Court Continued May ye. 7th. 1717 .

Freemen{

Hawkins

William Hawkins< no role > bound to Edward Lynn< no role > Citizen & Carpenter by Testimony of his Said
Master made free .

Fardall

John Fardall< no role > bound to John Manuel< no role > & assigned to his father John Fardall< no role > Citizen &
Sed arte Carpenter by Testimony of his Sd. Father made free .

Dale.

Charles Dale< no role > bound to Edwd. Clarke< no role > & assigned to Thomas Dale< no role > Citizen & Lorimer Sed
arte Carpenter by Testimony of his Sd. Master Dale made free .

Plimpton.

William Plimpton< no role > [..] bound to Robert Plimpton< no role > Citizen & Carpenter by Testimony
of his Sd. Master made free .

Love.

William Love< no role > bound to John Manuel< no role > & assigned to Marmaduke Smith< no role > Citizen &
BlackSmith Sedarte Carpenter by Testimony of his Sd. Master Smith made free .

Jackson.

Edward Jackson< no role > bound to Richd. Graswell< no role > Citizen & Carpenter by Testimony of his
Said Master made free .

Bland to Dunn.

Consented That William Bland< no role > late Apprentice of Richd. Gregory< no role > be assigned to
Thomas Dunn< no role > Citizen & Carpenter for the remainder of his Apprenticeship .

East India Bonds Etc
returned & put into the
Chest

The Sevrall East India Bonds for One hundred pounds, Eighty pounds, Two hundred &
Forty pounds & One hundred & Twenty pounds, taken out of the Chest last Court day &
delivered to Renter Warden to receive the Interest due thereon, the 31st. of March last
were returned & putt into the Chest, and his Note taken out & delivered to him, he
having recd. for Interest thereon Thirteen pounds Tenn Shillings.£13-10s-0d

Book Dividend recd.

The Renter Warden acknowledged to have recd. for the Company's Dividend of Three
hundred Sixteen pounds & five Shillings Bank Stock due Lady day last, Twelve
pounds Thirteen Shillings£12-13s-0d

Levy's Bond put into ye,
Chest.

Isaac Levy< no role > 's Bond for paymt. of £10. on ye. 17th. of April 1718 was put into the Chest

Letting ye Hall

The Consideration of letting ye. Hall to Mr. Fordham on his proposall is referred to ye.
Master & Wardens & as many of the Court of Assistants as will meet on Wednesday ye.
15th. of May 1717 at 5 a clock in ye. afternoon at ye. Crown Coffee house behind ye.
Royal Exchange .

The Same as to Mr. Thomas< no role > & Edward Goodwin< no role > the Same day & place.

Pentionrs. to Mercht. Taylrs
Hall.

Ordered, That James Harris< no role > & Samuel Nash< no role > be prsented to the Merchant Taylors
Company in the Room of Mathew Wilkins< no role > decd . in order that one of them
be elected to be a Pentionr. there.

Mr. Lewis's. Proposal
Lime Street rejected

Ordered, that Mr. Lewiss. Proposal be rejected, unless he will instead of 100 Guineas pay
£500. to ye. Compa. & perform ye. rest of his Pposal, which as follows Gentn Tho in my
Conduct relating to yor. Company I have not given a just occasion of offence, yet the
treatmt. I have had Seems to Suppose it, especially when you intimated at last meeting, that
in case Idemolishd any of your old houses in A & yard morder to build a Sugar house upon of
ground (tho that wod. be the best improvemt. the plane admits of) you wod. Sueme for breach of
Covent. the Ineither was noramterrified by Such an expression knowing ye. extent of yor. power in
Such a case, yet to avoid a contest yt. wil be inutually expensive of time as well as Case. & to
Evince that you have no temptacon to give me trouble any more than to your
Selves, I propose Vizts to pull down ye. two old timber houses next the Street, & in their Stead
to erect one or two brick houses after ye. second rate of building within ye. Compass of
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