To the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor of the
City of London And the Worshipful the
Aldermen his Majesties Justices of the Peace
in and for the said City and Liberties thereof at
their General Quarter Session of the Peace at
the Guildhall of the said City Assembled.

The Humble Petition of Thomas
Collins< no role > of Ball Alley Lombard Street
London Fishing Tackle maker .

Sheweth

That your Petitioner on the fifth day of May One
thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy four took William
Joyce< no role > by Indenture as his Apprentice for the Term of
Seven years with whom he had the Sum of Three pounds
and five Shillings

That the said William Joyce< no role > hath
during the Term of his Apprenticeship been Guilty of
divers misdemeanours (That is to say) Embezzleing and
spoiling the Goods of your Petitioner and refusing to do
his Work as an Apprentice

That on the fifteenth day of June
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six the
said William Joyce< no role > Absented himself from the Service
of your Petitioner without the leave and Consent of
your Petitioner and is now absent.

That since the said time the said
William Joyce< no role > hath Associated with idle and
disorderly Persons and Common Pick pockets and
hath been confined in the Bridewell in the Borough

That your Petitioner therefore cannot
with safety to himself and Family take the said
William Joyce< no role > into his House whereby your Petitioner
thinks himself Aggrieved

Your Petitioner therefore most
humbly prayed his Honorable Court
that he may be Discharged from his
said Apprentice

And your [..] will ever
pray Etc [..]

Tho. Collins< no role >