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Image 174 of 46610th March 1786


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The Examination of Michael Green< no role >
apprehended by Francis Bailey< no role > as a
Rogue and Vagabond, Taken upon Oath
the 10th. Day of March 1986

Saith that he was born in the Town of Bury Saint
Edmunds in the County of Suffolk ; and that he served an Apprentice-
-Ship to John and Samuel Langley< no role > in Wareham in the County of
Norfolk, That after he served his said Apprenticeship He came
to London and was recommended to Mr. John Fendon< no role > a Grocer
in the Borough of Southwark in the County of Surrey by Mr.
Crook a Distiller in the said Borough of Southwark , with whom
he lived about Two Years, When he left Mr. Tendon he went
to Messrs. Bullock and Priestly Grocers in Thomas Street London
and stayed with them about a Year and an Half then he left
them because they were not Freemen of London, That soon
after he went to live with Mr. Aston on Snow Hill in the
said City and continued with him Two Years and upwards, [..]
then left him for the same Cause as he did his last preceding
Masters, and then went to Thompson a Tea Dealer in War-
-wick Street in the said City with whom he lived near three
Years, That he left the said Thompson on Account of the Death of
Mary Thompson< no role > of Bury Saint Edmunds aforesaid Exami-
-nant's Aunt who bequeathed to him One hundred Pounds,
Then he took a Water Mill and Wind Mill at Pakenham , and
kept it about Three Years and an Half; he then became insolvent
and went to Mr. Trottenham at Ipswich in the said County
of Suffolk concerning some MoneyMatters. Then he went to
live with his Father a Publican the residing at the Bell Inn
Bury Saint Edmunds aforesaid, and continued there until
the Death of his said Father about Two Years after: which was
in the Year 1775, That his said Father left him the Sum
of




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