JB/119/192/003

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Panopticon Bill General Preamble 2
Ground chosen

Art.2. And Whereas in pursuance of the said
Act a spot of Ground at Battersea Rise consisting
of 80 Acres or thereabouts of which the Fee Simple was
and is in the Archbishops of York in right of his See &
of which William late Earl Spencer then was and George
John now Earl Spencer now is Lesee for lives under the
said See, having after great consideration and rejection
of divers other situations been at an interval of upwards
of two years from the passing of the said Act, to wit
on or about the 18th of June 1782, approved of
by the said Board as the properest spot for the said
purpose, and as sufficient not only for that one of
the said intended Penitentiary Houses for which the
same had originally been chosen, but for both such
Penitentiary Houses, the price thereof was on the 10th
day of September 1782 duly assessed by the Verdict of a
Jury at £6,600 of which Verdict for the better ascertainment
of the parcels of the said Land a true copy
is exhibited by the paper marked [A.] in the schedule
hereunto annexed.

Art. 3.

Identifier: | JB/119/192/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 119.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	1-2
Box	119	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	192	Info in main headings field	panopticon bill
Image	003	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d1 / d2 / d3 / d4
Penner		Watermarks	i taylor
Marginals		Paper Producer	evan nepean
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	39703
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