To the Worshipful His Majestys Justices
of the Peace for the County of Middx
Assembled in Quarter Session

The Humble Petition of Edward Lane< no role > of
Hammersmith in the Said County

Sheweth

That Your Petitioner, by an Indenture bearing Date
the 26th of October 1732 was bound Apprentice to John
Wheeler< no role > of Hammersmith aforesaid Farrier .
That his said Master Died upwards of three years Since
that Theadocia < no role > Widow of his said Master, Carried on the
said Trade till about the Month of March last Past, whose
She became insolvent her Household Goods and Working
Utensils being then Destrain'd and Sold which renders her
uncapable of ever following the said Trade.

That Your Petitioner has ever since been unemploy'd
and Destitute of the Knowledge of his business

Your Petitioner therefore most humbly Prays
that Your Worships would be Pleased to Discharge
him from his said Apprenticehood that he may be turn'd over to another in Order to
learn his Trade to Procure him a future Subsistance
or Such other Relief as to Your Worships Shall
Seem Meet

And Your Petitioner as in Duty bound Shall
ever Pray Etc.

his
Edward [mark] Lane< no role >
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