To the Right Hon [..] Lambert Esqr.
Mayor of the City of [..] erest of his
Majesties Justices of the [..] the said City
in their General Quarter Sessions of ye peace
Assembled

The Humble Petition of William Phipp< no role >

Sheweth

That Your petitioner was Bound Apprentice to Joseph
Drake< no role > late of Clerkenwell in the County of Middx & Working Silver [..]
of Aldersgate Street in the City of London To learn his Oat by a cerk [..]
bearing date the Seventh day of [..] pril in the Year of our Lord 1736
Term of 7 Years as by the said Indenture hereunto [..] exed date the mau in
fully appear

That your Petitioner hath served upwards of 5 Years of his
Apprenticeship Honestly and Justly That his Master had W Guas. Consideracon
at the Time of Exerting the aforesaid Ind [..]
Chiefly Implolyed our petitioner in Trifling things quite Foreign from the
Trade and hath kept your Petitioner so much in Ignorance that the knows
little or nothing of it, most Apprentices that have Served half a Year of their
Time know more of the Trade than your Petitioner ever and now your Petrs.
said Masters Business is so fell off and his Circumstances so Indifferent that Your
Petitioner can have little or ho Opportunity of learning any patt of the Trade
with this his said Master which will Cause your Petitioners Case to be very
Deplorable at the World when out of his Apprenticeship if not timely prevented

Your Petitioner therefore humbly hopes this
Honourable Cornwell in Consideration of this his
Prosecutor well as future Deplorable Case Discharge
him from Serving this his said Master any to longer or
given such other releif in the Premisses as shall be
then eight meet

And Your. Petitioner (as in duty bound) shall ever
Pray Etc William Phipps< no role >