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Continued Friday 23d. July 1756
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Boadles Grat ½ yr. Midsr 1756
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Upon Reading the humble Petition of the 4 Beadles & Portersman
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of this Hospital for their Usual gratuitys of Forty shillings a peice for
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the half year ending at Midsummer last for their Salarys are but small
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It is Orderd that the Clerk of these Hospitals do give and pay
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unto them Forty Shillings a peice to be Allowed him in his rest Amount
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Basketmendo
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Upon Reading the humble Petition of the three Basketman of
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Bethlem Hospital for their Usual Gratuitys of Twenty shillings a peice
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for the half year ending at Midsumer last for their Salarys are but
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Small It is Orderd that the Clerk of these Hospitals do give & pay
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unto them Twenty shillings apeice to be Allowed him in his next Account
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Hamersley Hugh & Eliza Report
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to Treat for Addl. Term to
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Lease (cha & No.1)}
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Upon Reading a Report from the Comittee of this House dated
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14th. April 1756 under the hands of
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John Wallington
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Trear
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Mr.
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Robert Pott
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, Mr.
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Joseph Vere
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Edwd. Umfreville
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and Mr.
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Richard Manby
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, as follows ViztUpon Reading the Memorial of
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Hugh Hamersley
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& his Sister
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Eliza Hamersley
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(which was
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referr'd by the Court 11th. Septr 1755) to the following Effect ViztThat
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they are Tenants of 5 houses at
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Charing Cross
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under a Lease from
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the Governers dated 16 Decr. 1738 at the rent of £80P Annr fo 21 years
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from Ladyday 1740 which will Expire the 5th. of April 1761That only
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3 of the said houses are fronting to the Street one of which lately let at
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£50. a year is Empty and the other 2 are in aback vurt without although face
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That the Rent of all the houses when lett have amounted to no
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more than £200. a YearThat the very large Sums have been
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Expended by the Memorialists in Repairs of the said Houses (which
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were built by the Memorialists Grand father Sir
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Hugh Hamersley
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about 70
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Years agoe) the present Defect is so great that your Memorialists are
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informed the Expence of athorough repair to put them into Tenantable
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Condition to be Lett for Terms of years will amount to £600. or upwards
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That the Under leases o the Houses now Tenanted are all Expired & some of the
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Tonants are willing to renew but not without Through repairs wch the Shorness
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of the Memorils ls Term will not Admitt them to doThat the Memorialists are willing
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to lay out £500 in Limitted time in Necessary repairs if the Govrs. will please to
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compleat the Subsisting Term to the Extent of 31 years from Lady day 1755
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& make some Reduction of the Reserved rent Adeguate to the Age & Decay of
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the Houses & the Great & Growing Decease of the Improved rents by reason of
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the Numerous and fine buildings Erected & carrying on in Westmr. as is more
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at Large Setforth in the said MemorialThe Treasurer and 4 of the
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Comittee on the 11th of March last having Viewed the sd. Houses and found the
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foundations all good & very Little repairs wanting besides some Whitewashing
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of the said Memorial are of Opinion, not to Treat at present about an
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Additional Term of years in the said Houses from
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the Expiration of the
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Lease in being all wch is nevertheless Submitted to the Judgment of the Court
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This Court having duly weighed & Consider'd the sd. Report doth Confirm
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the same.
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