THO
.
KENTISH
a
Trustee
for
certain
Indigent
Poor
,
his
Complaint
of
great
Injuries
do●
the
City
and
their
Officers
,
Mr.
Oddy
and
others
,
&c.
drawn
up
at
the
Invitation
of
the
Lord
〈◇〉
and
Court
of
Aldermen
,
in
their
Order
dated
Sept.
17.
1689.
wherein
they
Honourably
promise
to
hear
his
Complaint
,
and
do
him
Right
.
1.
THat
in
or
about
1684.
an
House
on
the
middle
East
part
of
London-Bridge
,
which
cost
above
220
l.
and
was
●int
.
bequeathed
in
Trust
for
paying
a
weekly
Charity
of
10
l.
8
s
.
per
Ann.
for
above
30
years
then
to
come
,
was
demolished
by
the
City
and
Bridge-house
Officers
and
Work-men
,
as
a
Nusance
,
without
giving
him
the
Trustee
any
previous
notice
of
an
Indictment
,
and
without
offering
any
reasonable
Terms
;
tho
he
had
under
his
Hand
once
and
again
professed
his
readiness
for
the
publick
Good
to
do
any
thing
he
could
do
Legally
and
Honestly
;
and
had
declared
his
hard
Case
,
both
as
under
a
7
years
Lease
to
an
unreasonable
Tenant
,
and
more
than
a
30
years
Trust
for
needy
Poor
:
And
tho
(
as
now
appears
)
Terms
easie
enough
were
granted
others
,
and
particularly
the
Widow
Webb
.
Nay
,
when
they
would
offer
no
Terms
,
T.
K.
did
offer
to
build
if
the
Tenant
would
pay
the
Rent
in
Arrear
already
disbursed
to
the
Poor
,
and
deliver
up
his
Lease
;
and
if
the
City
would
bate
some
Rent
for
the
Rooms
to
be
lost
over
the
Street
.
Both
which
were
denyed
.
Mr.
Oddy's
Answer
in
Chancery
owns
all
T.
K.'s
offers
,
and
much
of
the
City's
denyals
and
injurious
procedures
;
Proof
.
and
his
Letters
compleat
the
Evidence
.
-
1.
His
Letter
dated
Aug.
1.
1684.
saith
,
The
Committee
cannot
abate
any
thing
of
the
present
Rent
,
&c.
-
2.
His
Letter
dated
August
9.
saith
,
The
Committee
upon
reading
your
Case
,
sent
for
your
Tenant
,
and
prevailed
with
him
to
pay
a
Quarters
Rent
,
and
to
surrender
his
Lease
;
—
and
in
this
the
Committee
have
done
all
they
can
for
you
.
Now
thus
T.
K.
must
buy
his
Tenant
out
of
the
7
years
Lease
he
had
bought
him
into
.
For
when
another
offered
26
l.
per
ann.
for
a
year
or
two
,
without
Lease
,
this
Tenant
for
a
7
years
Lease
had
it
at
18
l.
per
ann.
he
had
bin
in
possession
of
it
now
almost
two
years
,
and
for
that
time
the
other
would
have
given
52
l.
he
had
payd
but
18
l.
and
would
have
payd
but
4
l.
10
s
.
more
,
and
yet
have
bin
rid
of
his
7
years
Lease
.
-
3.
His
next
Letter
,
dated
Octob
.
15.
1684.
saith
,
The
Sheriffs
Officers
intend
to
morrow
to
Level
and
remove
part
of
your
House
adjudged
a
Common
Nusance
,
&c.
Complaint
.
2.
That
after
this
demolishment
,
He
(
zealous
of
Peace
and
the
publick
good
,
and
not
suspicious
of
Fraudulencies
)
was
by
several
Artifices
drawn
to
discharge
his
Tenant
,
and
ingage
himself
in
Articles
for
Building
,
before
he
could
come
at
his
old
Lease
,
or
get
Possession
or
sight
of
his
House
and
its
ruines
.
The
Key
being
then
delivered
,
and
he
finding
that
(
in
the
time
of
this
Treaty
)
his
Chimneys
,
Stairs
and
Foundations
,
had
bin
so
removed
,
that
no
visible
Evidence
was
left
of
the
true
Dimensions
,
he
made
a
General
Agreement
with
the
Carpenter
,
who
was
to
build
on
both
sides
,
and
whose
own
House
joyned
to
his
North-side
,
to
build
for
him
a
new
House
on
his
Ground
,
not
mentioning
any
measure
of
Breadth
,
which
would
have
bin
some
security
to
him
,
and
some
awe
upon
the
Carpenter
.
But
Mr.
Oddy
(
having
promised
to
bear
this
Carpenter
out
)
did
with
others
for
his
Security
and
at
his
sole
desire
(
who
had
designedly
made
these
Ruines
,
and
was
to
gain
by
them
)
make
a
pretended
Survey
when
none
but
the
Front-wall
was
standing
set
out
for
K.
both
Front
and
R●●e
,
and
therein
but
part
of
his
Ground
for
the
whole
,
viz.
less
than
11
Foot
for
more
than
17
Foot
breadth
,
as
appears
at
the
poynt
of
the
unmoved
Stone-Peer
,
laying
the
rest
(
which
was
the
bredth
in
which
stood
3
Chimnies
,
a
Stair
●ase
,
Counting-house
and
other
Conveniences
in
an
additional
Building
on
the
North-side
the
main
Rooms
and
Roof
)
into
the
Carpenters
own
Ground
or
bredth
.
