9th September 1773

Middlesex

To His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex in
their General Session of the Peace to be holden (by Adjournment) on Thursday
the 9th day of September 1773 at Hicks Hall in Saint John Street in and
for the said County Assembled

The further Receipt of the Committee of his
Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said
County appointed by an order of Session of
the 22d day of April last for the immediate &
effectual Repair of New Prison and Clerkenwell
Bridewell .

The said Committee Report

That under the Powers respectively given to them by the orders of
Court of the 22d day of April and 27th day of May last the said Committee
had procured articles of Agreement to be drawn up between Thomas Butler< no role >
Esquire Clerk of the Peace of the said County on the Part and Behalf of the
said Committee and the rest of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and
for the said County and the several Contractors in the last report of the this
Committee mentioned for the various and respective Works in the Repair
of New Prison which said Articles of Agreement were Read to and approved
of by the said Committee and were submitted to the seperate consideration
of the said contractors and approved of by them That at a subsequent
Meeting of the said Committee when the said Contractors were summoned
to Sign and execute the said Articles of Agreement, A Petition was
presented to the said Committee signed by four of the Contractors setting
forth several objections to the conditions of the said Articles of Agreement
which said Petition was read and the Parties subscribing the same being
Questioned in regard to the Premises Three of the said Petitioners waved
their said Objections But Mr Richard Holland< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. Contractor for the
Bricklayers Work in the said repair Still refusing to abide by his Proposals
under those articles of agreement notwithstanding he had signed an
Agreement for executing the same It was Resolved by the said Committee
that the said Richard Holland< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. be discharged from his said agreement and Contract
and that Mr Wood whose Proposal for performing the Bricklayers Work in the
said Repair (and who has also contracted for the Carpenter Work) being