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Decr. 1692
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Order for placing
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sufficient Watches
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& Wards in
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Hillingdon
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Upon Information given unto this Court that divers Robberys and
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Burglarys have lately been comitted near Cowley Street in the
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Parish
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of Hillingdon
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in this County for want of a Sufficient Watch to be
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kept there for prevention whereof Itt is thought fitt and Ordered by
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this Court that the Present Constables and Headboroughs of the said
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doe from the time of Notice given them of this Order
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untill the First day of March next place and Sett a sufficient watch to
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Consist of one Constable or Head bro' and three able men att the House
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in
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aforesaid and that they doe continue to
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keep their Watch at the Redlyon in
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to consist of the like or
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greater Number of Persons as formerly hath been used to be upon the
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said Watch and that the Inhabitants of the said
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does
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sending one Sufficient Person one night in every week to be upon the
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said Watch and hereof the said Constables and Headboroughs are not
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to Fail as they as every of them will Answer the contrary att their
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Peril.
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