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Tower thereof fell down several yeares since, and that the
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said Church is now in a ruin
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capable of being repaired, but must, of necessity,
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be rebuilt, And that the Inhabitants of the said
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parish are burthened with a very Numerous Poor
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for whose releife and maintenance the annual
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assessments on the Inhabitants of the same parish
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have amounted in some yeares to three shillings
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in the pound, And that the Charge of rebuilding the
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said Church and steeple will upon a moderate computation
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amount to the sum of three thousand pounds, which
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the Inhabitants of the said parish are not able to
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raise, the subscription made amongst themselves in
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order to rebuild the same
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amounting to more than five hundred and twenty
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pounds or thereabouts, a considerable part of wch remains
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unpaid, & is likely so to do.
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Wherefore at the request of the sd Petitioners
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humbly recommend certify the aforesaid matters to your
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Lordships consideration, Requesting your
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Lordship (if you shall think fit) to grant unto them
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his Majesties most gracious Letters Patent licence
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