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Heads of the Tothill Fields Inclosure Bill.
Heads of the Tothill Fields Inclosure
Bill, intituled, A Bill for explaining and
amending an Act made in the 34th Year of his present
Majesty, intituled, "An Act for erecting a Penitentiary
"House or Houses for confining and employing Convicts"

Sect. 1. Power to Feoffee appointed by the Treasury to treat for the purchase
of Lot A in the Plan annexed, containing about 34 Acres
clear of Roads &c, out of about 56 Acres of which Tothill Fields consists
Dean to treat for the Chapter. — Vestry of St Margarets and St Johns for
themselves and the other Parishioners. —

§. 1.
Lot A 34 Acres clear
to be purchased for the
Penitentiary House
parties to be treated
with for it. —

Sect. 2. Feoffee to set a price upon the Land in the first Instance, by paying
the price he values it at into the Bank. — Feoffee thereupon to take
possession; so soon as the Parties have joined in accepting the Price, or so soon
as Jury (who upon a refusal given, or silence persevered in for a Month,
by any one of the Parties are to be impanelled for the purpose) have declared
the offered price sufficient; or, upon their setting a higher price so
soon as he shall have paid in the Difference. —

§. 2.
Possession when to be
taken and on what
conditions. —

Sect. 3. Power to the Treasury to accept, instead of the perpetuity, a Lease
for 1000 Years from the Dean and Chapter, if confirmed by the other Parties

§. 3.
Treasury may accept of a
long Lease instead of the
perpetuity.

Sect. 4. Allotment of Lot B (containing about 11 3/4 Acres) to the Dean and
Chapter for a Cricket Ground for the Scholars of the Kings School in
Compensation for their at present unlimited right; that they may take
their exercise free from disturbance by mean and improper company. —

§. 4.
Lot B (11 3/4 Acres Gross)
allotted to the Dean &
Chapter for a Cricket
Ground for the Scholars.

Sect. 5. Eventual Allotment of Lot C being the Portion West of Rochester
Row containing about 6 Acres) to the Dean and Chapter and the United Parishes
for divers purposes — part for a new Poor House or Alms-House in the
Room of the Five Chimney House, which encumbers Lot A and must
be pulled down — the remainder to be either retained by the Dean and
Chapter or granted out by them to the United Parishes according to the
Award of the Commissioners hereinafter spoken of. —

§. 5.
Lot C (6A .. 0R .. 19P Gross)
the Portion behind
Rochester Row allotted to the
Parties for divers purposes
in Portions and on
conditions to be liquidated.

Sect. 6. Appointment of Three Commissioners for liquidating the Rights of
the several Parties. — Dean and Chapter United Vestry and Feoffee, to
name each of them one. Power to Commissioners or any two, or one, of
them, to call for Papers and examine the parties upon Oath. —

§. 6.
Commissioners to be appointed
by the Parties to settle
their respective Rights.

Sect. 7. Functions of the Commissioners. —
1st As to Lot A to settle the share of each party in the purchase Money
2ly To lay out each share in the purchase of other land or otherwise
(determining whether the share of the United Parishes shall be
held independently of, or under the Dean and Chapter) and in the

§. 7
Functions of the
Commissioners. —

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	1-27
Box	123	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	248	Info in main headings field	heads of the tothill fields inclosure bill
Image	001	Titles	heads of the tothill fields inclosure bill
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	tw 1794
Marginals		Paper Producer	francis hall
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public	see note 3 to letter 1392, vol. 6	ID Number	41674
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