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Continued Thursday 11th. Septr. 1755.
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Randle Wm. £10 Fowkes Gift
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Mr. Deputy Martindale and Mr.
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Charles Lowth
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Two of the
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Governers
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Reported that in Pursuance of an Order of Court the 6th. day of June 1755
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They had made Enquiry and found that
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William Rundle
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who Served his
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Apprenticeship
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in this Hospital to
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Thomas Kiel
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is setup for himself
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in his sd. Trade and has the Character of a Diligent & Sober ManIt is
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Order'd that the Clerk to pay the sd. William Rundle Ten pounds out
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of Mr. Fowkes Gift.
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Hamersley Hugh & Eliza Mem. for
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additional Term to their Lease
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at Char Cross. (no.1) resd.
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Upon Reading the Memorial of
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Hugh
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and
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Eliza. Hamersley
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Setting forth
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That the Memorilists are Tenants of 5 Houses at
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Charing Cross
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under a Leases
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from the Governors dated 16 Decr. 1738 for 21 Years from Laday 1740 at £80 P said
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Rent Which Term there are 6 years to came from 5th. April 1755That said
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Houses were many years Since Exected by the Ancestors of the Memlist at a great
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Origt. Expence & Since Maintained at Expences Scarce less considerable, Nor
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have the Memties yet recovered the Expences of their last Removal & the great
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Repairs made in Consequence thereof as they are ready to make Appear by proper Vouchers
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The Leased premes consists of 5 Houses of which 3 only are fronting to the
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Publick street, & the other 2 are Situate in a Back Court without a Thorough fore
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for wch the Memlist. pay an Annual Ground rent of £16 each, one with the other
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Both the Back houses are Occupyed by a Publican who has been always
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constrained to take them both together as the only means of Setting them & now
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the Publican in Threatned with the Loss of his Lyceme as the Justices of
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Westmr. have for some time past shown great reluctance to Lycome Publick
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Houses Situate in Courts without a Thorough fare & the loss of the Lycome
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will greatly endanger the future Letting of these Houses & receder them an
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Useless burthen to the ProprietorThe Total Annual Rents of all the
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5 Houses when let to Solvent Tenants (wch they Setain are) amount to no
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more than £200 P Ann one of which lately let at £50 P Ann. is now
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untenantedOf this £200 P Accd the Hospital constantly receives its
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Aunnal Rent of £80 And the Laced Tax is Assessed to the full Extent upon
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the remaining £120 with Occasional Reassessments, Besides wch the
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Memorialists have for their own Security forced it Necessary to take the
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Insurance against Fire upon themselves, And there are frequent calls
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for Severn Tax & Scowering of the Sewers (as there is a Main Sewer which
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runs through the Center of the Houses) & other OutgoingsTill within
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these 20 years the Under tenants of the 3 front Houses had the Opportunity of
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making their Rents by Letting their best Appartments to Members of Parliament
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other Lodgers who cou'd afford to pay for them, But by the great Increase of
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the new buildings particularly the Extensive Erections Still Speading in
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Westmr. in the very Avennes & Approaches to the Houses of Parliament & the
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Modern Elegancys & Improvements introduced into the fitting up of the New
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built Houses Opposed to the very Ordinary fitting up of the Memoialist Houses
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in wch there are many rooms without Wainscott & more without the comon
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Ornament of Marble Chinney Peices (such Ornaments & Wainscot as there are
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having been put up by the Memorialist within these 20 years past) The
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Lodgers are removed to more Comodions Habitations by wch the Undertente.
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as he is less able to pay, will expect to reduce his rent And at the same
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time required his Laced Lord at a great Expence to make his Shop as
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fine as his Neighboun or he will be Decoyed from him by the
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Modern Temptation of a Gay Shop & fittings up.
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These
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