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February 1722

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himself on those occasions.

For delivering the Licences in all parts of the County after they come from the
Clerk of the peace .

For his attendance in keeping the House and Goods in Order.
For all which Services the said Geary has charged nothing in his said account
laid before the Comittee. the he appears to have performed the same for 6 years
last past.

The Comittee upon inspecting the said account defind that there is an ample
provision for Entertainment of the Court arising from the several Offices and
perquisites annexed to the Office of Housekeeper with an Overplus of £140 one
year with another for a reward for those that serve you.

Your Comittee on the whole State of the Case Submit it as their opinion that
it is necessary for your Service that the Office of Housekeeper and Cryer should
either not be rented at all by any Tenant or Servant or if it be rented that it
should be on more moderate and easy Terms than the said Geary has rented it
for some years past. While it continues on the same Foot your Entertainment
must be continually lessening or the person that is to furnish it must be
rained by your Service.

If the Court shall Order no Tenant be allowed and that the said Geary
shall be discharged any farther attendance, then your Comittee Submit it that
he ought to have an allowance for the Summ of £16: which he expended in
Coach hire and other Articles at his coming into the service on account of Mrs
Seymore Which She admits was expended and no consideration whatsoever
appearing for that expence unless it was the hopes of continuing the first
bargain which as has been mentioned was broke thro the first year your
Comittee Submit it that as being Mony advanced without consideration it
ought to be repaid to the said Geary.

The said Geary likewise demands the Summ of £20 for Law charges on account of Mr Seymore Etc and
offered to make Oath that he had expended so much at least in the said Service
but he produced no Particular account of the same your Comittee therefore
Submit whether any further Inquiry shall be made into that demand.

Mrs Seymore has since the perusing the accounts above mentioned produced
her account of Licences delivered by the Clerk of the peace by which She charges
820 Licences more than Mr Geary has accounted for which at 1s each
Amounts to £41:

Mrs Seymore has likewise produced an account of the Mony received from
the Office of Cryer of the Court which She charges to be £13:0s: more than
the account of the same delivered in by Mr Geary does amount to.

Mr Geary has not yet had time to inspect these two accounts to see
whether they are just or not but supposing them to be true the whole
Sum accounts to £54:0s: which will for the 6 years he has served come
to £9 P Anum which being added to the £37:6s:8d: above mentioned will
make the annual Summ hehadhas received for his Services account
to £46:6s:8d:




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