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<p n="1145"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1162">Whitehall</rs>
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June 20th. 1739</p>
<p n="1146">Sir.</p>
<p n="1147"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Letter from the Most Noble<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1147-1">Thos. Holles</rs>
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Duke of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1163">Newcastle</rs>
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to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1147-2">Peter Walter</rs>
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Esqr.<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1592">Clerk of the peace</rs>
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of Middx<lb></lb>
or his Deputy, with a Letter<lb></lb>
enclosed from the Lords of<lb></lb>
the Privy Council concerning<lb></lb>
the takeing up Stragling<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1593">Seamen</rs>
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for the Kings<lb></lb>
Service Dat 20th. June<lb></lb>
1739}</note>
I Send you inclosed a Copy of Letter that I have received<lb></lb>
from the Lords of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1147-3">his Majesty</rs>
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's Privy Councel containing<lb></lb>
Directions, that the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1594">Justices of Peace</rs>
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within the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1164">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Should cause all Straggling Sea men, who are fit to Serve on board<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1147-4">His Majesty</rs>
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's Ships to be taken up and Sent by proper Persons from<lb></lb>
place to place, till they Shall be brought to the Clerks of the Cheque<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1147-5">His Majesty</rs>
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's Yards at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1165">Deptford</rs>
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, <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1166">Woolwich</rs>
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, Chatham, Sheerness,<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1167">Portsmouth Plymouth</rs>
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or Harwich according as those Places<lb></lb>
Shall be nearest to where Such Straggling Seamen Shall be<lb></lb>
first taken up, that So they may be put on board Such of His<lb></lb>
Majesty's Ships or Vessels as will be appointed to receive them,<lb></lb>
And I am to desire, that you will lay the Same before the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1595">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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of the Said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1168">County of Middlesex</rs>
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to the end<lb></lb>
that the Orders therein contained may be effectually and<lb></lb>
Speedily complied with</p>
<p n="1148">I am<lb></lb>
Sir<lb></lb>
Your Most obedient<lb></lb>
humble Servant<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1169">Holles</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1149"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1149-1">Peter Walter</rs>
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. Clerk of the Peace for<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1171">County of Middlesex</rs>
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or his Deputy}</p>
<p n="1150">Middx At a General Meeting of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1150-1">His Majesty</rs>
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's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1597">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1172">County of Middx</rs>
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Assembled at this Special Sessions of the peace holden at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1173">Hicks hall</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1174">St. John Street</rs>
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in and for the Said County on Wednesday<lb></lb>
the twenty Seventh day of June in the thirteenth year of the Reign<lb></lb>
of our Sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain Etc.<lb></lb>
before <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1150-2">Thomas Lane</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1598">Esqr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1599">Sr</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1150-3">John Austen</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1600">Bart</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1150-4">John Stevens</rs>
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Henry<lb></lb>
Broad head <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1150-5">William Browning</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1150-6">John Poulson</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1150-7">William Cross</rs>
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John<lb></lb>
Priestley <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1150-8">Samuel Tatem</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1150-9">Thomas Jones</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1150-10">George Tarry</rs>
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Esqrs.<lb></lb>
Justices of our Said Lord the King Assigned to keep the Peace in the<lb></lb>
County aforesaid and also to hear and determine divers Felonys<lb></lb>
Trespasses and other Misdeeds committed in the Same County,</p>
<p n="1151"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Order made on reading<lb></lb>
a Letter from the Lords of<lb></lb>
the Privy Council concerning<lb></lb>
the taking up Straggling<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1601">Seamen</rs>
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for the Kings<lb></lb>
Service}</note>
Whereas a Letter dated the fifteenth day of June instant from the<lb></lb>
Lords of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1151-1">His Majesty</rs>
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's most Honble. Privy Council to His Grace Thomas<lb></lb>
Holles Duke of New castle Custos Rotulorum of this County of Middx<lb></lb>
and City and Liberty of Westmr. hath been transmitted by His Grace<lb></lb>
unto <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1151-2">His Majesty</rs>
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's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1602">Justices of the peace</rs>
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for this County assembled<lb></lb>
at this Special Sessions holden for this purpose, By which Letter<lb></lb>
the Said Lords of the Privy Council do express That by <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1151-3">His Majesty</rs>
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's<lb></lb>
Command they do thereby pray and require the Said Duke of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1175">Newcastle</rs>
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to call upon the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ1603">Justices of the peace</rs>
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within this<lb></lb>
County, And Strictly enjoyn and require them to cause all<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1151-4">Straggling Seamen</rs>
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who are fit to Serve on Board <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55601_n1151-5">His Majesty</rs>
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's<lb></lb>
Ships to be taken up; and Sent by proper Persons from Place to Place<lb></lb>
Until they Shall be brought to the Clerks of the Cheque of His<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1176">Majesty's Yards</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1177">Deptford</rs>
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, <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo1178">Woolwich</rs>
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, Chatham, Sheerness,<lb></lb>
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, Plymouth or Harwich, according as those Places</p>
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