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| of Two of his Majestys Justices of the Peace to have been | ||||
| Built made and finished and completed, and the sd Henry in | ||||
| pursuance of the sd Artes afterwd Caused a certain Bridge | ||||
| to be Built a cross the sd River, and procured & made such | ||||
| Road as in the sd Artes is mentd as afd which sd Bridge and | ||||
| Road were |
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| our Lord 1781 Certified to the Genl Quarter Sessions of the peace | ||||
| for the sd County of Northland under the Hands of Two of his Majestys | ||||
| Justices of the Peace for the sd County of Northd to have been built made | ||||
| finished and completed And whereas the sd Henry did not from | ||||
| time to time & at all times as need or occation was required during | ||||
| the Term of 7 years computed as in the sd Artes |
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| mentd as afsd uphold support repair maintain rebuild and | ||||
| keep in good and sufft Repair the sd Bridge for the sd 7 years | ||||
| computed as afd according to this sd Covenant in that behalf but | ||||
| to the contrary after the sd Certificate, & before the expiration of | ||||
| of the sd Term of 7 years, the sd Bridge was Broken Down- | ||||
| prostrated and destroyed, by the floods of the sd River Tyne, and | ||||
| rendered impassable & useless, and hath ever since contd so broken | ||||
| down, prostrated, destroyed, impassable & useless, for want of | ||||
| necessary maintaining, upholding, rebuilding, repairing of the | ||||
| same, contrary to the sd Covt of the sd Henry And whereas afterwd | ||||
| towit on the 1st day of May 1788 at Cockermouth afd [?] in the sd | ||||
| County of Cumberland a certain Discourse was had & moved | ||||
| by and between the sd Gawen Aynsley John Tweddell and | ||||
| Bacon Wm Wastell and the sd Henry of and concerning the sd Artes | ||||
| and Breach of Covt & of and concerning the Damages which the | ||||
| sd Gawen Aynsley John Tweddell & Bacon Wm Wastell and | ||||
| the other Inhabitants of the sd County of Northd or any of them | ||||
| had sustained by reason of the sd Breach of the sd Covt of the | ||||
| sd Henry and upon that Discourse a certain Question arose | ||||
| and was Debated between the sd Henry and the sd Gawen | ||||
| Aynsley John Tweddell and Bacon Wm Wastell when the sd | ||||
| Gawen Aynsley John Twedell & Bacon Wm and other | ||||
| the Inhabitants of the sd County of Northd, or any of them had or | ||||
| had not sustained any Damages, by reason of the sd Breach | ||||
| of the Covent of the sd Hy and thereupon the sd Gawen Aynsley | ||||
| John Tweddell and Bacon Wm Wastell, then and there alleged | ||||
| that they the sd Gawen Aynsley, John Tweddell & Bacon Wm Wastell | ||||
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Note: Issues for assizes, June-July 1788, p2
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