To the Worshipfull Justices of the Peace for the
County of Middlesex
at the General Quarter Sessions of the
Peace Assemble.
The Humble Petition of John Port< no role >
Sheweth
That by Indenture bearing date the 2d. day of November 1747
your Petitioner was bound Apprentice to
James Wood< no role >
of the Parish of Saint
Giles in the Feilds
in the County of Middlesex
Glazier
to Serve him from the
date of the said Indenture for the Term of Seven Years And that the said
James Wood< no role >
(in Consideration of the Sum of three Pounds and three Shillings
then paid to him by your Petitioners Father) Covenanted by the said Indenture to
teach your Petitioner the Business of a Glazier, and also to find and Allow to your
Petitioner Sufficient Meat drink Washing lodging and all other Necessarys during
the said Term.
That in Pursuance of the said Indenture your Petitioner immediately went to
live with the said James Wood< no role >
at whose House he continued for the Space of Eighteen
Months or there abouts during which time your Petitioner was not constantly Employd
in the said Trade the said James Wood< no role >
having very little Business for himself.
That during the said time your Petitioner was not Allowed by his said Master
Sufficient Meat Drink Washing Lodging or Necessarys according to and as mentd. in
the said Indenture but on the Coutrary was frequently a whole day, and not allowed
by his said Master any thing to Eat. And the said James Wood< no role >
and his Wife have often
Beat and Kick'd your Petitioner without the least Cause or Provocation.
That the said James Wood< no role >
not having Business for your Petitioner has hired
your Petitioner to Several Persons of the same Trade to Work for them So that your
Petitioner hath not Work'd with or been Employ'd in the said Trade by the said James
Wood< no role >
for above a Year now last past, which your Petitioner Apprehends is contrary
to the Purport and meaning of the said Indenture.
That your Petitioner conceives himself to be Aggreived by the said James Wood< no role >
in the Particulars above Seaforth.
And therfore your Petitioner most humbly applys to
your Worships Judgment, and Prays such Releif in the
Precinsses as to your Worships shall seem week.
And your Petitioner shall ever Pray Etc