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By Adjornmt. on Thursday the
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14th. day of January 1741
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Order for touching the paymt.
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of £500. by Mr. Higgs the
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County Trearer unto Mr.
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Charles Marquand on
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Upon information given unto this Court by James
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Clitherow
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for this
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County that it is absolutely necessary that a Sum of five hundred
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pounds Should be advanced & paid unto Mr. Charles Marquand
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(over & above what he hath already reced) to enable him to
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carry on the work and finish the rebuilding of a publick Bridge
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in the Said County This Court being Satisfyed
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of the truth of the premisses Doth Order that Mr.
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of this County do as money Shall come to his hands
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as Treasurer pay the Sum of five hundred pounds unto the Said
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Charles Marquand for the purpose aforesaid, And that the Said
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Sum be allowed to the Said Treasurer upon his Account, And the
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bill of the Said Charles Marquand is to be taken into
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consideration on the County day of the next Sessions,
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By Adjornment on Thursday the
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14th. day of January 1741
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Order for Each Prisoner
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in the House of Correction
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at
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to be
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allowed one pennyworth
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of bread every day, and for
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Mr. Saml. Jaycock Baker to
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provide the Same, And to
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be paid for the bread by the
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County Treasurer}
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Whereas by an Order made at the last General Quarter
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Session of the peace holden for the County of Middx by Adjornment
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on Thursday the fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord
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1741 It was (amongst other things) upon Several reasons
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therein Setforth Ordered that the Keeper of the House of
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in the Said County Should on every
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day from the eighteenth day of the Same Month of October
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allow & pay unto every Prisoner committed or to be committed to
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his Custody as Keeper of the Said House untill the time of
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Such Prisoner's being discharged one penny each day for
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Such Prisoner's relief & Subsistance during his or her
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imprisonment,
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And that the Said Keeper Should be
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reimbursed the Same in Such manner as is therein
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mentioned, And whereas it hath been Represented unto this
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Court That in Order to prevent the Prisoners in the Said House
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of Correction from Spending the Said one penny a day in
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Geneva or other hot permicious liquors It will be much better
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that in Stead of the Said one penny a day to the respective
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Prisoners,one pennyworth of bread be allowed and distributed
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every day to each Prisoner during his or her confinement in the
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Said House of Correction which allowance at in bread may
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conduce much more to their health & nourishment This
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