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the Right Honble. William Clayton Esq. they had obtained a
Patent (with a Remission of the Fees amounting to the Suine
of One hundred and One pounds twelve shillings and Eightpence)
from his Majesty under the Great Seal for holding three
Marketts in every Week Weekly for the Selling of Hay and
Straw in the Broadway aforesaid for the Term of Thirty One
Years from the first of October instant, which Patent is granted
in the Names of the said John Lawton and Mark Frecker
Esq" their Exec" Admrs and Assigns in Trust for the Poor of
this Parish
It was unanimously
Ordered—That the thanks of this Vestry be returned to Sir
Robert Walpole Sir Charles Wager and William Clayton Esq.
for their great Favour to this Parish in obtaining the said
Grant and that William Ireland Nathaniel Blackerby Alexander
Chocke Wm Lowndes, John Lawton, Mark Frecker, John
Grainger, John Dives, Richard Far well and Gideon Harvey
Esq" together with the Churchwardens do wait upon the
aforesaid Gentlemen for that purpose.
27th October, 1733. Ordd That the Toll for the Hay and Straw
to be brought to the Markett in the Broadway be fixed as
follows viz' for every Cart Loaded with Hay three pence and
for every Cart Loaded with Straw two pence.
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Ordd That the Markett be Proclaimed in the Broadway where the
patent is to be read and that the same be afterward proclaimed
at Charing Crosse and Saint James Haymarkett.
Ordd That the Hackney Coachmen have Notice to remove their
Stands from of the said Markett.
The Patent under which the market was granted, being
a magnificent specimen of the caligraphic art, and bearing
the Great Seal attached, is preserved at the Town Hall.
The Sessions Although it does not appear, from the minutes,
that the Vestry took any steps towards obtaining
the grant, they nevertheless recognised the public
benefit conferred by the gift of the Court House in the
Broad Sanctuary:—
Thursday, 10th March, 1763. Resolved that the Unanimous and
respectfull Thanks of this Vestry be and they are hereby given
to the Right Honble the Earl of Northumberland for his Generous
Benefaction of the New Court House or Guildhall situated
within this Parish for the Accomodation of this City and
Liberty.