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19o. die Janry 1718
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Order for setting a
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watch for preventing
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blowing up of Gunpowdr
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houses in Tower Division
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& for makeing a Rate
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for defraying ye expence
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thereof,
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Whereas Upon reading the humble peticon of severall Inhitants of
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in this County on
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behalfe of themselves & many thousand Inhitants in & about the
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said parishes exhibited unto this Court settingforth that the
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Number of Warehouses & Storehouses for keeping Gunpowder
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belonging to private persons in & about the
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&
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Suburbs thereof are of late years very much increased to the
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great terror & danger of many thousands of his Maties Subjects
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And that in the two Parishes before named there are twenty
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or more such Warehouses or Storehouses wherein are Usually
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two or three thousand Barrells of Gunpowder at a time each
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comonly containing about one hundred pound
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weight or more and that some of the said powder houses
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are contiguous to a Warehouse used for melting Tarr and
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are always in danger of being blown Up and were lately like
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so to have been And that accidents of fire have of late years
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been very frequent in & about the
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and
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Suburbs thereof and should any such accident happen to
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any of the said powder houses the Petr. were informed that
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the rest of the said powder houses will blow up & destroy
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many thousand Familys and also destroy or very much
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endanger the Tower of London with great part of the City
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and severall publick Offices & Offices of Stores belonging to
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his Matie. and that the said Inhitants had peticoned the
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Right Honorable the House of Comons for redress therein &
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a Hill is prepareing in Parliamt. for that purpose But least
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any ill disposed person or persons (now the affair is become
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publick) should through prejudice goe about to set fire to
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those places The Petrs. (in consideracon of the dangers and
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fatall Consequences) aforesd humbly prayed that this
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Court would be pleased to order the High Constable of
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the Tower Division
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in this County forthwith to cause a
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strong Watch to be set in the most convenient places
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where the said powder is kept to prevent any Inconveniencies
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that may happen by fire the Inhitants adjoyning thereto
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being willing to contribute to such Rate as shall be made to
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defray the expence thereof whereupon by consent of the said
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