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<p n="181">Tower thereof fell down several yeares since, and that the<lb></lb>
said Church is now in a ruin<del>ous</del>
ed condition, and<del>ought</del>
not<lb></lb>
capable of being repaired, but must, of necessity,<lb></lb>
<del>to</del>
be rebuilt, And that the Inhabitants of the said<lb></lb>
parish are burthened with a very Numerous Poor<lb></lb>
for whose releife and maintenance the annual<lb></lb>
assessments on the Inhabitants of the same parish<lb></lb>
have amounted in some yeares to three shillings<lb></lb>
in the pound, And that the Charge of rebuilding the<lb></lb>
said Church and steeple will upon a moderate computation<lb></lb>
amount to the sum of three thousand pounds, which<lb></lb>
the Inhabitants of the said parish are not able to<lb></lb>
raise, the subscription made amongst themselves in<lb></lb>
order to rebuild the same<del>(in case the whole money<lb></lb>
subscribed should be paid which is uncertain)</del>
not<lb></lb>
amounting to more than five hundred and twenty<del>thirty</del>
<lb></lb>
pounds or thereabouts, a considerable part of wch remains<lb></lb>
unpaid, & is likely so to do.</p>
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<del>Wherefore at the request of the sd Petitioners<obscured></obscured>
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humbly recommend certify the aforesaid matters to your<lb></lb>
Lordships consideration, Requesting your<lb></lb>
Lordship (if you shall think fit) to grant unto them<lb></lb>
his Majesties most gracious Letters Patent licence<lb></lb>
and protection under the Great Seal of Great</del>
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