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<p n="1583">Continued Friday 25th. Octr 1754</p>
<p n="1584"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Arbuthnot Ann Petition<lb></lb>
for a New Lease Wapp 22. a & 23 b Redd}<lb></lb>
Wapp No 22 a)<lb></lb>
No 23 b.)</note>
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Upon Reading the Humble Petition of Mr <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20207_n1584-1">Ann Arbuthnot</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_n1584-1" type="surname" value="Arbuthnot"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_n1584-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20207_occ1511">Spinster</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_occ1511" type="occupation" value="Spinster"></interp>
SettingforthThat she holds two Messes & a Wharfe on<lb></lb>
the Southside of <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20207_geo619">Wapping Street</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_geo619" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
under a Lease from the Governors<lb></lb>
of Bethlem Hospital to <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20207_n1584-2">John Merrihurst</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_n1584-2" type="surname" value="Merrihurst"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_n1584-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
which will Expire at<lb></lb>
Xmas 1755 O SAnd one House on the Northside of<lb></lb>
Wapping Street Adjoining Eastward to the <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20207_geo620">Sign of the Ship</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_geo620" type="placeName" value="Sign of the Ship"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_geo620" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
(formerly<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20207_geo621">the Bullhead</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_geo621" type="placeName" value="the Bullhead"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_geo621" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
) which is the South East Corner house of <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20207_geo622">Wapping Dock<lb></lb>
Street</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_geo622" type="placeName" value="Wapping DockStreet"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_geo622" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
which Two houses are held under a Lease from the sd Governors<lb></lb>
to the sd. Merryhurst which will Expire at Laday 1755and proposes<lb></lb>
to take the sd. Two Houses on the Northside of Wapping Street from<lb></lb>
Lady day 1755 for ¾ of a year to Xmas 1755 at the rent of £3<lb></lb>
And to take a Lease of all the abovemend. Premes from Xmas 1755<lb></lb>
O.S for 21 years And throughly to repair the said Houses to rebuild<lb></lb>
the sd. Wharfe & Wharfeage House thereon of Brick instead of<lb></lb>
Wood (as it is at present) And to pay £6. P Ann rent clear of<lb></lb>
Taxes and to pay a Fine of £150It is Order'd that the<lb></lb>
said Petition bereferr'd to the Comittee of this House to consider<lb></lb>
thereof and Report their Opinion thereon to the next Court.</p>
<p n="1585"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Croxford Francis Dismiss'd<lb></lb>
front being an Artsmaster}</note>
<lb></lb>
A Letter from <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20207_n1585-2">Francis Croxford</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_n1585-2" type="surname" value="Croxford"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_n1585-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
one of the <rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20207_occ1512">Artsmasters</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_occ1512" type="occupation" value="Artsmasters"></interp>
dated this day<lb></lb>
at <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20207_geo623">the Fleet Prison</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_geo623" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
and Directed to the Court of Bridewell was read Setting forth<lb></lb>
That Mr Sharpe and his Helpmates had brought these Troubles on him<lb></lb>
That he cou'd not Appear this day to the Sumons he reced this day And not<lb></lb>
before But if he had reced it sooner He wou'd have had many Eminent<lb></lb>
Tradesmens hand to have Witnessed that his Servants were kind & well<lb></lb>
Used and wanted for Nothing but CorrectionUpon which Mr Trear<lb></lb>
Acquainted the Court That Several Complaints having been made to<lb></lb>
the Comittee against the sd. Croxford for Ill treatment & Cruelty to his<lb></lb>
Apprentices The Comittee had Ordered him to Attend this Court to<lb></lb>
Answer the sd. ComplaintsThat he was Elected an Artsmaster<lb></lb>
in November 1751That Several Boys had been put to him on<lb></lb>
likeing but woud not be bound to him & were put Apprentices to other<lb></lb>
ArtsmastersThat he has now 3 Apprentices One bound in Novemr.<lb></lb>
1752 And the other two in April and May last who all Complained off<lb></lb>
him & said they wou'd not Stay with him Whereupon It is Ordered<lb></lb>
That the sd. Francis Croxford be Dismissed from being an Artsmaster<lb></lb>
And that he forthwith clear his Appartment in the Hospital.</p>
<p n="1586"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Vacancy of Artsmaster<lb></lb>
declared Etc</note>
<lb></lb>
At this Court the Vacancy of an Artsmaster in the Room of Francis<lb></lb>
Croxford Cabinet maker lately Dismissed was Declared And Ordered that<lb></lb>
the Election of an Artsmaster be at the next Court & Notice thereof be<lb></lb>
Incerted in the Summons's</p>
<p n="1587"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Kal</note>
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