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had made to Sir Peter Killigrew for tlie two 21 years' Leases lie 

 he had given them of this market, to his Loss and their Benefit 

 to the amount of more than Two Thousand pounds, as is apparent 

 from the present produce thereof in this much worse times ; with- 

 all reminding them of their several incroachments, when they 

 had the Market, beyond ye intention or words of the Grant, in 

 particular, *Bushellage from ships delivering att the Strand, which 

 they continue to this day, as of their own Eight now they have 

 no pretence for it as farmers of the Market ; which refusall of ye 

 Market did so exasperate their Worships that I had not been 

 gone out of the Country half a year, before they had fresh re- 

 course to their old Incroachments upon, and abuse of, the Tenants, 

 with more vigour and abuse than ever, I say shamfulland person- 

 all abuse of me apparently to couUer {colour) their aim at making 

 breach in the Estate ; and it will be found that who ever (^ whatever) 

 possessor of ye Estate shall aim at withstanding these Lords' 

 practices, will be personally treated by them as I have been. 

 More, much more, I could justly add, even to the amount of the 

 foregoing, but the hints I have given I hold sufficient for any wise 

 man's Government ; so shall conclude with averring, what I shall 

 firmly Dye in the opinion of, viz., that if ye possessors of the 

 Estate, by firm persevering means, shall not bring these Lords 

 to reason, they will assuredly sooner or later from incidents, to 

 which private Life is subject, have and take advantage of such 

 incidents for ye making Breach into ye estate to the utter ruin 

 of it, in which the neighbouring Towns and Gent® (? Gentlemen) 

 will come in aid^ as assuredly as they were zealously Industrious 

 in opposing ye original rise of the Town, which is and hath 

 been more envied than any gentleman's Estate in the County. 



2nd Dec, 1733. (? 1738). 



* Thomas (p. 70) restricts this duty to coal-vessels. 



