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February 1799

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That on the seventeenth day of November One thousand seven
hundred and ninety eight Your the Petitioners said Agents further Appealed
to the said Vestrymen against the said reduced rates when they Ordered
the rates for your Petitioners said Farm to be further reduced to twenty
Pounds eight shillings upon the yearly Rent of Two hundred and
four Pounds.

That on the eighth day of January One thousand seven hundred
and ninety nine the said William Hill< no role > the Collector demanded of your
Petitioners said Agents the Sum of Twenty Pounds and eight
shillings for a Years Poor and Highway rates up to Christin
One thousand seven hundred and ninety eight upon the said yearly
rent of Two hundred and four pounds which they declined paying
and on the twelfth day of January One thousand seven hundred
and ninety nine again appealed to the said Vestrymen against the
said rates upon ground of Inequality but the said Vestrymen
refused to reduce the said Rates any further.

That of the sixteenth day of January One thousand seven
hundred and ninety nine the said Sum of Twenty pounds eight
shillings was paid to the said William Hill< no role > the Collector pursuant
to the Act of Parliament in that case made and provided

That your the Petitioner conceiving himself aggrieved by the said
rates and the determination of the said Vestrymen has given notice
of his intention to appeal to your Worships against the same
and together with two Sureties has entered into a Recognizance
touching such Appeal as required by the said Act of Parliament

That your the Petitioner conceived himself aggrieved by the said
Rates or assessments and the Determination of the said Vestrymen
in as much as he is by the said Rates and Assessments rated and
assessed for his said Farm in a much greater Sum of money
than be ought to be and in as much as the said several rates
and assessments are and each of them is in many instant
partial and unequal and particularly in that your the Petitioner




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