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11th November 1768 - 5th December 1768

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To the Right Honble Thomas Harley< no role > Esqr .
Lord Mayor of the City of London and the
Worshipful the Aldermen his bretheren;
his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the
said City of London in their General Quarter
Session of the Peace Assembled

The humble Petition and Appeal of the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish of Saint Magnus London

Sheweth


That by Virtue of an Order or Pass Warrant under
the Hands and Seals of two of his Majesty's Justices of the
peace for the said City (one being of the Quorum) dated the
seventh day of November last past Martha Duffey< no role >
Widow of Richard Duffey< no role > deceased and their Child
Richard < no role > aged one Year were removed from the Parish
of Saint Giles without Cripplegate [..] in the said
City of the said Parish of Saint Magnus as the place of
their last Legal Settlement

That your Petitioners think themselves aggrieved by
the Judgment of the said two Justices and therefore Humbly
Appeal to this Honble Court against the same and

Pray that the benefit of their Appeal may
be saved unto your Petitioners and that
the Hearing and Determination thereof
may be adjourned unto the next Session of
the peace to be holden for the said City

And your Petitioners shall ever pray Etc




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