To the Worshipfull his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for the County of Middx as their Generall Quarter
Sessions of the Peace assembled

The humble Petition of Elizabeth Harr< no role > is Spinster

Humbly Sheweth

That your Petr. was put out Apprentice
by the Trustees of the [..] Parish of St. Giles's in the Fields in
his Wife of the Said Parish to learn the Act or
Business of a Mantria maker

That your Petr. hath continued
in the Service of her Said Master and Mistress
upwards of three years without the least improve
-ment in the Said Business your Petr. being Cheifly
imployed in nurseing and attending four or five
Children

That your Petr. Said Master
hath absconded for Six Months Past past leaving
his Said Wife and five Children by meaur whereof
and her own neglect of Business She is reduced
to very indigent pawned or made away with
Your Petrs. Clothes for Subsistance & your Petr.
is moreover greatly abused by her Said Mistress
and in want of necessarys Wherefore and
for as much as your Petr. is not likely ever to be
instructed in the Said Trade by her Said Master
or Mistress

Your Petr. most humbly prays
your Worships to appoint a
day for her Said Master or
Mistress to attend & Shew
cause why your Petr. Should
not be discharged from their
Service

And your Petr. as in duty bound shall ever Pray Etc