mentioned your Committee are of Opinion that no Person dying
in Prison ought to be buried till an Inquisition taken by the
Coroner and that from the severall Acts it appears that the
Coroner has no Demand on the Goaler for any Sum of Mo-
-ney whatsover when any Such Inquisition is taken yt the
taking 5s from the Goaler for a Warrant to bury is unjustify-
-able & yt the Keepers of New Prison & Bridewell have both
been to blame that they have not immediately on the Death
of any Prisoner in their Prison apply'd to & acquainted the Co
-roner with the said Death & requested him to come & enquire
wch. Information & Request appears to be necessary & that the
Method of making an Affidavit by some Person in Prison
that the Deceased was not starved or murdered & so obtain-
-ing a Warrant from the Coroner to bury is irregular and
unjustifyable And further that the Justices of Peace in the
County where any such Default of a Coroner shall happen to
be have Authority & Power to enquire thereof & to determine
the same by Examination. All wch. is submitted to the Con
-sideration of the Court

Your Committee then proceeded to that part of your Order by
which they were directed to enquire wt if any Provision was
made for to those who were committed to Bridewell & wt if any
Difficulties & Hardships they underwent for want of Common Ne-
-cessaries It appeard to your Committee that this County does
and that for severall Years last past there has been an Al
-lowance of £50 P Ann to the Keepr of Bridewell westmr & upon
Enquiry whether some such Allowance was not formerly made
to the Keepr of Bridewell at Clerkenwell in this theCounty Your
Committee was informed yt theretofore there was an Allowance
of £80 P Ann to the sd. Keepr £60 of wh. sd. Sum was paid by the
County & £20 P Ann by the Keepr of New Prison to the Keeper
of Bridewell That on the Death of a former Keepr & on a Con-
-test who shou'd succeedHarcourt one of the Candidates
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