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Thirty firstYear of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord
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bearing date the Eleventh day of May One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety certain
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pieces and parcel of Meadow and Arable Land and Premises situate in the said
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Parish in the Occupation of the Petitioner had been Assessed and Rated at the Sum of
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Five Pounds and Seventeen Shillings from the first day of May aforesaid to the end of
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Sixteen Weeks thence next ensuing to be gathered out of the said Parish in the proportion
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of Twelve pence in the Pound whereby the Petitioner conceived himself aggrieved and
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apprehended that such Rate was excessive and that it ought not to have been more then
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Five Pounds being One Shilling in the Pound on the Rent of such Land and Premises
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and that such Rate was unequal irregular and contrary to Law Now upon hearing
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the said Appeal and what hath been alledged by the respective Parties their Counsel and
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Witnesses in and concerning the premises It is Ordered that the said Rate or
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and Charging him in and by the said Rate or Assessment at the Sum of One Hundred
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