By adjornment on Thursday the 25th. day of February, 1747 .

Order for appointing Mr.
Edwd. Hastler< no role > High Constable
within the Hundred of
Spelthorne in the place and
Stead of Mr. John Rance< no role > .}

Upon the humble Petition of Mr. John Rance< no role > High Constable
within the Hundred of Spelthorne in this County exhibited unto this
Court Setting forth That he hath Served the Said Office of High
Constable for the Space of two years, and that he is very infirm and
greatly afflicted with the Gont, and is thereby rendered incapable
of doing his Duty, and therefore prays to be discharged from the
Said Office, This Court being Satisfied of the truth of the Premisses
Doth appoint Edward Hastler< no role > of the Parish of Stanes within the
Said Hundred in this County Gent . to be High Constable within the
Said Hundred of Spelthorne in the place and Stead of the Said
John Rance< no role > , And doth Order that the Said Edward Hastler< no role > do
forthwith (after notice to him given of this Order) attend one or more of his
Majesty's Justices of the Peace of this County residing or acting within
the Said Hundred of Spelthorne and before the Said Justices or one of
them take his Oath for his due Execution of the Office of High
Constable within the Same Hundred, And from and after the time
of his having taken Such Oath the Said John Rance< no role > is to Stand
absolutely discharged from being High Constable within the Said
Hundred.

By adjornment on Thursday the 25th. day of February, 1747.

Order for confirming a
Report of the Committee
concerning County Rate
Money reced & disbursed
by Mr. Higgs Treasurer of
Middx.}

A Report being made unto this Court by John Poulson< no role > , Samuel
Tatem, Philip Dyot< no role > , Thomas Moore< no role > & William Withers< no role > Esqrs being
a Quorum of his Majesty< no role > 's Justices of the Peace appointed by an
Order of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for this County of the
fourteenth day of January last, That in obedience to the Said Order
they have inspected and perused the Account of Mr. John Higgs< no role >
Treasurer And they do Certify that by the ballance of the preceding
County Rate and the Arrears of that Rate with the £1200 of the
present County Rate the whole amounts to the Sum of £1321.15s.3d.
And that it appears to the Said Committee that the Said Treasurer
hath paid and disbursed out of the Same the Sum of £1252.4s.4d