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