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Continued Wednesday 16 Novr. 1763.
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Robert Hardcastle
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at the Rent of 7lb P Annum clear of all Taxes payable Quarterly with
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Liberty of Ingress Egress and Regress in by and thro' four Feet part of the said 6 Feet space
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so reserved to the
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as aforesaid at the further Rent of 2s P Annum and 25
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Guineas fine reserving Liberty to the
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to build over the said 4 Feet space
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at the Height of Ten feet from the Surface of the Ground, the said
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Thomas Walpole
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Executing a Counter part of the said Lease
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That Your Petitioner hath lately purchased the said
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Thomas Walpoles
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Interest
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and that the Court upon the Petition of the said
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Thomas Walpole
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Ordered a Lease
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to be made to your Petitioner for the same Term granted to his late Neighbours
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Godfrey Thornton
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and
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Samuel Handley
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, and Your Petitioner finding great
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Inconveniency will arise for want of a Counting House and Warehouse detached
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from the Dwelling House humbly proposes to Erect a large and Commodione
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Counting House and Warehouse over it at the South End of the Premes and prays
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that he may be at liberty to build (if it shall be found Convenient) on so much of
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the passage as Joines to the End of his Yard which said Building will greatly
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Improve the Estate
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In Consideration of which and of the great Expence your Petitioner will be at
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in Erecting Said Substantial Building Your Petitioner Humbly prays your
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Worships will be pleased to Indulge him with such Additional Term of Years to
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his present Lease as your Worships shall think Fitt It is Ordered that
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the said Petition be referred to the Committee of this House to Consider thereof
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and Report their Opinion thereon to the Court
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Cunnick Cath
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Order for
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Lease of House in
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to be made to her instead of
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her Husband
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Geo: Cunnick
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Deced
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Upon Reading the Humble Petition of
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Catherine Cunnick
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Administratrix of
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George Cunnick
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late of
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Abchurch Lane
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London
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deced
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Setting forth "That at a Court Held at the
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Hospital of Bridewell
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on the 19th. Day of
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December 1750 Your Worships were pleased to Order that a Lease should be made and granted
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to
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Robert Hardcastle
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of
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with usual Covenants of a peice of
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Ground formerly in Lease to
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Isabella Finch
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) Abutting North upon
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Bethlem Street
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To hold
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from Lady day then next for 62 years at a Pepper Corn Rent for the First Two Years and
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Twenty Five Pounds a Year clear of Taxes for the Residue of the said Term and under
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certain other Conditions In the said Order Mentioned
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That at another Court Held at the said
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Hospital of Bridewell
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on Friday the 25th
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Day of May 1753 upon the Humble Petition of
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Samuel Mellor
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of the Parish of
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and of the said
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Robert Hardcastle
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It was Ordered that a Lease of part of the said Peice or parcell of Ground
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Containing Twenty Feet Three Inches in front with usual Covenants should
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