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Janry 1699.
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1699
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Order for removing
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the Watch house near
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in Greys.
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Inn Lane.}
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Upon reading the humble Petition of Severall of the
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Inhabitants of the lower End of
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in the
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parish of Saint Andrew Holborne
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in this County exhibitted
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into this Court thereby shewing that the Watch house which
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is placed and kept near the Kings Gate in the said Lane
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stands very inconveniently for the Petitioners and is of no
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use nor safety to them It was therefore prayed that the sa
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Inhabitants might have leave to take down the said Watch
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house and to place and set up the same in some other Place
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for the said Inhabitants Whereupon it is though
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fit and ordered by this Court that the Petitioners have Liberty
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to take down and remove the said Watch house new placed and
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kept near the
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as aforesaid and to erect lace and
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