Novr- 20th- 1740

Committee mett Pursuant to Notice-

Present

Mr. Saml. Cobley< no role >
Mr. Hen: Garbrand< no role > }Ch. Wardens

Mr. Thos. Heath< no role >
Mr. Jno. Illingworth< no role >
Mr. Wm- Gibbs< no role > -
Mr. Thos. Woodley< no role > }Overseers

Mr. Jno. Meadman< no role >

Mr. Nath: Calvert< no role >
Mr. Gliss. Maidwell< no role >
Mr. Simon Pyke< no role >
Mr. Hen. Neve< no role >
Mr. Edwd. Webb< no role >
Mr. Jas. Sawyer< no role >
Mr. Jas. Fletcher< no role >

Minutes of the last Committee.

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Mr. Heath reported that Mr. Brown the Assignee of the
Houses in St. Clement Lane asked £700 for the Remainder of
his Term therein being thirty five Years & thirty Seven Pound a
Year Ground Rent which being a considerable Sum more than
they apprehended the sd. Houses were worth did not proceed any
further in this Matter.

And upon Examining the Ground for the New Building-
they found they could not make a Foundation & for that reason
did not make an Estimate of the Expence.

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Ordered & agreed that Mr. Meadman do make an Estimate
of the Expence Repairs of the Schoole House & Alms Houses
& what Number of Poor they will contain & report the same to
this Board the 27th- Inst. at 4 o'Clock in the afternoon

Ordered & agreed that Mr. Meadman do make an Estimate
of an Aditionall Range of Rooms over the Alms Houses with
a Stair case at ye. End & also that Mr. Heath make an