abutment of the Bridge on the Middlesex [..] to Reclaim the
Current of the River and to guard against the damage that
may otherwise be reasonably Expected to happen to the Bridge
by the Strength and Rapidly of the [..] and the danger
and diffticulty of the Navigation it will be necessary to take
away from the Ayte about 741 Superficial feet of foil in length
87 feet in breadth upon an average and about Six feet in depth
making in the whole about 7163 Superficial Yours or 14326
Cubical Yards of Earth the Expence of doing which reckoning
the same at Six pence per Cubical Yard (which the Committee
apprehend it may be done for) would amount to £358 or
there abouts

And the said Committee further

Report that they have not been able to procure a Satisfactory
Account of the Estate Extent Occupancy or Value of the said Ayte
but the Committee have been informed that the said Ayte is
Esteemed freehold and that one Henry Weston< no role > late of Hoseley in
the County of Surry Esquire but new in [..] parts beyond the
Seas has a life Estate therein but who is the Reversioner or
Remainder man the Committee know not that the said ayte is
supposed to contain about an Acre and an half that it is now in
the Occupation of one John Field< no role > who holds the same at Will
and pays an annual Rent of about Fifty Shillings for it. That
the Corporation of the City of London not long age out away some
part of the said Ayte for the purpose of amending that Navigation
and that they were to pay after the Rate of £51 P Acre for the
same

All which the Committee Submit

James Saine< no role >
Steph. Cole
Wm. Shakespear

A Motion was made that this Court do agree with the
Committee in their Report and the same was agreed to unanimously