Plank are laying down, Nay in Case of Absolute
Necessity; it may be done & preserve a passage over
of 9 Feet Wide all the While: but I do not take this to
be the case here, & Jouly mention it to Shew with
how much Less Inconveniency any future Repairs
may be done; as in no cass Requiring the floor of
the Bridge to be taken up quite a Cross.

The Scantlings for these frames I propose to be as followes

The Posts12Ins. by 12Ins.
The Plates above & below14Ins. by 12Ins.
The Braces12Ins. by 8Ins.

For ye floor

The Joysts 12 in Number
in ye Breadth of ye Bridge}12 Ins. by 10 Ins.

The Planking4 Inches thick

And all the other Scantlings of ye Posts & Rails, Braces &
foot Bridge Etc. to be nearly what they are at present.

With ye Liberty of making use of 97 Feet of ye present
railing of the Bridge which is almost new, & ye upper
part of 5 of the Piles which are also new, this bridge
may be Rebuilt in a workmanlike manner, & of the
Best Materials for five Hundred & Ninety Seven
Pounds

I am Gentlemen
Your Worship's most obedient
Humble Servant
James King< no role >

July ye 18
1739

By Adjornmt. on Thursday the 19th. day of July 1739

Order concerning
Brentford Bridge , and
Such part of Chertsea
Bridge as is in Middx }

Whereas by an Order made at the last General Sessions
of the peace holden at Hicks Hall in St. John Street in & for
the County of Middx by Adjornment on Thursday the
Seventh day of June last It was recomended and
referred unto Sr. Joseph Ayloff< no role > Houlding Bart< no role > . Sr.
Edward Henry Vincent< no role > Bart . Sr . Thomas Reynell< no role > Bart .
Sr. John Austen< no role > Bart . Sr . Edward Hill< no role > Knt. Sr. Francis
Child Knt. Henry Barker< no role > Esqr . James Clitherow< no role > Esqr.