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<p n="1790">Continued Thursday 11th. Septr. 1755.</p>
<p n="1791"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Randle Wm. £10 Fowkes Gift</note>
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Mr. Deputy Martindale and Mr. <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20207_n1791-3">Charles Lowth</rs>
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Two of the <rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20207_occ1972">Governers</rs>
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Reported that in Pursuance of an Order of Court the 6th. day of June 1755<lb></lb>
They had made Enquiry and found that <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20207_n1791-4">William Rundle</rs>
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who Served his<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20207_occ1973">Apprenticeship</rs>
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in this Hospital to <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20207_n1791-5">Thomas Kiel</rs>
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is setup for himself<lb></lb>
in his sd. Trade and has the Character of a Diligent & Sober ManIt is<lb></lb>
Order'd that the Clerk to pay the sd. William Rundle Ten pounds out<lb></lb>
of Mr. Fowkes Gift.</p>
<p n="1792"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Hamersley Hugh & Eliza Mem. for<lb></lb>
additional Term to their Lease<lb></lb>
at Char Cross. (no.1) resd.</note>
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Upon Reading the Memorial of <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20207_n1792-1">Hugh</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20207_n1792-3">Eliza. Hamersley</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20207_n1792-3" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
Setting forth<lb></lb>
That the Memorilists are Tenants of 5 Houses at <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20207_geo887">Charing Cross</rs>
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under a Leases<lb></lb>
from the Governors dated 16 Decr. 1738 for 21 Years from Laday 1740 at £80 P said<lb></lb>
Rent Which Term there are 6 years to came from 5th. April 1755That said<lb></lb>
Houses were many years Since Exected by the Ancestors of the Memlist at a great<lb></lb>
Origt. Expence & Since Maintained at Expences Scarce less considerable, Nor<lb></lb>
have the Memties yet recovered the Expences of their last Removal & the great<lb></lb>
Repairs made in Consequence thereof as they are ready to make Appear by proper Vouchers<lb></lb>
The Leased premes consists of 5 Houses of which 3 only are fronting to the<lb></lb>
Publick street, & the other 2 are Situate in a Back Court without a Thorough fore<lb></lb>
for wch the Memlist. pay an Annual Ground rent of £16 each, one with the other<lb></lb>
Both the Back houses are Occupyed by a Publican who has been always<lb></lb>
constrained to take them both together as the only means of Setting them & now<lb></lb>
the Publican in Threatned with the Loss of his Lyceme as the Justices of<lb></lb>
Westmr. have for some time past shown great reluctance to Lycome Publick<lb></lb>
Houses Situate in Courts without a Thorough fare & the loss of the Lycome<lb></lb>
will greatly endanger the future Letting of these Houses & receder them an<lb></lb>
Useless burthen to the ProprietorThe Total Annual Rents of all the<lb></lb>
5 Houses when let to Solvent Tenants (wch they Setain are) amount to no<lb></lb>
more than £200 P Ann one of which lately let at £50 P Ann. is now<lb></lb>
untenantedOf this £200 P Accd the Hospital constantly receives its<lb></lb>
Aunnal Rent of £80 And the Laced Tax is Assessed to the full Extent upon<lb></lb>
the remaining £120 with Occasional Reassessments, Besides wch the<lb></lb>
Memorialists have for their own Security forced it Necessary to take the<lb></lb>
Insurance against Fire upon themselves, And there are frequent calls<lb></lb>
for Severn Tax & Scowering of the Sewers (as there is a Main Sewer which<lb></lb>
runs through the Center of the Houses) & other OutgoingsTill within<lb></lb>
these 20 years the Under tenants of the 3 front Houses had the Opportunity of<lb></lb>
making their Rents by Letting their best Appartments to Members of Parliament<lb></lb>
other Lodgers who cou'd afford to pay for them, But by the great Increase of<lb></lb>
the new buildings particularly the Extensive Erections Still Speading in<lb></lb>
Westmr. in the very Avennes & Approaches to the Houses of Parliament & the<lb></lb>
Modern Elegancys & Improvements introduced into the fitting up of the New<lb></lb>
built Houses Opposed to the very Ordinary fitting up of the Memoialist Houses<lb></lb>
in wch there are many rooms without Wainscott & more without the comon<lb></lb>
Ornament of Marble Chinney Peices (such Ornaments & Wainscot as there are<lb></lb>
having been put up by the Memorialist within these 20 years past) The<lb></lb>
Lodgers are removed to more Comodions Habitations by wch the Undertente.<lb></lb>
as he is less able to pay, will expect to reduce his rent And at the same<lb></lb>
time required his Laced Lord at a great Expence to make his Shop as<lb></lb>
fine as his Neighboun or he will be Decoyed from him by the<lb></lb>
Modern Temptation of a Gay Shop & fittings up.</p>
<p n="1793"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Kal</note>
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<p n="1794">These</p>
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