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By Adjournment on Thursday the
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30th. of May 1754
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Mr Higgs to pay
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£18.3 to Mr.
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Umfrevile the
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An Account of Inquisitions being produced before this Court by
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Edward
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Esquire one of the
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Coroner
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s of this County therein mentioning
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the same to be taken on View of Dead Bodies in the said County before the
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said Coroner since the Tenth day of January One thousand seven Hundred
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and fifty four and chargeable on the said County pursuant to an Act of
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Parliament made in the twenty fifth Year of the reign of King George the
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second Intituled An Act for giving a proper Reward to Coroners
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for the due Execution of their Office and for the Amount of
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Coroners upon a Lawfull Conviction for certain Misdemeanors which
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Account begins on the Nineteenth day of January aforesaid and ends on
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the fifteenth day of May instant therein mentioning the Dead Bodies
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Viewed to be fifteen in Number and that there is due to the said
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the Sum of Eighteen pounds and three Shillings for his Coroners Fee
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and for the Number of Miles by him travelled on Account of taking the
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said Inquisitions And it appearing to this Court by Writing under the
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Hands of
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Barthlomew Hammond
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Francis Bedwell
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Esquires two
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of his Majestys
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Justices of the peace
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for the said County that they had
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Examined the said Account and did allow of the same It is thereupon
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Ordered by this Court that Mr.
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John Higgs
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of this County
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do pay the said Sum of Eighteen pounds and three Shillings to the said
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Edward Umfreville
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in full of his said Demand whose receipt
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together with this Order shall be a Sufficient Discharge to the said
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for such payment.
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By adjournmt. on Thursday the 30th. day of May 1754.
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Answer to the
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Claim to sit at
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the
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This day
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Thomas Lane
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. one of the Justices of peace appointed last Sessions to wait
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on the Lord Mayor of London with a Complaint from this Sessions made his Report
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Ore tenns That he together with Sir
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John Crosse
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& Mr. Cooke attended the Lord Mayor on the
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Matter of the said Complaint and received the following Answer from the
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That being informed of our designed Visit and the Intent of it he had discoursed several of his
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Brothren the Aldermen about it That it was agreed Orders should be given to the Door
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Keepers and other Servants of the Court to admit the
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into the Court
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and on the East Side of the Bench without any delay or Obstruction That he should the
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first day of next Sessions himself give such express Orders and that it was the desire
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and design of this Court of
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for Middx with
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all due regard and respect That they hoped this would be sufficient to satisfy the
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Gentlemen without entring into the Question of Claim or Right.
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