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(547) his substitute or substitutes or any or either of them shall lawfully do or cause to be done in and about the premises by Virtue of these presents we do and each and every and either of us Doth hereby Allow Own Ratify and Confirm In Witness whereof We the said Samuel Peach Isaac Elton the Younger James Hill William Stevenson and William James have hereunto severally set our hands and seals the seventeenth Day of September in the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Eight Sealed and delivered by the above named Samuel Peach (seal) Samuel Peach Isaac Elton the Younger Isaac Elton Jun.r (seal) James Hill William Stevenson and William James Hill (seal) James in the Presence of W.m Stevenson (seal) Hen.l Bengough Not.ry Pub W.m James (seal) Dan Burgess To all to whom these presents shall come I George Weare Esquire Mayor of the City of Bristol In Pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and Passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the second Intitled an Act for the more easy Recovery of debts in his Majesties Plantations and Colonies in America do hereby Certify that on the day of the Date hereof Personally came and appeared before me Daniel Burges of the City of Bristol aforesaid Gentleman the Deponent named in the Affidavit hereunto annexed being a Person well known and worthy of good Credit and by Solemn Oath which the said Deponent then took before me upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God did Solemnly and Sincerely declare Testify and Depose to be true the Several matters and things Mentioned and contained in the said annexed Affidavit Ge.o Weare Mayor In Faith and Testimony whereof I the said Mayor have Caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of Bristol to be hereunto Put and affixed L S and the Paper Writings Mentioned in the said Affidavit to be hereunto also annexed Dated in Bristol the seventeenth Day of September in the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Eight A George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King defender of the Faith &C To Our Trusty and well beloved Bowles Scudamore Henry Hobhouse the Younger Esquires George Tyndale Thomas Evans and Thomas Symonds Gentlemen Greeting Whereas we are informed that Samuel Sedgley William Hillhouse and William Randolph of the City of Bristol Merchants and Partners using and exercising the Trade of Merchandize by way of bargaining Exchange Bartering and Chevisance Seeking their Trade of living by buying and selling about since did become Bankrupts within the Several Statutes made against Bankrupts to the Intent to Defraud and Hinder John Powell of the City of Bristol Merchant and Others their Creditors of their Just Debts and Dutys to them due ^and^ owing we minding the Due Execution as well of the statute touching orders for Bankrupts made in the parliament begun and Holden at Westminster the Second Day of April in the thirteenth year of the Reign of Elizabeth late Queen of England made and provided as of the Statute made in the First Year of the Reign of the late King James the First Intituled an Act for the better Relief of Creditors against such as shall become Bankrupts and also of the Statute made in the one and Twentieth Year of the Reign of the said late King James Intituled and Act for the further description of a Bankrupt and Relief of Creditors against such as shall become Bankrupts and for Inflicting Corporal Punishment upon the Bankrupts in some Special Cases and also of the Statute made in the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second Intituled an Act to Prevent the Committing of Frauds by Bankrupts upon Trust of the Wisdom Fidelity Dilegence and Provident Circumspection which we have Conceived in you do by these presents name Assign appoint Constitute and Ordain you our Special Commissioners Hereby Giving full Power and Authority unto (you) |
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