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that year and the life has been renewed and executed every year since till
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the last which was for £110: P Anum and expired the 5th of January last past,
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since which Mrs Seymore does admitt She has Demanded £110: Kent for the
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future which the said Geary declines to comply with.
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The Comittee hereupon Submit
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agreed to
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That the first Agreement which the said Geary claims a performance of
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and alledges to be broke mims juste by Mrs Seymor's demanding a hundred
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pounds a Year is not Subsisting (1) Because it was in Terms so long as both
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parties should agree, and was waived by the Second about a Year after,
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which Second was carryed into Execution as also by the several Annual
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ones made and executed since, which were variant from it.
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agreed to
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The last of them expiring 5th January last The Comittee Submitt that
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there is now no Subsisting Agreement between the parties at all.
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The Comitte however in Order to lay before the Court more fully the
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State of the Case between the said Seymor and Geary have examined into
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the accounts paid before them by both the said parties relating to the Receipts
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and Disbursements in the office of Cryer and Housekeeper. and do find that
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in the most considerable Articles there is little variance between them.
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Viz: in the accounts of Disbursements for your Entertainment for 6 years
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ending January Sessions 1720/21 amounting to the Summ of £1467:19s:0d
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the parties do not differ more than £2:11s: which the said Geary charges as
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expended more than Mrs Seymore.
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In the Article of Receipts from the
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then Housekeeper
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Sheriff for Dinners and
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over Wine received from the Clark of the peace amounting for 6 Years ending
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last January Sessions to £1463: 4s: the difference between the said two.
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accounts are but £8:14s: which the said Geary charges less than the said Seymore.
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Your Comittee finding those accounts agree so near could the rather depend
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upon them in order to form a Judgment of the Truth of the whole account.
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Your Comittee did likewise peruse the annual Demands of the said Geary in
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his account for wear and tear of Linnen Etc and for loss by Licences not delivered
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out and did think the said Demands reasonable though no particular account
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was produced of them.
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Upon the whole of the said Geary's account which the Comittee finding to be
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true in the largest and most material Articles have reason to think it is so in
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the rest it appears that the said Geary has for 6 years past ending last Sessions
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received from Licences Fees of the Cryer and Mony paid by the Sheriff and
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over Wine the Summ of £2815 and has expended in Kent provisions including
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the allowances above mentioned for wear and tear, Licences not delivered
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out and petty charges the Summ of £2591: so that the clear gain of the said
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Geary for 6 years amounts to £224: which is every year £37:6s:8d
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The Comittee Submit it to the Judgment of the Court whether such a Summ
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is reasonable wages for the Services of the said Geary is obliged to perform Viz:
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His Attendance with his Wife and Sons every Sessions so buy in provisions
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to Dress them to wait at Table.
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For delivering Orders of Court to the several Constables in all parts of the
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County.
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For attending the renewing of Licences all over the County and maintaining
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