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1 - Petition of Certain Landholders of Upwell
2 - Petition of the Inhabitants of [Little] Downham
3 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Ely, on behalf of the Inhabitants of [Little] Thetford, Stretham, Wicken and Waterbeach
4 - Petition of the Inhabitants and Landowners of Littleport
5 - Petition of Certain Tenants of the Late John Lord Belasyse's Land in Borough Fen
6 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Welney
7 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Methwold, Feltwell, Hockwold with Wilton
8 - Petition of Edward Scottin, of Priest Houses, Brandon Creek
9 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Lakenheath
10 - Petition of Rachel Lady Russell, Robert Vernon, Edmund Tenant, Elizabeth Williams, Martha Jea, Arthur Dalgardno, Ann Binghurst, Martin Lavey, Sarah Wilson and William Fortrey, on behalf of the Other Creditors of the Bedford Level Corporation
11 - Petition of Ann Swayne
12 - Petition of the Inhabitants of [Little] Thetford
13 - Petition of the Commoners and Landowners in Chatteris
14 - Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Downham, Littleport, Welney, Southery, Hilgay and Denver
15 - Petition of the Inhabitants of [Little] Downham
16 - Petition of William Drury, of Roughton
17 - Petition of the Inhabitants and Landowners of Littleport
18 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Littleport
19 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Holme
20 - Petition of Certain Inhabitants of Upwell
21 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Upwell, Outwell, Welney and Manea
22 - Petition of the Owners of Land in Welney and Manea
23 - Petition of John Smith, William Hall, Richard Garner, William Francis, Clement Crabb, Thomas Lambert and William Kildale
24 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Lakenheath
25 - Petition of William Smith, of Ely Trinity
26 - Petition of William Cole, of Ely
27 - Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Fen Land or Fresh Marshes in Hilgay, Roxham, Fordham, Denver and Downham [Market]
28 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Hilgay and Southery
29 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Northwold
30 - Petition of the Owners, Occupiers and Inhabitants of the North Level
31 - Petition of John Skelton, Archdeacon of Bedford
32 - Petition of Several Owners and Occupiers of Part of the 210,000 acres in the Great Level of the Fens not set out for Draining
33 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Ely Trinity, Ely St Mary's and Stuntney
34 - Petition of the Inhabitants of March, Whittlesey, Ramsey, Upwood, Farcet, Yaxley, Stanground and Other Adjacent Towns
35 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Welney and Upwell
36 - Petition of Reginald Mitchell, Samuel Nottingham, and Other Inhabitants of Ramsey
37 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Welney
38 - Petition of John Canham, of Littleport
39 - Report of a Committee appointed to View the Forty Foot River
40 - Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Lands lying in Fordham, Denver, Downham Market, Wimbotsham and Stow Bardolph
41 - Petition of Certain Inhabitants of Ramsey, Benwich, Chatteris, Somersham, St Ives and Mepal
42 - Petition of Owen Fann
43 - Petition of the Commissioners of Haddenham Level
44 - Petition of the Commissioners, Owners and Occupiers of Land between Lakenheath Lode, the south bank of the Brandon River and Burnt Fen Bank
45 - Petition of Abraham Byam
46 - Petition of William Lacy
47 - Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Hockwold-cum-Wilton, Feltwell, Methwold, Hilgay and Southery
48 - Petition of Ann and Elizabeth Elstobb, Daughters of the late William Elstobb
49 - Petition of [Pusey] Hancock, Rector of the Parish of Eversholt, Bedfordshire
50 - Petition of the Chief Inhabitants of [Little] Thetford
51 - Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Lands in Ramsey, Holme, Conington, Glatton, Sawtry, […] Denton, Stilton, Yaxley and Farcet
52 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Mepal, Witcham, Coveney and [Little] Downham
53 - Petition of Reverend John Barnes and Several Other Owners of Land in Lakenheath
54 - Petition of Austin Johnson, of Ely
55 - Petition of Certain Owners and Occupiers of Land in the Middle Level
