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To the Right Whorshipfull the Chairman & the Rest of his Majestys
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Justices of the peace
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The Petition of
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William Knight
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Humbly Sheweth
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That your Petr. on the 26th. Day of October 1747. was bound an
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Apprentice by Indre Unto
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William Poulton
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of the
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athmaker
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for the Space of Seven Years to learn
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Artor Trade in Considaration
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Where of Your Petrs. Father in Law
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Felix Creighton
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Gave with Your Petr. Sum of Ten
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Pounds
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That about two Months before Your Petr. was bound an
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Apprentice
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and was
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in a State of Probation, His Said Master Kept a tollerable good House both as to Eating and
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Drinking but after he had gott the Ten pounds into his Hands he great on altered the Same
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by Not allowing Your Petr. Sufficient Provissions, and Your Petr. has often Drank
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Water instead of Beer and Undergonethe Sharpness of Hunger & Cold
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That most part of Your Petrs. time has been, is principally taken up in going on
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Triffling Errands relateing to the Kitchen, Nursing Children, and other Ser
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le House hold
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Business And as Your Petr. Master keeps Neither Journgman or Apprentice (Except
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Yor. Petr.) and he Seldom in his Business Your Petr. is therefore Almost Ignorant of
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every part of the Trade for want of proper Instruction
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That your Petr. having for some Months past made Complaints to his Father
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in Law on the Subjects above mentioned He about Six Weeks since applied himself to the
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Master for redress, but Heinstead of Giving any kind of Answer to petrs. Father told him
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that no Person should prescribe Rules to him soon after which he said Master beat
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Your Petr. to so great a Degree, that his Flesh was much Discoulered thereby and on
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his Father's going to know the reason thereof the Master pushed both him & your Petr.
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into the Street and when your Petr w
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lt in the Evening to his Masters House he refused
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him Entrance so that he must have lain in the Street that and the three Succeeding
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Nigths had he not been taken in by his Father
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Your Petrs. Father upon such his said Masters behaviour
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was advised
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to go to A Magistrate for redress who on hearing the Matter of Complaint Ordered
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your Petr. to go to his Master and the Master to receive him which was Accordingly
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done, soon after the Master Served Your Petrs. Father in Law, A Constable and
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another persons with Copys of a Writt out of the Court of Comon Pleas and has
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Since enjoyn'd your Petr. Not to come near or See his Pa
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Your Petr. therefore most humbly prays Your Worshipps that
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you would be pleased to take his Case into consideration and
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make such Order therein as the Nature thereof requires And
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Your Worshipps in Your discretion shall seem meet
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And Yor. petr. as in Duty bound shall ever pray Etc
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Wm Knight
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