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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50627_geo700"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50627_geo701">Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50627_geo702">County of Middlesex</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50627_n1024-2">James Jefferson</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50627_geo703"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50627_geo704">Chancery<lb></lb>
Lane</rs>
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in the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50627_geo705">County of Middlesex</rs>
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severally make<lb></lb>
Oath and say And first the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50627_n1024-3">Thomas Butler</rs>
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for himself<lb></lb>
saith That he being on Saturday the Eighth Day of September one Thousand<lb></lb>
seven hundred and seventy appointed <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50627_occ306">Clerk of the Peace</rs>
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for the County<lb></lb>
aforesaid and the Session of the Peace for the same County being<lb></lb>
appointed to be held on the Monday following He this Deponents<lb></lb>
with the Approbation of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland<lb></lb>
Custos Rotulorum of the said County appointed the other Deponent<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50627_n1024-4">James Jefferson</rs>
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to be his sufficient Deputy and in Order to obtain<lb></lb>
the Records of the Sessions for' the Purpose of making the necessary<lb></lb>
Preparation for the Execution of the said Office and for the holding<lb></lb>
of the said Sessions he this Deponent did on the same Saturday<lb></lb>
go to the Chambers and Office of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50627_n1024-5">James Waller</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50627_occ307">Esquire</rs>
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and the<lb></lb>
House of Mr <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50627_n1024-6">David Rees</rs>
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with intent to have requested them to deliver<lb></lb>
the same to him but not being able to find either of them this<lb></lb>
Deponent then left at the said Mr. Waller's office with one<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50627_n1024-7">John Parry</rs>
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then acting as a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50627_occ308">Clerk</rs>
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there a Note in Writing<lb></lb>
to the said Mr. Waller requiring him to deliver to this Deponent<lb></lb>
the Records, Files, Books, Papers and Entries of Proceedings and<lb></lb>
other Matters relating to the said Office in his the said Mr Waller's<lb></lb>
Custody but did not obtain any of them till the Monday following<lb></lb>
when on a Message being sent by the Court to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50627_n1024-8">James<lb></lb>
Waller</rs>
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for the said Records, the Sessions Books and Indictments<lb></lb>
of May and July preceding and some trishing Papers were brought<lb></lb>
into Court by the Messenger at the Bag bearer and the same Morning<lb></lb>
these Deponents according to the best of their Recollection found in<lb></lb>
the Locker of the Table in the Court Room some Files of Indictments<lb></lb>
and Recognizances of the Year on thousand seven hundred and<lb></lb>
sixty nine and the File of Indictments and Recognizances of<lb></lb>
January Sessions one thousand seven hundred and seventy and<lb></lb>
the Tiles of Indictments of the two following Sessions in February<lb></lb>
and April without Recognizances and upon going up Stairs they<lb></lb>
found the Key of the Record Room in the door but they did not<lb></lb>
then or at any Time since to their Recollection or Belief find any<lb></lb>
Records Books or Papers necessary for making out the Estreat in<lb></lb>
Question in the said Record Room or elsewhere And there Deponent<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50627_n1024-9">Thomas Butler</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50627_n1024-10">James Jefferson</rs>
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each speaking for himself<lb></lb>
severally say that the Court being still under great Difficulty<lb></lb>
to proceed on the Business for Want of other Records, Files, Books<lb></lb>
Waller or at his Office or Chambers, an Order of Court was made<lb></lb>
on the Second Day of the said Session being Tuesday the eleventh<lb></lb>
Day of the same September for the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50627_n1024-11">James Waller</rs>
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to deliver<lb></lb>
Canver them to be delivered into Court at Hicks Hall and that in</p>
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