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<p n="6">June 1692</p>
<p n="7"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Order for Viewing<lb></lb>
a certain place in the<lb></lb>
Parish of St. Giles in<lb></lb>
the Fields to erect a<lb></lb>
Watch house on.}</note>
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Upon Reading the Humble Petition of the Several Constables & Headbros<lb></lb>
of the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields in this County Exhibitted unto this Court<lb></lb>
thereby Shewing that they were att great Charge on their Watch Nights for<lb></lb>
want of a Watch house in the said Parish and that they were forced to Sum on<lb></lb>
their Watchman to meet att Victualling houses which was Expensive to the<lb></lb>
Petitionrs. and that in the Cold and wett Winter Nights the Petitionrs. with their<lb></lb>
Watchman are forced to Stand in the Open Streets for want of Shelter and that<lb></lb>
there is a Wast piece of Ground in Holborn near the End of Southampton<lb></lb>
Street being in the Highroad leading from the Barrs to the Parish<lb></lb>
Church of St. Giles in the Fields and near the Center of the said<lb></lb>
Parish where the Petrs. conceived itt might be very fitt to Erect as<lb></lb>
Watch house thereon and Praying that this Court would grant an<lb></lb>
Order to View the said Peice of Wast ground and that there might be<lb></lb>
a Watch house built thereon att the Charges of the Parishes. of the said<lb></lb>
Parish of St. Giles in the Fields Itt is thought fitt and Ordered by this<lb></lb>
Court itt be and itt is hereby referred to Sr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50020_n7-1">Chas. Lee</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50020_occ4">Knight</rs>
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Mr.<lb></lb>
Bucknall Mr. Eyton Mr Alleshire and such other of their Maties<lb></lb>
Justices of the Peace for this County as shall be present att the next<lb></lb>
Petty Sessions to be held at the Court House att Bloomsbury in Holbourn<lb></lb>
Division in this County or any three or more of them to View the said<lb></lb>
Piece of Wast Ground and Sumon before them all the Inhabitants<lb></lb>
Fronting and Adjoining to the same and Examine whether the building<lb></lb>
of a Watch house on the said Piece of Wast ground will be Prejudiciall<lb></lb>
to them in their Trades or otherwise and to make such Order for Erecting<lb></lb>
of the said Watch house on the said piece of Wast Ground by consent.<lb></lb>
of the said Inhabitants fronting and Adjoining thereto as to the said<lb></lb>
Justices or any three of them shall seem meet for reliefe of the Petrs</p>
<p n="8">P Cur</p>
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