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October 1797.
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By adjournment same Day.
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The following Letter from Sir
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William Gibbons
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one of His Majestys
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Justices of the peace
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for this County being laid
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before the Court and Read Vizt.
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W; Mainwaring Esqr.
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Stanwell Place Octr. 23d. 1797.
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My Dear Sir
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A Bridge at Poyle within the Manor of
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will be presented by myself or the
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of that Division
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at the present Sessions the onus of Repair will certainly full on
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the County or on your humble Servant as Lord of the Manor
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I admit that my predecessors had for 50 or 60 Years repaird
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this Bridge and that till within these 25 Years they kept a
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Bar across it to prevent at their pleasure all but foot
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Passengers
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from passing over it I have been in possession of
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the Manor for more than 20 Years and have uniformly
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refused to repair
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the Bridge
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and have left it open for all the
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Kings Subjects it is now literally falling down and impassable
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and as it is in the high Road from Stanes to
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some
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thing must soon be done I contend that this must be done
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by the County and if the Magistrates in Sessions are not
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satisfied with the Decesion of the Court of K B in the Case of
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the King against the West riding of
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in 5 Bur. & 2
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Blackstones Reports I am ready to have the question argued
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in the Kings Bench on a Case, or in any way which will save
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time and Expence You perhaps may suggest such a Plan as
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I am really ignorant of the forms to be observed in these
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matters and only wish to Terminate a business very essential
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to the Public convenience
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My Dear Sir,
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Most truly Yours,
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W; Gibbons.
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I have consulted Mr.. Hasgrave
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who thinks the County liable to
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the repairs of this Bridge.
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