaistering the said two Rooms<lb></lb>
& Leaden Gutter as the Petr is informed by the Workmen will not<lb></lb>
amount to above £50. And in regard the Petr. & his Father and<lb></lb>
Grandfather have been for many years past Tenants of the said<lb></lb>
TermPrayed the Governors to allow him a New Barn floor & the<lb></lb>
said two Rooms to be builtAnd to grant him a new Lease for<lb></lb>
Twenty one years from last Michaelmas at the same rent & with<lb></lb>
usual CovenantsIt is Ordered that the said Petition be<lb></lb>
referred to the Comittee of this House to consider thereof & to report<lb></lb>
their Opinion thereon to the Court</p>
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