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hath but three years to come at midsomer 1681: wee think it best to treat with an
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buy out the termes of the tenant or tenants of the three Shopps in Lease, and
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that being effected which wee judge may bee easily done be cause if they refuse
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to accept reasonable Sattiffaccon theHospitall cannot be blamed in bearing
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them to Shift for themselves in defence of the Indictments to Wee are of oppinion
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according to the ancient example of our prudent predecessors in the
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Governomt:
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of this house
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in taking away some part of the Wards to in large the said Pitm
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house and the late addicon since the said fire to Mr: Balams house That there
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may be taken out of the two wards lying next behind the said shopps soe much
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ground as may make the remainder of the said shopps Twenty foote for the
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depth of an house and the front of all the shopps being about thirty Seaven
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foote there may two convenient Brick Tenements bee erected that wilbee
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about Eighteene foote square within the Walls Which bee built with brick
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for about three hundred pounds and will then as wee beleive (on good ground
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be Worth twenty five pounds P Annu and more a piece, and by the doing of
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this the Hospitall will not bee exposed to any greater danger of fire then now it
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18 and there will not bee above twelve Bedds lesse in both the said wards which
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alsoe may bee Supplyed by the use or addicon of some other bedds in some back wards
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Where bedds are either not used or more may bee put upp, as occasion and the revenue
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of the house will permitt and require
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All which neverthelesse wee humbly Submitt to the grave wisdom
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and consideracons of the Generall Court;
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James Hayes
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Trear.
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Rich: How, Nichs: Delves, Petr. Rich,
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James Reading
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, Ellis, Crispe Btr. Daniel
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Gervas Locke John Jekyll,
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Cha: Crayker
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, Tho: Netheway
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Edwd: Smith
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Roger Locke
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John
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Bateman
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Daniel Berry
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Which being read and duly considered of, was allowed and approved by this Court
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and ordered to bee entered amongst the Acts of this Court And that if bee referred
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to the said Committee to put the Same in execucon with all convenient speed.
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Report of damage
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be fire in St. Tho:
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parish in June.
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1681.
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The said Committee alsoe made the Court acquainted in Writing with what
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houses belonging to this Hospitall and by whom held from and under us were
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burnt downe or otherwise considerably Dammaged in the late fire which
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happened in the Parish of St: Thomas on the Seaventh or Eighth of June last which
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writing is hereunder written.
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By the late Fire which happened in Mr: Watermans House or Warehouse in
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St. Thomas Pish the 8th: day of June last the Tenements hereunder mencon
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belonging to the Hospitall were Burnt destroyed or damaged as followeth (vizt.)
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The said Watermans house was wholly Burnt downe; hee paid a fine
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of five and forty pounds in Anno 1677; and was bound to lay out £150: in
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new building which hee laid out accordingly; His Lease was made for 41:
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years from Midsumer 1677: Soe 37: years to come at midsumer last Rent £1:2s:0d
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The Executor: of Angelo Stoner held Two houses which were Burnt downe
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the Lease expires Lady day 1686: Soe but 5: years to come
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Mr:
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Tho: Hatchett
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held with other considerable things 4: Tenements that
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Were burnt downe lately built by his Tenant Dayla Caterton, Mr. Hachett
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hath 36: years to come at Michaelmas next the sent of those burnt is charge
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£1:10s:0d P Ann in the Rentall
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Mary Smart
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held 5: houses all late built be her under tennant one
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Humphry Smith
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by Lease which expires Michas 1696: the Lease was made
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for 24: years for £20: Fine and £4:8s:0d: Rent
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Ann Webb
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held Seaven houses by two Severall Leases six of the houses are
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burnt and the other extreamly Shattered one of the Leases expires of Michas
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1700: and the other at Lady day 1702: And one Lease reserves 44s: Rent and
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the other 22s: Which is together in the Lease with the Rent of the Shopp into
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High Streete
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; One Holllibush is Sub tenant for all those houses to Mrs: Webb
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Elizabeth Sharpe
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holds 5: tenemts: and a Shedd by Lease wchexpires at
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day 1685: Two of the houses & Shedd are Soe Shattered as must be new built; The
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is five pounds
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Mr:
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Edmd: Farding
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held a tenemt: wchis alsoe burnt downe & was demiss
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to him with another tenemt: in this Pish by Lease wherein 30. years was to com
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at midsumr: last 1681 this burnt house is charged with xxs: Rent & Annu
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and ijs: tyth.
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