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<DATE>2012-08-17</DATE>
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<NAME>Judith Siefring</NAME>
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<HEAD>THE CASE OF THE Daughters of the late Earl of <HI>ROCHESTER,</HI> and Grandaughters and Heirs to <HI>JOHN MALLET,</HI> E&s;quire, as to their BILL for Settling the Navigation of the New Cut River, leading from <HI>Bridgwater</HI> to <HI>Taunton.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>JOHN Mallett</HI> (Thirteenth of King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t) having a De&s;ign to Cut this New Ri|ver, &s;ued out an <HI>Ad quod Damnum,</HI> and had a Commi&s;&s;ion under the Great Seal, to Com|pound with the Owners of the Lands, through which he was to Cut; and was al&s;o fain to Clean&s;e, and Scour the Old River, and make an entire new Cut, for the &s;pace of near half a Mile, and to Erect thereupon &s;everal Sluces, and Floodgates, and to make one Bridge over it, and to keep the &s;ame in Repair ever &s;ince, for the Benefit of Pa&s;&s;engers that way; (it being an High-way for all People to travel in.) All which he did at his own Charge, without any Contribution from any Body, and therein Expended Six thou&s;and Pounds and upwards.</P>
<P>And the &s;aid <HI>John Mallett,</HI> after he had perfected the &s;aid Work, to the great advantage of the Country thereabouts, dying before he reaped any Benefit thereby: And his Heirs be|ing very young, and the ill Times coming on, there was no Care taken of his, and their ha|ving any Pattent, for &s;ettling the Navigation of the &s;aid new Cut River, till the time of King <HI>Charles</HI> the Second, tho' they did before receive Rent for it.</P>
<P>And then, upon Certificate of the Judges of A&s;&s;ize, and the Gentlemen of the Country, a Pattent was Granted to the &s;aid Ladies, and they have Farmed the &s;aid Navigation to Tenants for an Annual Rent.</P>
<P>But by rea&s;on of their Tenants, demanding unrea&s;onable Rates of Pa&s;&s;engers through the &s;aid new Cut, &s;everal Di&s;putes, and Suits in Law, did ari&s;e thereupon; To end tho&s;e Di&s;putes, and quiet all Differences for the future, this Bill is de&s;ired, that a rea&s;onable Toll may be &s;et upon every Boat, and Lighter, that &s;hall pa&s;s under the &s;aid Bridge, or Load, or unload Goods, within the &s;aid Cut, (the &s;aid Ladies and their Heirs, being obliged by the Comm&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, to Repair the &s;aid Bridge, and Clean&s;e the &s;aid Cut.)</P>
<P>And it being very Beneficial to the Country, to have this Water-pa&s;&s;age open, for the Carriage of their Goods, and Merchandize; and to have the &s;aid Bridge kept in good Repair, this Bill will &s;ettle the whole Matter.</P>
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<P>THE CASE OF The Co-heirs of <HI>JOHN</HI> late Earl of <HI>ROCHESTER</HI> Decea&s;ed.</P>
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