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near Westsmithfield London, of the Foundation of King Henry the 8th.
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For Lands, on which stood Tenements & Houses by them pulled down
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& demolished the Tenants
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Tenements
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whereof were used to be charged in the
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Poors Rate 8s/4d Weekly. £1.13.4 Monthly £5 quarterly: That the
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Parish have continued such Rate upon such Wards for the poors
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ever since to the detriment & loss of the Charity.
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That about the YearAn Elaboratory also
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hath been Erected for the Service of the Hospital only upon Ground
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within the Liberty & Precinct thereof which the sd, Churchwardens
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Overseers & Inhabitants have Assessed after the Rate of £2.18 a Year
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as followeth that is to say the Mayor Commonalty & Citizens of the
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City of London Governors of the House of the poor commonly called St
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Bartholomews Hospital near Westsmithfield London, of the
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Foundation of King Henry the 8th. for their Elaboratory where sevl.
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Houses stood which were used to be charged in the poors Rate Weekly1s
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Monthly 4s.. Quarterly 12s. which Rate hath been continued & now
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continues to be rated to the detriment & loss of the Charity.
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That all the sd. 4 Pyles of Buildings being finished in 1766,
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the Governors pulled down 19 Old Houses & Shops (part of the sd. Antient
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Buildings) to make an Area to the Hospital for the benefit of the
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patients which is a void anoccupied space of Grand & about 66
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Yards by 60 for which the sd. Parish Officers have Assessed & rated the
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sd. Governors after the rate of £41.5 a year-as followeth that is to
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say "The Mayor Commonally & Citizens of the City of London Governors
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"of the House of the Poor commonly called St. Bartholomews Hospital near
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"Westsmithfield London of the Foundation of King Henry the 8th. for Land
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"on which stood Tenements & Houses (within the Quadrangle of the sd
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"Hospital beside such as were before by them pulled down & demolished)
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"by them pulled down & demolished the Tenants whereof were used to be
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"charged in the Poors Rate 17s & 2d
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.2 Weekly £3.8.9 Monthly £10.6.3
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"quarterly". and which sd. Sums of £20. £22.8 & £41.5 making in all
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£63.13 a year (over & above what is charged upon their respective
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Officers residing in the Hospital) was for the Year 1767 & now continues
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to be Assessed & rated on the sd. Governors in respect of the Premes.
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That your Petitioners are Adviced & humbly Insist that
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Your Petitioners servts. or Poor Patients Inhabitants or occupiers
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of the sd. premes are not liable nor ought to be charged any thing to
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the Poors Rate.. in respect of the sd. Hospital Elaboratory or void space
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of Ground.
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Therefore your petitioners humbly Appeal from
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such rate & Assessment, in regard to the sd. above
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