9th September 1773

And Mr Rogers is further of Opinion upon the particular Inspection
aforesaid That some Erections have been made and Buildings laid
against some other parts of the Boundary Walls of the said Prison which
from the situation Abuttals Circumstances and appearance of the said
erections may Justly be deemed encroachments But especially a small
Shed or Cottage which has been built within a very few years back against
part of the said South Boundary Wall near into the Great Gate of the
Said Prison on the West side thereof and against a part of the Boundary
Wall flanking the said great Gate to the West which said Shed or Cottage
is now occupied and used as a Chandlers Shop and the Right to it
now claimed by a Mrs Sharp of Fleet Street and under held of her by
the present occupier That in carrying into execution the Plan of
Repairs and alterations determined to be made in and to the said
Prison the walls against which the said Erections are built must be,
pulled down & the said Erections laid open and endangered, wherefore
Mr Rogers humbly submited the Premises to the consideration of the
Committee and Prayed their orders therein for his further Proceeding.
The Committee took a View of the abovementioned Wall and they further
Report that the same has of ancient time been a Boundary Wall belonging
to the Said Prison and that the Timber Building erected by Mr Nightingale
is an encroachment on the right of the County of Middlesex in the same
which Resolution together with the rest of the Matters contained in the
Surveyors State the Committee ordered to be reported to his Majestys Justices
Assembled on the next County day and desired the Party's mentioned in the
Surveyors Report to attend Hicks Hall at 4 O'Clock in the afternoon of
the same day

The said Committee further Report

That as the said Prison must necessarily from the carrying on of the said
Repair be Rendered weaker and still more insecure with Respect to safety of
the Prisoners there Confined the Committee thought it necessary to order the Clerk
to send Letters to the acting Justices of the said County Recommending it to
them not to Commit capital Offenders to the said Prison while the Repair
of the said Prison is in hand which order from the Clerks Report to this
Committee has been fully complied with.