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<p n="396">Itt appeares to this Court that in the said parish of St<lb></lb>
Leonard Shoreditch, there are three<del>Divisions or</del>
Liberty vizt the Liberty<lb></lb>
of Moor fields, the Liberty of Hoxton, & the Liberty of Hollywell,<lb></lb>
That the Chuchwardens Overseers of the poore & surveyors of the<lb></lb>
High wayes have alwaies been chosen by the whole parish att<lb></lb>
their publick meetings for the Election of parish officers But that<lb></lb>
the constables & Headboroughs<del>other inferior officers</del>
house & the scavengers ever<lb></lb>
since the Act of the 2d of Wm Mary Intituled Etc some time before</p>
<p n="397"> <del>have</del>
best Chosen for the Liberty of Hollywll by the Inhabitants of<lb></lb>
that liberty only without the Intervention of the Inhabitants of<lb></lb>
the That Liberties That one notice poores rate has alwaies been<lb></lb>
made for the whole Parish & by the Inhabitants of the whole parish<lb></lb>
for Releife of<del>the</del>
all theire poore That there has been noe Rate<lb></lb>
ever made<del>with</del>
for Repaires of the Highwayes within this Parish,<lb></lb>
the Statute worke & the Penalties required or Defaltess whole parish being sufficient<lb></lb>
to answer all that service But<del>the Inh that</del>
ever since the making<lb></lb>
of the Said act of the of wth Mary for some years before there have beet distinct & seperate<lb></lb>
scavengers rates made by the said three liberties, & those rates<lb></lb>
<del>dist</del>
seperately accounted for to ye Inhabitants of the respective Liberties<lb></lb>
only, In the<del>takeing of wch. Accts.</del>
making of wch. rates & takeing the<lb></lb>
Accts. of them the Inhabitants of the severall<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Liberty, never<del>interpos'd</del>
interfer'd<lb></lb>
with each other And itt being Justices or That the said Scavengers<lb></lb>
Rate we made<del>fo</del>
as aforesaid illegall for that there ought to have been<lb></lb>
one intire Rate made for the whole parish this Courtis of Opinion Etc</p>
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