June 1777

Harman Leece< no role > Henry Dagg< no role > Edward Hawkins< no role >
Esquires The Reverend Parker Rowlands< no role > and the Reverend
Richard Neat Clerks

His Grace the Duke of Northumberland
opened the Business by stating to the Gentlemen that having received
through the hands of the Chairman a Resolution made at the last
Easter Quarter Session of the peace for this County whereby his Grace
was desired to call a Meeting of all the Woblemen and Gentlemen who
are named in the Commission of the peace for the County of Middlesex
to consider whether it is not become necessary from the present
ruinous condition of Hicks Hall to apply to Parliament for an
Act to enable the Justices to build a new Session house he had in
Compliance with said Resolution appointed the present
Meeting to be held here this day for that purpose Whereupon
It was Moved that the Examination of Messrs. Taylor and
Course two Surveyors before the Committee of the House of Commons
upon the Petition of his Majestys Justices of the peace for the County
of Middlesex for an Act to empower the building a new Session
house for the said County be read and the same being agreed to
the Minutes of the said Committee in respect to the Examination
of the said Surveyors were read accordingly

After which it was unanimously Resolved as follows

1st.

That is the Opinion of this Meeting that Hicks Hall (the Present
Session house of the County of Middlesex ) is very Old too small
and in many respects Inconvenient

2dly.

That a new Sessions house ought to be built for the use of the
County when proper Spot of Ground can be procured convenient
as to Size and Situation for that purpose