By
this
means
the
Carpenter
hath
sold
or
disposed
several
Foot-bredth
to
others
;
and
pleads
he
hath
built
K.'s
House
on
all
his
Ground
,
because
all
the
City
set
out
for
him
:
K.'s
House
is
useless
and
unhabitable
,
standing
but
upon
part
of
his
Ground
;
and
yet
he
hath
bin
forced
to
lay
down
for
it
the
Price
agreed
only
to
be
payd
for
a
convenient
House
on
his
whole
Ground
:
and
the
City
hath
Lett
that
Ground
to
others
,
which
was
for
30
years
to
come
under
Lease
to
Kentish
.
-
1.
The
general
Agreement
with
Carpenter
without
measure
of
bredth
,
appears
by
sealed
Articles
.
Proof
.
-
2.
The
Account
of
the
injurious
admeasurement
under
Mr.
Oddy's
own
hand
.
The
Front
of
Mr.
Kentish's
house
will
be
11
foot
,
and
the
Rear
at
28
foot
deep
but
10
foot
10
Inches
,
clear
of
all
Intermixtures
upright
,
from
the
mid●
of
one
Partition
to
the
middle
of
the
other
.
Admeasured
the
22th
.
of
Apr.
1685.
Phil
.
Oddy
.
-
3.
The
Injuriousness
of
this
Admeasurement
proved
by
5
or
6
Affidavits
made
before
Sir
T.
Pilkington
Lord
Maior
,
which
are
plain
and
indisputable
,
and
made
by
unconcerned
persons
,
Anno
1689.
and
1690.
We
prove
,
-
(
1
)
That
the
Lease
grants
all
the
Rooms
from
Shop
to
Garret
11
foot
bredth
,
and
28
foot
,
10
Inches
length
,
besides
Appurtenances
.
-
(
2
)
That
on
the
North-side
out
of
these
11
foot
Rooms
and
their
Roof
,
was
appurtenant
thereto
an
additional
Building
,
in
which
were
the
Chimnies
,
commencing
about
2
or
3
foot
from
the
present
new
Front
,
and
beyond
these
Chimnies
Eastward
a
Counting-house
,
Stair-case
,
House
of
Office
,
and
other
Conveniences
under
a
distinct
Roof
of
their
own
.
-
(
3
)
That
the
11
foot
Rooms
of
the
old
House
ran
strait
,
without
any
Cumberance
of
the
Chimnies
and
Stairs
in
them
,
and
that
the
Rooms
of
the
new
House
are
but
10
foot
and
½
within
the
Walls
,
and
they
are
so
cumbered
and
filled
up
with
the
Chimnies
and
Stairs
,
that
the
House
is
hardly
habitable
.
-
(
4
)
That
the
additional
Building
at
the
Rere
,
standing
over
the
poynt
of
the
unmoved
Stone-Peer
,
joyned
〈◇〉
that
House
on
his
North-side
at
least
a
foot
or
2
short
of
the
North-side
of
that
poynt
;
but
by
taking
fro●
K
.
the
bredth
of
this
additional
Building
,
the
new
Houses
now
joyn
full
4
foot
Southwards
from
that
u●moved
poynt
:
So
that
there
is
apparently
5
or
6
foot
injury
done
him
in
bredth
on
that
side
.
Yet
we
●ther
prove
,
-
(
5
)
That
bredth
is
also
taken
from
T.
K.'s
South-side
;
not
only
3
Inches
,
which
are
confessed
in
the
Answer
in
Chancery
,
but
above
a
foot
,
as
appears
by
the
Increase
of
bredth
in
the
two
adjacent
Houses
on
that
side
from
20
foot
nine
Inches
,
if
so
much
,
unto
22
foot
or
thereabouts
.
Against
these
Complaints
and
Evidences
,
Mr.
Oddy
seems
to
have
material
Pleas
and
Objections
,
from
some
bold
Oaths
in
Chancery
,
his
own
and
others
,
from
some
Papers
and
Writings
,
and
from
some
darkness
and
defect
in
K.'s
City
Lease
,
which
could
only
be
known
to
him
,
and
others
by
him
,
who
took
occasion
and
encouragement
thence
for
this
whole
Intriege
.
These
may
seem
to
do
him
some
service
,
while
only
whispered
into
some
mens
ears
;
yet
't
is
his
great
skill
and
the
Master-piece
of
his
policy
to
keep
them
from
a
cool
hearing
and
full
Answer
,
for
that
would
open
such
mysteries
as
would
make
his
best
Friends
blush
.
To
prevent
therefore
an
hearing
in
Westminster-hall
,
K.
is
promised
an
hearing
and
●●ighting
by
the
Court
of
Aldermen
;
to
prevent
an
hearing
there
,
a
Reference
to
Arbitrators
is
desired
:
To
prevent
this
,
●he
City
long
insists
,
that
one
who
was
a
party
,
and
deeply
guilty
in
the
things
complained
of
,
should
be
an
Arbitrator
.
At
last
,
in
6
or
7
months
time
Arbitrators
are
fixt
and
Bonds
sealed
.
But
then
the
4
must
all
meet
together
,
and
Mr.
Odd●
●o
,
or
nothing
could
be
done
;
Mr.
Oddy
had
therefore
skill
and
influence
enough
to
prevent
any
seasonable
meeting●●●
hearing
,
or
final
determining
.
And
so
the
Arbitration
Bonds
are
expired
,
and
the
matter
not
heard
.
Thus
after
●ny
months
tedious
and
chargeable
Attendances
on
the
City
for
Justice
,
in
a
matter
of
injured
Charit●
,
〈…〉
to
seek
his
redress
at
Law
,
where
the
City
will
have
the
honour
of
defending
their
injurious
Servants
by
a
〈…〉
so
against
the
private
Purse
of
the
injured
Trustee
of
necessitous
Poor
.