Middlesex Sessions:
General Orders of the Court
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28th February 1734 - 14th April 1743

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the Said Hundred of Edmonton ,and resideth at St. [..]
Albans in Hertfordshire , whereby the Said William
Knowlton hath been obliged to continue in his Said
office of high Constable, And that he hath accounted
with the Treasurer of the Said County, and paid into
his hands all moneys received upon Such warrants as
have been directed to him the Said William Knowlton,
And the Said William Knowlton prayed that this Court
will be pleased to discharge him from his Said office of
high Constable ,This Court being Satisfyed of the truth of the
premisses Doth appoint Henry Arnot< no role > of Southmims aforesaid
Gent to be high Constable within the Said Hundred of
Edmonton in the place of & stead of the Said William
Knowlton, And doth order that the said Henry Arnot< no role > do
forthwith (after notice of this Order) attend Honorat Smith< no role >
Charles Egerton< no role > and George Tarry< no role > Esquires three of his Majesty< no role > 's
Justices of the peace for this County residing in or near the
Said Hundred or one of them or Some other [..] Justice of the
peace for the Said County residing in or near the same Said
Hundred, [..] And that the
Said Henry Arnot< no role > do forthwith take his Oath before the Said
three Justices or one of them or other Justice as aforesaid for his
due execution of the Office of high Constable within the
Hundred of Edmonton aforesaid, And from & after the
time of his having taken Such Oath the Said William
Knowlton is to Stand absolutely discharges from being high
Constable within the Said Hundred.

Middx

At the General Quarter Session of the peace of our
Sovereign Lord< no role > the King holden for the County of Middx
at Hicks hall in St. John Street in the County aforesaid by
Adjornment on Thursday the ninth day of April in
the fourteenth year of the year of the reign of our
Sovereign Lord< no role > George the Second King of great Britain
Etc before Thomas Lane< no role > Esquire Sr. Joseph Ayloff< no role >
Houlding Bart< no role > . Sr .John Gonson< no role > Knt. John Milner< no role >
Nicholas Jeffreys< no role > James Clitherow< no role > George Fothergill< no role >




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