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July 1711

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And that the sd. Keep alsoe Pposed to have a new strong
door made for the staircase, and the garret to be repaird
& made for the stronger, wth the SdComitteeReferrees thought reasonable
& fit to be done, AndUpon informacon given to
this Cort by
Severall of her Maties. Justices of the Peace
for the Sd. County [..] sentinforming this Cort at the [..] of makingthat very great abuses [..]
of the sd rept. that complaints had been made onto them of [..] great abuses daily comitted in the Sd prisons by the respcive
Keeps thereof & their Servts. or by their default wth. they conceived ought to be [..] and
that [..] a door had been made or opened in the wall
between the Sd. prisons withouttheleave of or any
direccon given by this Cort for Soe doeing whereby
Severall Psons who came to wth. goods for the releife
of Prisonrs. in the sd Goales had been defrauded
thereof, and Severall Prisonrs. comitted to the Sd
Keeps or one of them had been Pmitted to escape
& goe at large, This Cort did not think fit to
make any Order Upon the Sd rept. Untill the Sd
abuses were exaied into, And doth therefore
Order that the sd former Order be recived
continued Untill the next Generall Sess: of hte
to be held for this County, And that Jon: Hill Richd Browne
Andrew Cross< no role > [..] Richd Shordyche < no role > Daniel Nicoll< no role > & Edwd
Le Neve
< no role > Esqrs. by Justices of the peace for this County be
added to the [..] ReferreesComitteemenconed in the Sd former
Orderin [..] andbethat the sd Referreestheyor any 5 of them be
desired to take a view of both the sd Prisons, and


inspect the wants of repaires there, & Such othr. mres as the sd Justices were empowered
to doe by the sd recited Order, And It is further Ordered by this Cort that the sd
Justices of the peace or any 5 of them be desired to [..] before them the
resicture Keeps of the sd prisons & Such of their Servts, or othr. Psons as they shall
think fit, and that they doe by the best means they [..] into wt. abuses have




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