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To the Rt Worsppll his Matys Justices of the Peace for ye County
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of Middx
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The humble peticon & Appeal of
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Sheweth
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That your peticoner is this year rated fourteen Shilling
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towards the relief of the poor of the said Parish
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That your peticoner is an Aged man and past
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his Labour and hath mett with great Losses in
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the world whereby he is reduced and having
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three Children to Mainteyne is not able to pay the
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said rate or any part thereof and Appeals
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against the same
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Your Peticoner humbly prays.
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he may be wholly discharged
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from paying towards the said
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