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the Lord Mayor for the time being be President of the said Cor-
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poration, Workhouse or Workhouses, within the said City; and
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the Assistants to be the Altermen of the said City for the time be-
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ing, and Fifty two other Citizens to be chosen by
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the Common
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Council of the said City; And that the said President and Assist-
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ants, or the major part of them, shall and may elect a Deputy-
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President and Treasurer, and all other necessary Officers thereby
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constituted to execute the Powers and Offices appointed by the
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said Act;
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AND whereas
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the Common
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Council of the said City did
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in the year 1698, in pursuance of the said Act, erect and
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Choose a Corporation for the purposes in the said Act menti-
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oned, and the President and Conernours did elect a Deputy
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President and Treasurer, and other Officers, Infich said Pre-
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sident and Conernours have and do meet and consider of pro
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per Ways and methods for improving the Poor of this City,
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and have laid out divers Sums of Money heretofore raised
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by four Acts of Common Council, pursuant to the said recited
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Act of Parliament, in the building and altering divers Doules
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and Tenements by them taken and purchased in
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Bishopsgate
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.
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Street, and thereof making several connensent Workhouses, in
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which they have and do employ great numbers of poor diffressen
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Children
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, Beggars, wagrants, and otherwise and disorderin
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Persons that are found in the publick Streets and Passages of
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this City, in
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Sprining of Wool
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and star, Knitting of Stoc-
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kings, Making of Cloaths and Shoes, Winding of Silk,
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Picking of Dakum, Wathing of Linnen, Beating of Hemp,
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and Basptons of Loggwood, and for whom then provide Meat,
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Drink, Wathing, Lodging, Cloaths, and all other Necessa-
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ries, in doing of which they have Expended the Moneys altera-
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by raisen, as they have certified under their Common Seal unto
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this Court, and that they do want a further Supply for carry-
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ing on the said Work, and that the Sum of five thousand one
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hundred and one pounds eight Shillings and six pence Will be
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necessary to be caised for the same, and in further pursuance of
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the said Act of Parliament: This Court hath thereupon agreed
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the Sum of four thousand eight hundred eighty seven pounds
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eight shillings and a farthing, Shall be raised upon the several
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Parishes and Precincts within the said city and Either as
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thereof, in the proportions herein after mentioned
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BE it therefore Enacted by the Right Honourable the
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Lord Mayor, the Right Worshipful the Aldermen, and the
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Commond of the said City in Common Council assembled,
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That the Sum of Four thousand eight hundred eighty seven
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pounds eight shillings and a farthing shall be rated and as-
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sessed, by one entite Assessment, upon the Inhabitants within
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in the said City and Liberties, according to the several and
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respective Proportions herein after following; That is to
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say,
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On the Parish of
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St. Alban Wood street
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, Twenty eight pounds
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three shillings and six pence.
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On
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Alhallows Barking
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, Ninety one pounds four shillings and
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seven pence.
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On
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Alhallows
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Bread Street
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, Twenty three pounds twelve shillings
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and fix pence.
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On
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Alhallows the great
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, Fifty six pounds seventeen shillings and
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six pence.
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On
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Alhallows Honey-lane
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, Thirteen pounds.
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On
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Alhallows the less
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, Twenty five pounds one shilling and nine
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pence.
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On
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Alhallows Lombard street
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, Thirty nine pounds ten Shillings
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and four pence.
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On
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Alhallows Staining
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"Alhallows Staining"
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=
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type
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"type"
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"undefined"
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</
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, Thirty seven pounds thirteen shillings
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three pence.
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>
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On
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Alhallows the Wall
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"Alhallows the Wall"
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</
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=
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=
"type"
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=
"undefined"
>
</
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, Forty six pounds.
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"671"
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On
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St. Andrew Hubbard
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rs
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=
"St. Andrew Hubbard"
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<
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type
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</
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, Seventeen pounds thirteen shillings
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and three pence.
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On
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St. Andrew Undershaft
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"St. Andrew Undershaft"
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=
"GLDBPP30701_geo204"
type
=
"type"
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=
"undefined"
>
</
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, Eighty one pounds three shillings
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</
lb
>
four pence half-peny.
</
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>
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n
=
"673"
>
On
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>
St. Andrew Wardrobe
</
rs
>
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=
"St. Andrew Wardrobe"
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</
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<
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inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo205"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
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, Fifteen pounds.
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n
=
"674"
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On
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id
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo206"
>
St. Anne Aldersgate
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rs
>
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"GLDBPP30701_geo206"
type
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"placeName"
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=
"St. Anne Aldersgate"
>
</
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type
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"type"
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=
"undefined"
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</
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, viz. on that part thereof which lieth
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within the Freedom of the
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City of London
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rs
>
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=
"City of London"
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type
=
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=
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>
</
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>
, Sixteen pounds one
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>
shilling and eight pence.
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<
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n
=
"675"
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On
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"placeName"
id
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo208"
>
St. Anne Blackfryars
</
rs
>
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inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo208"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"St. Anne Blackfryars"
>
</
interp
>
<
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inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo208"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
, Sixty seven pounds sixteen shillings
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lb
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</
lb
>
and nine pence.
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>
<
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=
"676"
>
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=
"margin"
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On
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=
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=
"GLDBPP30701_geo209"
>
St. Anthony, alias Antholin
</
rs
>
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inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo209"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"St. Anthony, alias Antholin"
>
</
interp
>
<
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inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo209"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
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>
, Twenty nine pounds eleven
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</
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>
pence half-peny.
</
note
>
</
p
>
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p
n
=
"677"
>
On
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rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo210"
>
St. Austins
</
rs
>
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interp
inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo210"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"St. Austins"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo210"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
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>
Parish, Nineteen pounds six shillings and six
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lb
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</
lb
>
pence.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"678"
>
On
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo211"
>
St. Bartholomew exchange
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo211"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"St. Bartholomew exchange"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo211"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
, Twenty nine pounds nineteen
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lb
>
</
lb
>
shillings and three pence.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"679"
>
On
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo212"
>
St. Bennet Fink
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo212"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"St. Bennet Fink"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo212"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
, Twenty pounds.
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p
>
<
p
n
=
"680"
>
On
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo213"
>
St. Bennet Gracechurch
</
rs
>
<
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=
"GLDBPP30701_geo213"
type
=
"placeName"
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=
"St. Bennet Gracechurch"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo213"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
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>
, Twenty four pounds eleven Shillings
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lb
>
</
lb
>
and ten pence.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"681"
>
On
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo214"
>
St. Bennet Pauls Wharf
</
rs
>
<
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=
"GLDBPP30701_geo214"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"St. Bennet Pauls Wharf"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo214"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
, Thirty six pounds seventeen shil-
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lb
>
</
lb
>
lings.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"682"
>
On
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo215"
>
St. Bennet Sherehog
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo215"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"St. Bennet Sherehog"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"GLDBPP30701_geo215"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
, Thirteen pounds eight shillings and
<
lb
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