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In 1807, some of the residents and property owners in an area around the citadel objected to the rate assessment imposed by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, on the grounds that the area concerned was extra-parochical to the parish of Drypool and not part of the Parish of Trinity and St. Mary's. After refusing to pay, the Overseers: William Bolton, John Bateman, Richard Moxon, Edward Coulson, Thomas Osborne, Joseph Egginton and Chairman Nicholas Sykes, went to the Quarter Session. In addition to being the Overseers, these men were also members of the Town's Bench and Justices of the Peace. As a result, the magistrates granted an order to seize goods to the value of the rate assessment, plus costs. As a consequence of this order having being carried out, some of the residents, including William Gibson and John Beedall, took the Overseers to court for trespass and the illegal removal of their belongings.

Gibson had in 1805, opened his ship yard and was a ship builder with an Admiralty contract. The case went to the King's Bench, at the time the country's highest court, and was heard at the York Assizes.

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Court papers, notices, resolutions, correspondence and a map