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Alsoe upon ye: humble: peticon of
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shewing ye.
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Shee was borne in
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Hospitall her father haveing lived an Arts master
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there neare 40: yeares and that She was an
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Arts masters
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wife in ye. Sd Hospitall
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above 36: yeares and for maney yeares togeather kept 14 Apprentices, That
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her last Husband
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Joseph Gipps
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consumed and Spent all the Peticors. goods
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and estate in his life time and dyeing left her in a most miserable poore
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condicon being neare 70: yeares of Age and both blinde and same and
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noe freinds in ye: World to apply herselfe to for Subsistance and now She
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is utterly disabled to pvide for herselfe and therefore praying such
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releife and weekely alloweance as to this Court in Charity to ye. poore
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condicon should see me meete Whereupon it is ordered by this Court
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that Mr Trear doe give and pay unto ye: Said
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Margarett Gipps
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ye:
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Sume of two Sillings and Six pence on every Munday morneing
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untill Christmas next come twelve Months to bee allowed Mr Trear
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in his accounts.
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Mrs. Walker £5
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Alsoe upon ye: humble: peticon of
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Susanna Walker
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of
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Cuthbert
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Walker
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late Porter of
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ye. Hospitall
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Sheweing that ye: Peticor.
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Husband had ye. misfortune to bee afflicted wth: Lunacy for above 4:
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yeares before hee dyed which was extreamely chargeable to ye: Peticoner and
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has reduced her to very mean and poore Circumstances That ye:
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Peticoner is now destitute of any Imploymt: and being very aged and infirme
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is noe way able to doe any thing whereby to gett her livelyhood That her
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Husband att his owne charge painted ye: Parlor in ye: Porters House
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and made 2: Closetts and Sevall other alteracons which cost him
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a considerable Sume of money and for which hee never had any alloweance
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Whereupon this Court haveing duely weighed and considered of ye:
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matters of ye: said Peticon doe thinck fitt and soe order that Mr: Trear
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doe give and pay unto ye: said
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Susanna Walker
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the Sume of five pounds as a
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free gratuity of this Court as well in respect of her poverty of sd ye,
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money laid out by her said Husband on ye: Prmisses aforesaid to bee
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allowed Mr: Trear in his next account
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Tho Mead
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£10
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Alsoe upon readeing to this Court ye: Report of Mr William Rons &
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Mr:
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John Slaughter
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(two of ye:
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Governors
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: of these Hospitalls) that upon
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inquiery they doe finde that
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Thomas Mende
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who was brought upp an
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Apprentice
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wth:
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William Browne
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late an
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Artsmaster
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Bridewell
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Hospitall and Since made a freeman of this Citty by ye. approbacon
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of this Court is Sett Upp for himselfe in his trade of a
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weaver
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att ye:
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house of one Mr: Emerson neare ye: Cloathworkers shares in
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