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<p n="1446">"hundred and Eighty seven Eleven Pounds four shillings and for One<lb></lb>
"Rate for the year One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty eight<lb></lb>
"Six Pounds thirteen Shillings and four pence That on the fifth<lb></lb>
day of February then last past the said Collectors of the Poors Rate<lb></lb>
for the said Hamlet made a Claim on the Petitioners for Two<lb></lb>
years from Lady day One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty<lb></lb>
seven to Lady day One Thousand Seven hundred and eighty nine <lb></lb>
including their said former demand, whereby the Petitioners<lb></lb>
Conceived themselves aggrieved which said Appeal stood duly adjourned<lb></lb>
until this day Now upon hearing the said appeal and what <lb></lb>
hath been alledged by the respective Parties their Counsel and<lb></lb>
Witnesses It appears that the said Hamlet of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50847_geo669">Hampton<lb></lb>
wick</rs>
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is a vill Maintaining its own poor , That the Appellants<lb></lb>
by virtue and in pursuance of the Statute of the Seventeenth of the<lb></lb>
present Reign Chap: 18. and out of the Fund provided by that Act<lb></lb>
purchased from Sir <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50847_n1446-1">William Dollen</rs>
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for the Sum of £4200 an <lb></lb>
ancient Bargeway or Towing Path within the said Hamlet<lb></lb>
upon the Bank of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50847_geo670">River Thames</rs>
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and certain ancient Tolls<lb></lb>
and duties payable in respect of Horses drawing Barges along <lb></lb>
the same and that such Bargeway and Tolls were in the Month <lb></lb>
of January 1778 duly conveyed to the appellants for the purpose of <lb></lb>
the said Act. That the Appellants have Leased the Herbage<lb></lb>
and Pasture of the said Bargeway or Towing Path to Mr Spencers<lb></lb>
at an Annual Rent of £30,, 10. which is expressly appropriated<lb></lb>
to the use of the Navigation and that their Lessee is in the <lb></lb>
Occupation of the Herbage and Pasture so leased to him and pays<lb></lb>
the several Rates for the same. That immediately on the said<lb></lb>
Purchase and Conveyance the Tolls upon Barge Horses werein<lb></lb>
pursuance of the direction of the said Act discontinued and <lb></lb>
ever since that time the new Tolls authorized by the said Statute <lb></lb>
to be collected in lieu and stead thereof have been taken by the<lb></lb>
Appellants for all Barges and other Vessels navigating the said <lb></lb>
River between <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50847_geo671">London Bridge</rs>
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and the City Stone above Staines<lb></lb>
Bridge according to the quantity of Tomage. That Barges and <lb></lb>
then Vessels are daily navigated on that part of the Rivers<lb></lb>
Thames which is within the said Hamlet and adjoins the</p>
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