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16 Nov. 1796
Heads of Bill proposed, for the Penitentiary
Establishment, in relation to Tothill Fields.
1. Bill to explain & amend the Act of 7 July 1794, by extending
the powers from lands in severalty to Wastes & Commons.
2. Clause reciting Tothill Fields as being a Waste within
the four Counties therein mentioned, but as being incumbered
with a ruinous Poor House in the middle,
with no more than 8 or 9 families in it – Should the
Treasury pitch upon Tothill Fields, power to pull
down this Poor House.
3. Pecuniary compensation, mutatis mutandis, as under
the existing Act.
4. Occupation immediate: compensation money in case of
disagreement lodged pendente lite upon the principle of the
existing Act, in the hands of Trustees.
5. Clauses to be consented to if proposed on the part of the Dean
and Chapter – Clause for long lease instead of alienation – &
Clause for the Cricket Ground, for the Westminster Scholars.
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