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Provided always And be it further Enacted that if
the said Dean and Chapter should in preference to the absolute Conveyance
of the said lot A or their Interest therein chuse rather to convey the
same in the the way of Lease for a long term of Years (at a peper com
or other reserved rent) with or without the further consideration of a fine
or fines payable at certain or contingent Periods and the Persons so
appointed to treat on their behalf as aforesaid shall make such his
Election by giving to the Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the
Treasury notice thereof in writing within one Calendar Month after
notice shall be given of the said Spots being so fixed upon for the
purposes of the said Act Then and in such case it shall be lawful
to and for the said Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury
at his or their discretion and only in case he or they shall think fit
to accept of such Lease from the said Dean and Chapter (the same
being duly confirmed by the said other Parties and their Rights bound
being for a term of less than a thousand Years.—
And whereas ever since the institution of his Majesty's
School at Westminster founded by Queen Elizabeth of Glorious Memory
the said Waste hath under the authority and by the allowance of
the said Dean and Chapter and without any restriction as to any
particular thereof been accustomed to be made use of as a place of
Exercise and recreation for Cricket or other Sports requiring a large
extent of Ground to the amount of several Acres, by the Scholars of
the said School, and the said Scholars would be deprived of the said
benefit if Provision were not herein made for the continuance of the
same in the Division and Appropriation of the said Waste.—
And whereas the said Waste is intirely open and situate
in the Neighbourhood of many mean Houses and is exposed to
the Promiscuous resort of mean loose and disorderly company and
therefore the allotment of a competent separate and inclosed Spot of
Ground
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Identifier: | JB/123/252/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 123.
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see note 3 to letter 1392, vol. 6 |
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