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<p n="587">P adjorn die Martis <rs type="date" id="LMSMGO40001_date63">27o. die Augusti 1723</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="588"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Order for takeing a<lb></lb>
view of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO40001_geo526">New prison</rs>
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<lb></lb>
at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO40001_geo527">Clerkenwell</rs>
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Etc}</note>
Upon reading the humbe Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO40001_n588-1">John Geary</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO40001_n588-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO40001_occ508">Keeper</rs>
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<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO40001_geo528">New prison</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO40001_geo529">Clerkenwell</rs>
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in this County exhibited<lb></lb>
unto this Court setting forth that one of the main brick<lb></lb>
Walls in the said prison is so very ruinous and in danger<lb></lb>
of falling that not only the persons passing by the<lb></lb>
same daily to the house of the said prison go in great<lb></lb>
danger of their lives, but the prisoners there who usually<lb></lb>
walk in the Yard (upon the falling thereof) must<lb></lb>
inevitably make their escapes, And that the Inner<lb></lb>
Gate of the said prison and also part of the Garden<lb></lb>
Walls there are much fall'n to decay and in great want<lb></lb>
of being repaired to prevent escapes, And the petitioner<lb></lb>
therefore praying that the same may be viewed by<lb></lb>
such a Comittee as this Court shall appoint that the<lb></lb>
same may be repaired to prevent further danger, It is<lb></lb>
thought fit and Ordered by this Court that it be And<lb></lb>
it is hereby recomended and referred unto <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO40001_n588-2">Robert<lb></lb>
Thornhill</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO40001_occ509">Esqr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO40001_occ510">Sr</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO40001_n588-3">Isaac Tillard</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO40001_n588-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO40001_occ511">Knt</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO40001_n588-4">William<lb></lb>
Cotesworth</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO40001_occ512">senr</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO40001_n588-5">John Fuller</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO40001_n588-5" type="surname" value="Fuller"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO40001_n588-5" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
D'Oyly Michel <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO40001_n588-6">Richard<lb></lb>
Gifford</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO40001_n588-11">John Troughton</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO40001_n588-11" type="surname" value="Troughton"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO40001_n588-11" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
William Kingsford <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO40001_n588-10">Matthew<lb></lb>
Hewit</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO40001_n588-7">Alexander Ward</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO40001_n588-8">Joseph Haynes</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO40001_n588-8" type="given" value="Joseph"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO40001_n588-8" type="surname" value="Haynes"></interp>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO40001_n588-9">Richard<lb></lb>
Newton</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO40001_occ513">Esqrs</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO40001_occ514">Justices of the peace</rs>
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for this County or<lb></lb>
any three or more of them to take a view of the said<lb></lb>
prison, and to see if the same or any and what part<lb></lb>
thereof is out of repair, and if any and what repairs<lb></lb>
are wanting and necessary to be done thereto, And to<lb></lb>
take to their Assistance such able Workman or Workmen<lb></lb>
as they shall think fit, and to make an estimate of<lb></lb>
what it will cost to repair the same, And to make a<lb></lb>
Report of the Matters aforesaid unto this Court.</p>
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