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Erect any Building in the Church Yard of St. Margaret Westminster
or in the Broad Sanctuary without their previous consent
for that Purpose.
Resolved unanimously that the Ground in St. Margaret's Church
Yard which the Churchwardens have let for erecting Scaffolding
for Persons to see the Procession at the Coronation of his
present Majesty for the benefit of this Parish, was so let by the
Order and consent of this Vestry and that the Churchwardens
and this Vestry have an Indubitable Right to let the same for
the purpose aforesaid.
Resolved that this Vestry will Indemnify the Churchwardens and
Contractors for the said Ground from all Damages and
Expenses whatever that shall or may happen to them or
either of them on Account of the Premises.
Resolved that the following Notice be given to the Dean and
Chapter of Westminster by serving a Copy thereof on Mr.
Gell their Chapter Clerk and that the like Notice be served
on the persons now Erecting Scaffolding in the Church Yard
at the West End thereof and that such Notices be signed by
the Clerk.
You are hereby desired to take Notice that the Churchwardens
and Vestrymen of the Parish of St. Margaret
Westminster in Vestry assembled, Insist that no Person
has any Right to Erect any Building in the Church Yard
of St. Margaret Westminster without their previous consent
for that Purpose [so far to the Dean and Chapter and
the following words to the Builders] and they do hereby
give you Notice to desist from the Erection of any Building
whatsoever thereon. as you will Answer the contrary
at your Peril.
Resolved that the following Notice be also given to the said Dean
and Chapter:—
You are hereby desired to take Notice that the Churchwardens
and Vestrymen of St. Margaret Westmr in Vestry
assembled Insist that the Highway round St. Margaret's
Church Yard belongs to the said Parish and that they have
a Right to Erect such like Buildings at the West End of
the said Yard as the said Vestry have usually erected at
the Coronation of former Kings and Queens of England.
The financial result of the Vestry's action may be
gathered from the subjoined:—
Fri., 4ith Dec., 1761. The Churchwardens laid before this Vestry
an Account of the Monies they received for the Ground in St.
Margaret's Church Yard Let to erect scaffolding thereon for
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