The answer on behalf of the city of London, to the reasons of the county of Middlesex. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A75404 of text R172327 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A3303aA). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A75404 Wing A3303aA ESTC R172327 47682796 ocm 47682796 172754 2240897234

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A75404) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 172754) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2648:9) The answer on behalf of the city of London, to the reasons of the county of Middlesex. 1 sheet ([1] p.). s.n., [S.l. : 1675] Publication date from Goldsmiths' Lib. cat. Reproduction of original in: Sutro Library. eng Real property tax -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Tax remission -- England -- Middlesex -- Early works to 1800. London (England) -- History -- 17th century. Broadsides -- England -- London -- 17th century. eebo The answer on behalf of the city of London, to the reasons of the county of Middlesex. 1. The houses in London are chiefly inhabited by retailers and [no entry] 1667 1 456 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-12 Sampled and proofread 2010-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2011-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Answer on behalf of the City of London , to the Reasons of the County of Middlesex . 1. THe Houses in London are chiefly inhabited by Retailers and Handicrafts men , who are much impoverished in their Personal Estates both by the Fire , and the withdrawing of the Trade into the Out-Parishes in Middlesex . 2. The Houses in London , built according to Act of Parliament , are many of them Empty , and many filled with mean Persons , of mean and inconsiderable Callings : And that part of the City , that was not consumed by the Fire , is likewise filled with very many necessitous People . And such other poor that are withdrawn out of the City , that received Pensions before the Fire , do still receive those Pensions from the respective Parishes unto which they did then belong . 3. The Houses Eastward of the City are since the Fire greatly increased , and better inhabited by Merchants , and very many other considerable Traders , who have now left the City . 4. The Houses Westward of the City are not only inhabited by Lords and Gentlemen of Quality , who ( besides their Houses ) are assessed , and do pay some part of the Tax , as by the Books may appear , but also by Eminent Tradesmen in Covent-Garden , the Strand , High Holborn , &c. And the number of the Poor maintained by the City being very great , the Annual Charge of them to the City amounteth unto Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred Forty One pounds Six shillings at the least . 5. The City desires not Ease from the Land-part of Middlesex , but only from those Parishes that are within the Bills of Mortality within the said County . 6. Those Citizens that have left the City are an Advantage to the Parishes within the County in respect of their Trades , Families , and paying of Taxes . And those that live within the City , and have any Stock in the East-India Company , or other Companies , are rated within the City for their Personal Estates , but the greatest part of the Stocks of those Companies belonging to several , inhabiting within the County of Middlesex , and other parts without the City , cannot be rated within the City . 7. The County of Middlesex was not charged upon the Account of any Office in London : But several Officers , who keep their Offices in London , were taxed in Middlesex , and paid there , to the great Advantage of that County .