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P Adjorn Jovis
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14o. die May 1730
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Order for Mrs. Frances
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Seymour Housekeeper
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to apply by
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peticon to Lords Comrs. of
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his Maties Treasury for a
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further allowance for
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Upon reading the Report of William Cotesworth & Robert
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. two of his Maties
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of this
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last, referred to consider the matter of the peticon of Mrs.
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wife of
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Christopher Seymour
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then exhibited to the Court
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Settingforth that her allowance for dinners is but for twenty
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four Justices of the peace of this County, And that the
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number of them is increased prodigiously, Soe that the petr.
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cannot possibly subsist under the great burden without the
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assistance of the Court, and praying to be releived, And alsoe
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to consider what was fit to be done in relacon to the premisses)
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It appeareth to this Court by the said Report & the Account
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thereto annexed that the extraordinary charge of the three
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last Sessions (over & above the allowance for twenty four
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Justices many were attending almost everyday in each
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Sessions) amounts to thirty two pounds & Sixteen Shillings,
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which in the opinion of the said Mr. Cotesworth & Mr.
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Tothill ought to be made good to the Housekeeper, and for
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preventing such expence for the future It is by the said
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Report recomended to the Court that the Housekeeper do
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provide for twenty three Justices, & the Clerk of the peace &
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undersherriffe each day in every sessions according to
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the customary allowance from
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and noe
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more, This Court upon takeing the said Matters into
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consideracon Doth hereby order & direct that the said
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Mr. Seymour doe apply by peticon with proper
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suggestions therein to the right honble. the Lords
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Comissioners of his Maties Treasury
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And thereby pray
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that they will be pleased to grant an additionall
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allowance to enable her to provide for the Justices of
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the peace of the county they being for more
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Numerous than formerly
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