Dublin City Assembly Rolls - Extracts from the Calendar of the Ancient Records of Dublin 1716

Roll xix m. 46
1716. October 19.- Third Friday after 29 September..
Lord Mayor: Thomas BOLTON ; Sheriffs: William EMPSON and David KING.

[I.] Certain of the commons, setting forth that they conceived there is no occasion for continuing the standing committee for Lord Mayors house, and therefore pray the same may be dissolved: it is thereupon ordered that the said standing committee be dissolved, and that aldermen Mathew PEARSON, Thomas SOMERVILLE and four of the commons, to be named by the commons, or any three of them, be appointed a committee to take an account of all the goods in the Lord Mayors house belonging's to the city, and that Mr. MILLS do attend the said committee, and when an inventory is made thereof the same to be lodged in the Tholsel office, in order to be recorded :

Richard BLAIR, Thomas STANFORD, John REISIN, Christopher INCH, the four commoners named by the commons.

[2.] Daniel COOKE, servant to the right honorable the Lord Mayor, praying an allowance for his Lordship to support the dignity of the Mayoralty as hath been usual: ordered that the treasurer of this city do, on the Lord Mayors warrant, pay unto the petitioner, for the use of the Lord Mayor, five hundred pounds, sterling, in manner following, videlicet: two hundred and fifty pounds at Christmas next, and two hundred and fifty pounds more at Midsummer next, the same to be allowed the treasurer on account.

[3.] Abraham JACOB, convert from the Jewish religion to the Christian faith, setting forth by petition that he has been a priest to the Jews for many years at fifty pounds per annum; that he quitted the same and imbraced the Christian faith; that he has published a book shewing his reasons for so doing, and by reason of his old age, indisposition and poverty he is not able to pay the printer nor support himself, and humbly prays relief for his own support and family: ordered that the treasurer do, on the Lord Mayors warrant, pay the petitioner fifteen pounds, to be allowed on account

[4.] On the petition of Bartholomew WYBRANTS, shewing that he is obliged, as clerk to the commons, to keep a due registry of all the acts of assembly of this city for the use of the commons, and for which he usually had allowed him ten pounds per annum, but bas received no such allowance for four years past, and prays consideration for past services: ordered that the treasurer pay the petitioner ten pounds, sterling, on the Lord Mayors warrant, to be allowed the treasurer on account.

[5.] Charles ATKINS, praying to be admitted an attorny of the Tholsel : granted during the citys pleasure.

[6.] John JONES and Charles CRAVEN, Water bayliffs, pray to be continued in their imployments: granted during the citys pleasure.

[7.] John MONTGOMERY, officer at mace and commons, praying to continue his imployment : granted during the citys pleasure.

[8.] Christopher RICE, Edward HODGSON, John LESTER, Richard LOVE, John THOMSON, Greenwood HANNAH, John CHARTERS, John GILL and John MEDCALFE, praying to continue their several imployments of sergeants at mace: granted during the citys pleasure.

[9.] John SAUNDERSON, keeper of Newgate, praying to continue his imployment : granted during the citys pleasure.

[10.] Certain of the commons, setting forth that there is matter of moment to be transacted, which by reason of the shortness of time cannot well be finished, and therefore pray that the assembly be inlarged to nine o'clock: ordered that the assembly be inlarged to nine o'clock.

[11.] On petition of certain of the commons to last Midsummer assembly, praying a committee might be appointed to treat with persons for the better cleansing the streets, and carrying away the dirt out of the said streets of the city and suburbs of the city, a committee was appointed accordingly, who received several proposals and made the following report : (Roll xix. M 46 b)
We, the committee appointed to treat with persons about the better cleansing the streets and currying away the dirt, and to report our proceedings to this assembly, have accordingly proceeded and received several proposals, and upon the whole are of opinion that Edward ALLEN and Thomas PILKINGTON, the present scavengers, are the most proper persons to be imployed in the said work, and that the said Edward ALLEN, for cleansing the streets on the south side of the river Liffey, be paid the sum of six hundred pounds, sterling, per annum, and that he be bound by articles such as Mr. Recorder shall advise to perform his agreement with the city, and among other articles that he shall cleanse the same as often as the Lord Mayor shall require him so to do, and, on neglect, the Lord Mayor to imploy carts, and to be paid out of his, the said ALLEN's, salary; that the said Thomas PILKINGTON be imployed to cleanse all the north side of the river Liffey at two hundred seventy-five pounds per annum, and that he be bound to perform by articles, with the like clauses, covenants and conditions as above the above ALLEN and PILKINGTON to be continued for one year at the above salaries, which we submit to your honors this 20th of September, 1716.'
Whereupon it is ordered that the report be made an act of this assembly, and that every alderman have power also, on neglect of said scavengers, to imploy carts to carry away the dirt, the said carts to be paid out of the said scavengers salary.

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