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6th April 1741 - 21st December 1742

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Image 33 of 14816th September 1741


London to wit


Note you any to
write days at wright
and nor in figures


take care to [..]
the Defts addition
properly last
[..] ye word. I don't soe
ye use of the word there
being (as I ob [..] but
one an [..]
ward of Bp Gate) be wch
ye word ward aforesaid
can [..] and therefore
unless there be any [..]
for it's standing I [..]
this word stands be left [..]
out throughout indictmt.
as wd [..]
[..] sd told [..]
ward of Bishopgate [..]
I should thinke it is
not possibly to use wd to
that- [..] on be
ing upon that I thinke
if ye wood same (wch allways
[..] to ye last [..]
[..] used [..] of ye
wards (last aforesd would
take away all ob [..]

The Jurors for our Lord the King upon their Oath present That the City
of London is an Ancient City and that according to the Custom of the said City from
the Time whereof the Memory of Man is not to the contrary used and approved
in the same at a Court of Wardmote held for the Ward of Bishopsgate [..]
London to Wit in the Parish of St. Helens in the said Ward according to the
said Custom of the said City and Court aforesaid on the 22d. day of December in
the 14th. Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second King of Great
Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Truth and so forth before
Sr. Robert Godschall< no role > Kt . then and now one of the Aldermen of the said City
and then and yet Alderman of the said Ward one John Pugett< no role > late of the
Parish of St. Botolph Bishopsgate in the same Ward of Bishopsgate
merchant then and long before being on Inhabitant and Resiant within
the same Parish and Ward [..] and a fit and proper person to execute the
Office of Constable within the samesaidWard was lawfully and in a due Manner
and according to the Custom of the said City and said Court of Warmote then
and there elected to be one of the Constable for and within the said same Ward for one
Year then next ensuing by the Men inhabiting and resiant paying Scott ward
bearing lott within thesaidsame Ward for one Year the next ensuing by thewhereof
the said John Pugett< no role > [..] afterwards to wit on the said 22d. day of December in the same
Yearlast aforesaidand at divers other days and times at London aforesaid in the
same Parish and Ward last aforesaid hadNotice Nevertheless the said John
Pugett little regarding his Duty in this behalf but endeavouring and intending




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