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April 1778
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been obliged to Assess the Inhabitants of the parish to the full
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tent
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given them by their Act Vizt. at 2s..6d in the pound for paving Cleansing
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Lighting and Watching 6d. in the pound for widening of
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and 6d. in the pound for making the
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New Sewers
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in the
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Streets where the same were made In all 3s..6d in the pound besides
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a very heavy poors Rate which some times amounts to 4s..6d in the
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pound and which for Seven Years last past has never been less than
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3 Shillings in the pound and all at
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Rack Rents
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That many of the houses within the said parish
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are let at £10. a Year and under and the Occupiers thereof being
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persons in low Condition to whom the Taxes already assessed are a
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great burthen The same are with much difficulty Collected
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and altho' the said several Works are of great Utility and benefit
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to the publick Yet the said parish has never had any assistance
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whatsoever from the publick
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That Your Memorialists in the Year 1773
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at the Expence of about £100 Erected a Watch and Engine have
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with Rooms over the same on the West side of the present Sessions
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house which must necessarily be taken down therewith and there
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is no convenient Spot in the parish whereon to Erect another in
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the stead thereof
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That the removal of the Sessions house into
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another parish will not only be of great prejudice to many of the
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Inhabitants of the Parish of
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Saint Sepulchre
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which must
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naturally affect the Landlords by lowering the Rents but the
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parish will also sustain a very great Loss and be put to a
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considerable Expence on Account thereof the office of
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Clerk of
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the peace
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being assessed to the Land Tax in the said parish
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at £300 a Year at 4s. in the pound pays £60. a Year which
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must be made up by the Inhabitants or Owners of Houses
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who are now assessed to the said Tax at full 4.5ths. of their
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Rack Rents and the present Sessions house pays to the
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