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28th February 1734 - 14th April 1743

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Image 20 of 56325th April 1734


No Rate made in
the yeare 1734

Ashby, George Harman< no role > , James Rogers< no role > John Weedon< no role > Esqrs . and
Such others of his Maties Justices of the peace for this County as
have been Treasurers for the said Hundreds for the purposes
aforesaid or any four of them.

By Adjornmt. on Thursday the 25th. day of April 1734 .

Order for appointing Gideon
Saunders Gentl Treasurer
of the moneys to be reced
for the Marshalsea, Kings
Bench, & Hospitals for the
Hundreds of Elthorne
Spelthorne , & Isleworth for
the year 1734}

It is Ordered by this Court that Gideon Saunders< no role > Gentl be and he is
hereby nominated & appointed Treasurer of the moneys collected &
received or to be collected and received for the Marshalsea, Kings Bench
and Hospitalls for the Hundreds of Elthorne , Spelthorne and
Isleworth in this County for the year one thousand Seven hundred
and thirty four.

No Rate made in the yeare 1734

By Adjornmt. on Thursday the 25th. day of April 1734.

Order of recommendation
to the Justices of the
peace in Finsbury Division
or any two of them to
Suppress a Market and
Selling of Meat on the
Lords day in Turnmill
Street and to report Etc}

Whereas Several persons who are Butchers (to witt) John Page< no role > of
Newgate Market Thomas Hawkes< no role > of Brookes Market William Thompson< no role >
of Newgate Market Charles Bishop< no role > of Newgate Market Thomas< no role >
Freeman of Newgate Market and Thomas Shade< no role > of Clerkenwell have
exhibited their humble Petition unto this Court Setting forth That
the Petes. with many others of the Same busyness liveing in or neare
London have for Several yeares past entred into agreements
together in order to prevent & Suppress the open and publick
prophanation of the Lords day by divers persons of the Same trade
in Selling & exposeing of meat to Sale on that day to the great
dishonour of God, the contempt of Religion, and defyance of the
Laws made for the Strict observance of the Lords day, And that
Altho the Petrs. have used their utmost endeavours to prevent
Such practices, and for that purpose have expended Several
Sums of money to detect prosecute & convict those who have
been and are Still guilty of Such crimes yet all their
endeavours have hitherto proved in effectual to Suppress the
Same, And that among many other places in the Suburbs of
London where meat are exposed to Sale on the Lords day There
is every Sunday morning and often times all the day a certain
Market kept and great quantitys of meat publickly Set forth
& exposed to Sale and Sold by divers Butchers in Turnhill Street
in the parish of Clerkenwell in the time of Divine Service as
appears upon Oath, To the great prejudice & annoyance of the
Inhabitants, and the evil example of others, which Said
wickedparpractices are grown So comon that they are even
become troublesome to the Parishioners and Inhabitants as they
go thro that Street to & from Church, And that the Petes. conceive
that thro' the neglect of Several Officers in not detecting Such




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