upon the strickest enquiry discover where the Old Toll post stood
whence the place where the market begun was uncertain, But by
the description of the Toll post in the Act and which the Committee
were led to believe stood over against a house formerly Coventry house
lately occupied by Lord Gorin which was three Doors from
Coventry Court and in regard that no Cart usually stood so high
the Committee were of Opinion, That a Toll post ought to be set down
on the East Side of the Haymarket over against the said House
late Lord Gorins with an Inscription thereon "The Market
begins here" and that the extent might be ascertained for the
future that another be set up north of the House late the Phoenix Inn
at the lower end of the Haymarket with an Inscription "The
Market Ends here" for want of which 980 Superficial
Yards of Square Pavement had been repaired out of the Toll
more than in the Opinion of the Committee ought to have been
which was one great cause of the then debt That the increase of
the buildings in the out parts of the Town thro' which the farmers
passed with their Hay and Straw afforded them an Opportunity
of supplying those places without coming to Market whereby
the Toll had decreased it having produced only the last Four
years £100 P Ann. That the allowance of £10. P Ann. to an Agent
beside £20. P Ann. to a Collector was more than could be afforded
it being impractible to Keep so large an Extent of Pavement as
(4590 Superficial Yards) in repair for 70d. a Year and therefore
recommending the removal of the Toll posts as above proposed That
none of the Inhabitants within the limits of what has been called
the Haymarket had in the least contributed towards the repair
of the Pavement as they ought to have done (The Toll being
granted only in case of the Inhabitants) as appears by
8th & 9th. of William and as the Consideration of the best method of
effectually repairing the same was referred it was thought