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January 1697

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The humble Peticon of
Margaret Greenfield< no role > to the
Bench at ye Old Bailey

To the Right Honble: Sr : Edward Clarke< no role > Knt : Lord Mayor
of the City of London ; And to the rest of
the Justices on the Bench at ye Sessions house
in the Old Bailey :

The humble Peticon of Margt: Greenfield< no role >

Sheweth

That yor. Peticoner was about 15 Weeks Since Comitted
to the [..] Justice Packer for High Treason in Clipping
the Current Coyne of this Kingdom; and was the Sessions following
[..] to Newgate , where she has continu'd ever since in great Want
an [..] without Prosecution upon the Said Comitmt.

That our Peticonr being a very poor Woman who
has nothing to his [..] but her own hard Endeavours, is reduced to
the [..] her tedious Comitmt, having already con
[..] two Se [..] in Prison, without and Subsistence but what
St [..] .

She therefore most humbly beings this Honble: Court,
to comiserate her miserable Condition,
& to order that she may be either brought
upon he Trayal this Session, or admitted to
Bail, according to the Custom of this
honble Court & pursuant to the Statute in
that Case made and provided.

And yor. Peticoner shall ever p [..]




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