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<p n="2450">19th July 1717</p>
<p n="2451"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n2451-1">Saunders Margt</rs>
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. pet for a<lb></lb>
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Lease in Fowks Court<obscured></obscured>
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for a door into ye CourtRef}</note>
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Upon Reading the humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n2451-2">Margarett Saunders</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20204_occ3382">Widdow</rs>
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Setting forth That by the Late fire that happened<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20204_geo1593">Tower Street</rs>
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and <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20204_geo1594">water Lane</rs>
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She had the misfortune to have<lb></lb>
Six houses destroyed five whereof She held from <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20204_geo1595">Christs hospitals</rs>
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and the other of the Said houses (being an house in the occupacon<lb></lb>
of Mr Tilden) which was Lett by Lease at £12, P Annu Ground<lb></lb>
Rent was given by Mr Fowk's between Christs hospital and<lb></lb>
the hospitals of <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20204_geo1596">Bridewell</rs>
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& <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20204_geo1597">Bethlem</rs>
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and which Lease together<lb></lb>
with the other came by purchase to the Petr whereupon she<lb></lb>
pays Six pounds P Annu to these hospitals and Six pounds<lb></lb>
P Annum to Christs hospital for the said house in Mrs Tilden<lb></lb>
occupacon and at ye time when the fire happened there were<lb></lb>
about Seventeen years to come in the said Houses<lb></lb>
and ye Petitioner being a Great Sufferer by the said fire &<lb></lb>
to encourage her to rebuild the premes the said other hospll<lb></lb>
had Granted to her a new Lease makeing up the said Terme<lb></lb>
Sixty one years at ye old Rent and She haveing built or<lb></lb>
Caused to be built all the Said houses Except one which fronts<lb></lb>
water Lane for the Rebuilding whereof She had contracted and<lb></lb>
was advised that a Door way might be convenient to the said<lb></lb>
house into <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20204_geo1598">Fowks Court</rs>
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and praying that this Court would<lb></lb>
be pleased to join with Christs hospital in Granting to the Petr<lb></lb>
a Lease of the said Mr Tilden house for the said Terme of<lb></lb>
Sixty one years at ye old Rent and that this Court would be<lb></lb>
pleased to give Leave unto the Petr. to make and have the<lb></lb>
use of a door way (from the Said house now building) into ye sd<lb></lb>
Court It is Ordered that ye Consideration of ye said Petition<lb></lb>
be Referred to the Comee of this house who are desired to<lb></lb>
Report what they think proper to be done therein</p>
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