River Dee, Chester Act 1698

XI. Commissioners named for executing the Powers herein after mentioned.

The said Commissioners to meet and act at the Time and Place and in Manner herein mentioned

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That for the County of Flint Sir William Glynn Sir John Conway Sir Roger Mostin Sir John Hanmere Baronetts Doctor Percivall John Floyd of Pentrehobin Thomas Mostin Thomas Evans Thomas Eyton Thomas Cotton Roger Mostin Thomas Whittley Roger Penant Peter Penant Thomas Penant George Hope Ellis Young John Wynn Kendrick Eyton Josiah Jones Thomas Floyd Thomas Hanmere of Fens Thomas Hanmere of Batchfield Esquires Humphrey Jones William Cratchley Thomas Foulks George Williams Evan Floyd William Minshull John Salisbury Gentlemen Robert Davis Roger Price Edward Morgan Richard Parrey Thomas Carter Owen Barton William Rutter Esquires Thomas Floyd Thomas Foulks John Floyd Francis Edwards Henry Floyd John Conway John Penant Baddeley Thomas Griffith Thomas Hanmere Gentlemen For the County of Chester Sir Willoughby Aston Sir Robert Duckenfield Baronetts Sir Robert Cotton Knight and Baronett Sir Henry Bunbury Baronett Sir John Crew Sir William Glegg Knights George Booth Thomas Brookes George Cotton John Edgerton Peter Shakerley Roger Manwareing Charles Hurlston Thomas Lee Nathaniel Lee Thomas Aldersey William Gamull of Craball Hockenhull of Hockenhull William Whitmore Thomas Glazier Thomas Cowper Richard Minshull Esquires John Lytcott William Maxwell John Hodgekins Gentlemen And for the City of Chester the Mayor the Recorder the Aldermen the Two Sheriffs and the Towne Clerke of the said City for the Time being shall be and are hereby appointed Commissioners for putting in Execution the severall Powers and Authorities hereafter mentioned And the said Commissioners or any Seaven or more of them shall and may upon the Thirtieth Day of Aprill which shall be in the Yeare of our Lord One thousand seaven hundred meete at the Exchange of the said City at Seaven of the Clock in the Forenoone of the same Day and thence proceed and sett and marke out the Sands Soile and Ground of and next adjoyning to the said River on each Side thereof from the said New Tower to the said Point of Land lying at the Distance aforesaid from Blacon-Point aforesaid (that is to say) the Sands Soile and Ground not bearing Grasse of and next adjoyneing to the said [X1 River] towards Brewers-Hall and Saltney-Marsh begining at that Point of Land which lyeth opposite to the said New Tower Westward from the said Tower and thence following the Side of the said River downe to the Meerstone next to the said River which bounds the Liberties of the said City of Chester from the Liberties of the County of Flint on Saltney-Marsh aforesaid and thence going from the said Meerstone Northwards directly crosse the said River at Low-water Mark and thence following the said River on the Northside thereof at Low-water Mark to that Part or Side of the said River which lyeth directly opposite to Blacon-Point aforesaid South-west by West from the said Blacon-Point and no further and from thence to the aforesaid Point of Land distant One hundred Yards from Blacon-Point South-east from the said Blacon-Point and from thence to the said Side of the River or Place where the River now runneth at One hundred eighty three Yards Distance from the said Starting Stone as aforesaid

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X1 interlined on the Roll.