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St Margaret's Vestry
Octr 9 1796

This day the Vestries of the United Parishes of
St Margaret and St John the Evangelist Westr
Were Summoned to receive a communication
from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster
respecting a plan for erecting a Penitentiary
House in Tothil Fields.

Present &c &c &c

Mr Drake, Vestry Clerk of the parish of St Margaret
informed the united Vestries that yesterday at the
request of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster he had
visited on them, and that his Lordship (the Dean) with
several of the Prebendaries, there present, signified
that a communication had been made to them by
Mr Bentham of Queen's Place, touching an application
that was intended to be made to Parliament
this Session, and before the ensuing vacation for power
to enable him to build a Penitentiary House in Tothil
Fields. That the ground on which the same was intended
to be erected, was, for that purpose proposed to be alienated,
but that such a portion of the said fields
as should be agreed upon was to remain with the
Dean and Chapter, for the use and recreation of the
King's Scholars &c of Westminster, as had from ancient
custom been allow'd, and that an allotment of land, or
other compensation should be made to the parties interested,
for the old buildings in the said Fields commonly
called the Five Chimnies, originally erected
as Pest Houses: (1665) it is supposed at the expence of

Identifier: | JB/117/130/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.
Date_1	1796-10-09	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	117	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	130	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles	st margaret's vestry / octr 9 1796 / tuesday octr 15 1796
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::coles 1795 [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	patrick colquhoun
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1795
Notes public		ID Number	38747
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