56 - Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Stoke, Wereham, West Dereham, Wretton, Roxham, Fordham and Denver
57 - Petition of the Commissioners of Haddenham Level
58 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Isleham
59 - Petition of Benjamin Vipan and John Gardner, on behalf of Other Commissioners, Owners and Occupiers of Land in the Middle Level between Cranbrook Bridge and Welches Dam
60 - Memorial of George Wright
61 - Petition of the Commissioners of Manea Level
62 - Petition of Several Inhabitants of Whittlesey, March, Ramsey, Upwood, Farcet and Yaxley
63 - The Memorial of James Collier
64 - Petition of Several Owners and Occupiers of Land in Somersham, Colne, Bluntisham and Earith
65 - Petition of Roger Jenyns
66 - Petition of the Commissioners of Feltwell District
67 - Petition of the Principal Owners and Occupiers of Fen Lands and Low Grounds in Whittlesey near Bevill's Leam and Whittlesey Dike
68 - Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Northwold
69 - Petition of Sir George Hare and Other Owners and Occupiers of Land in Stow Bardolph, Wimbotsham, Downham and Denver
70 - Petition of Charles Gould, One of the Lords of the Manor of Stretham
71 - Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Fen Land in Sutton, Mepal, Chatteris, Somersham, Pidley, Fenton, Colne and Bluntisham
72 - Petition of William Tokelove, officer of the Corporation
73 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Well, Elm, Emneth, Walsoken and Wisbech
74 - Petition of Guibon Wrathall, of Stow Brink
75 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Cottenham
76 - Petition of Several Owners and Occupiers of Land in Bottisham, Swaffham Prior, Swaffham Bulbeck and Burwell
77 - Petition of William Underwood, of Somersham
78 - Petition of Several Inhabitants of Upwell, Outwell and Welney
79 - Petition of Robert Hibbard, Sluice Keeper at Salter's Lode Sluice
80 - Petition of Several Owners and Occupiers of Fen Land in Sutton, Mepal, Witcham, Chatteris, Doddinton, Byall Fen, Somersham and Pidley with Fenton
81 - Petition of Several Owners and Occupiers of Land in Middle Fen, Bridge Fen, Cow Fen, Swasdale and Shell [Fen]
82 - Petition of Love Owen, of Mepal
83 - Petition [of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Ely and Downham]
84 - Petition of Crawford, John, agent of Thomas Orby Hunter, esq., of Burton Pedwardine, Lincs
85 - Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Earith, Bluntisham, Somersham, Colne, Pidley, Fenton, Chatteris, Mepal, Witcham, Wentworth, Witchford, [Little] Downham, Wimbington, Manea, Welney and Byall Fen
86 - Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Woodwalton, Sawtry and Conington
87 - Petition of Several Owners and Occupiers of Land of Fen Land and Low Ground in Sutton, Mepal, Witcham, Chatteris, Doddington, Byall Fen, Somersham and Pidley with Fenton
88 - Petition of Several of the Owners and Occupiers of Fen Lands and Low Grounds in Mildenhall
89 - Petition of the Mayor of Kings Lynn and others
90 - Petition of Robert Butcher, Christopher Clarke, William Crabb and Other Inhabitants of Littleport
91 - Petition of John Howard and Thomas Bullis, of Ely
92 - Petition of Matthew Taylor
93 - Petition of William Letten
94 - Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Lands in Burnt Fen, Whelpmoor and Great Shell [Fen]
95 - Petition of the Watermen of St Ives
96 - Petition of Several Owners and Occupiers of Land in the Upper Part of the Middle Level
97 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Upwell, Outwell and Welney
98 - Petition of Francis Overall, of Ramsey
99 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Methwold and Northwold
100 - Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Burnt Fen and Whelpmoor
101 - Petition of Margaret Marshall, widow of Dr Nathaniel Marshall
102 - Petition of Thomas Hardley
103 - Petition of Thomas Ashwell
104 - Petition of Sir Sewster Peyton and Sir John Oldfield, on behalf of the Other Owners and Occupiers of Land between [the River Nene], Coldham Bank and Bishop Bank
105 - Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Littleport Level
106 - Petition of the Inhabitants of Ely St Mary
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Expand 13 - Directions, Forms of Procedure, Rules and Regulations13 - Directions, Forms of Procedure, Rules and Regulations
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