Middlesex Sessions:
Sessions Papers - Justices' Working Documents
SM | PS

February 1782

About this document type

Currently Held: London Metropolitan Archives

LL ref: LMSMPS507510116

Image 116 of 154


by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of us, the said William Mainwaring< no role > and Sir
George Booth< no role > , been taxed and assessed upon the said Hundred, but Costs and Charges
of the said Leonard Phillips< no role > and Henry Capel< no role > , in defending the said Action, have not yet
been taxed and assessed upon the said Hundred. AND WHEREAS due Proof, upon
Oath, hath been made to us the said Justices, that the just and necessary Expences
which the said Leonard Phillips< no role > and Henry Capel< no role > , as Inhabitants of the said Hundred,
have been at in defending the said last-mentioned Action, have been taxed by the proper
Officer of the said Court at, and amount to the Sum of Thirteen Pounds thirteen Shillings
and Nine-pence.

AND WHEREAS the said Sheriff did heretofore produce and shew to us a certain
other Writ of Execution, issuing out of the same Court, tested the twenty-eighth Day
of November last; whereby the said Sheriff was commanded, that of the Goods and
Chattles of the Men inhabiting in the Hundred of Ossulston, in his County, he caused
to be made Eighty-eight Pounds ten Shillings, which to Issac Martell< no role > , in the said Court,
were lately adjudged for his Damages by him sustained, by Reason of the unlawful,
riotous, and tumultuous assembling of divers Persons, to the Number of twelve and
more, at the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shorditch , in the said County, and in the Hundred
of Ossulston, and there unlawfully, feloniously, and with Force wholly demolishing and
destroying a Dwelling-house of the said Isaac, situate and being in the said Parish
of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch , in the said County, and in the Hundred of Ossulston;
and by Reason of the unlawful, riotuous, and tumultuous assembling of divers other
Persons, to the Number of twelve and more, at the said Parish of Christ Church ,
in the said County, and in the said Hundred of Ossulston, and there unlawfully,
feloniously, and with Force demolishing Part of another Dwelling-house of the said Isaac,
situate and being in the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch , aforesaid, in the said County
and in the said Hundred of Ossulston, whereof Leonard Phillips< no role > and Henry Capel< no role > , two of
the Inhabitants of the Hundred of Ossulston aforesaid, in the said County, were convicted.
AND which said Sum of Eighty-eight Pounds and ten Shillings, has heretofore, by
Warrant under the Hands and Seals of us, the said William Mainwaring< no role > and
Sir George Booth< no role > , been taxed and assessed upon the said Hundred, but the Costs
and Charges of the said Leonard Phillips< no role > and Henry Capel< no role > in defending the said Action
have not yet been taxed and assessed upon the said Hundred. AND WHEREAS
due Proof, upon Oath, hath been made to us the said Justices, that the just and
necessary Expences which the said Leonard Phillips< no role > and Henry Capel< no role > , as Inhabitants
of the said Hundred, have been at in defending the said last-mentioned Action, have
been taxed by the proper Officer of the said Court at, at and amount to the sum of Thirteen
Pounds fourteen Shillings and one Penny.

AND WHREAS the said Sheriff did heretofore produce and shew to us a certain
other Writ of Execution, issuing out of the same Court, tested the fourth Day of July
last; whereby the said Sheriff was commanded, that of the Goods and Chattels of the
Men inhabiting in the Hundred of Ossulston, in the his County, he caused to be made Four
Hundred and seventy-Seven Pounds, which to George Doughty< no role > , Esquire , in the same Court,
were lately adjudged for his Damages by him sustained, by Reason of the unlawful, rio-
tous, and tumultuous assembling of divers Persons, to the Number of twelve and more,
at the Parish of Saint George the Martyr , in the said County, and in the said Hundred of
Ossulston, and there unlawfully, feloniously, and with Force demolishing in Part a
Dwelling-house of the said George, situate and being in the Parish of Saint George the
Martyr, aforesaid, in said County, and in the said Hundred of Ossulston, together
with divers Goods and Chattels of the said George, there being in his said Dwelling-
house, and wherewith the same was furnished, whereof Leonard Phillis and Henry
Capel
< no role > , two of the Inhabitants of the Hundred of Ossulston aforesaid, in the said County,
were convicted. AND which said Sum of Four Hundred and Seventy-Seven Pounds has
heretofore, by Warrant under the hands and Seals of us, the said William Mainwaring< no role >
and

and Sir George Booth< no role > , been taxed and assessed upon the said Hundred, but the Costs and
Charges of the said Leonard Phillips< no role > and Henry Capel< no role > in defending the said Action have
not yet been taxed and assessed upon the said Hundred. AND WHEREAS due Proof,
upon Oath, hath been made to us the said Justices, that the just and necessary Expences
which the said Leonard Phillips< no role > and Henry Capel< no role > , as Inhabitants of the said Hundred,
have been at in defending the said last-mentioned Action, have been taxed by the pro-
per Officer of the said Court at, and amount to the Sum of Eleven Pounds eleven
Shillings and one Penny.

AND WHEREAS the said several Damages and Costs of the said several Plaintiffs, so
recovered as aforesaid, not heretofore taxed and assessed on the said Hundred, and the
said just and necessary Expences of the said several inhabitants of the said Hundred in
defending the several Actions aforesaid, amount together to the Sum of Eight Hundred
and thirty-seven Pounds seven Shillings.

We the said William Mainwaring< no role > and the Reverend Sir George Booth< no role > , Justices and afore-
said, according to the Directions of the several Statutes in such Case made and pro-
vided, have assessed and taxed, rateably and proportionably, all and every the Towns,
Parishes, Villages, Hamlets and Places, as well of the said Hundred as the Liberties
within the said Hundred, to and towards an equal Contribution to be had and made for
the Relief of the several Inhabitants of the said Hundred, against whom the said Several
Executions have been obtained, and not heretofore taxed and assessed, and for Pay-
ment thereof, and also for Payment of the said several just and necessary Expences
which the said several Inhabitants of the said Hundred have been at in defending the
several Actions aforesaid, and do hereby assess and tax

AND we do hereby require and command you,
the Constable aforesaid, forthwith rateably and proportionably, to Tax and Assess, accord-
ing to their Abilities, every Inhabitant and Dweller in your said
for and towards the Payment of such
Taxation and Assessment, made upon the said as aforesaid, by Us the said
Justices, and to levy and collect within your said the Sum of

above specified, taxed and assessed upon the same as aforesaid, within Thirty Days
from the Date hereof; and do hereby also further require and command you, Within
Ten Days after you shall have levied and collected the said Sum of

so Taxed as aforesaid, and hereby order to be levied and collected upon the Inhabitants
and Dwellers in your said to pay and deliver the same, by Virtue of this Warrant,
subject to the Uses and Purposes in the several Statues relating thereto, mentioned and
appointed, to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England , in the joint Names
of Us the said William Mainwaring< no role > and Sir George Booth< no role > , as Justices aforesaid, and
Esquire , and Esquire , Sheriff of the said
County of Middlesex , taking a Receipt or Receipts of the said Governor and Company, or
their proper Office, who shall receive the same on their Account; which Receipt or
Receipts shall be your sufficient Discharge for the Money so paid by you, as Aforesaid.

In Testimony whereof, We the said Justices have hereunto set our Hands and
Seals, the Day of in the Year of our Lord
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-two.




View as XML