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And this Depont Saith that the sd Sr
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Sam Gower
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doth continue
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sqr. wells by being
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there wth. his Family to encourage their Actings & proceedings & al the he had discharg'd
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Peace & this Depont knowing yt he had granted many frivolous & trifling Warrts.
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that he had sufferd Hallam to Act again at ye Wells and had before him
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And this Depont Saith that sevl Whores & lewd persons
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have been sent from the sd Sr Saml Gower Tents Houses to
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and yt. the whiles sd Sr Saml. Gower
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in ye Commicon of the peace it
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will he difficult to suppress ye said Wells and ye many notorious
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Houses yt. are held in the parish of
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& other neighbouring Parishes & at ye
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of the poor &
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officer of the parish wth many of the
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peace on to do
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says yt. he never had
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angry Words wth. the sd. Sr. S Gower or wish
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that on the contrary he hath
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particularly as a Copy holder of Man
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of Stepney he hath
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to assisst the sd. Sr S Gower in procuring the Gift of a parish of
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convenient for bleaking his Sad Cloth & never to this Deponts.
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which any all to ye sd Sr S Gower except it
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his guelified to Act in the
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did ever giver such Permission
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nor did to this Depont know for ws purpose the sd. Building was erected unto
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sometime after it was built,
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And this Depont Saith that
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Wm Hallam
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might apply to him after
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for Leave to Act
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Plays Etc. therein and yt the sd. Wm Hallam said he wod. act nothing contrary to Law to wch. this Depont. answered yt. if
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he did nothing contrary to Law he had no occasion to ask
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this th yr Depont Leave and that if he the sd
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he this Depont should
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endeavour to oppose & suppress it he this Depont being determined never to connive at or give Leave to ye Acting
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of or shewing any Thing in the District where he this Depont was concernd That was illegal or hurtful to the
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Community That this Depont. hath been upwards of 20 Years in the Commission of peace last
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never acted with any sordid merienars or corrupt Views yt. when at the earnest Desire of ye.
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Principal Inhabitants in parish adjacent he
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it only to be able to serve them & ye Community and wr. they found him incapacitated or unwilling to
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Act in the Commission wth. integrity & disinterestedness yt. yr. he wod. desist from Acting & sue out his Quich
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that this Depont. if it were needful having near 40 Years can boast of carryd on as great a
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Manufacture employing as many Poor as
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Yr. does & paid near £1500 of Ann Duties & Excise for ye Manufacture
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he is concernd in that he has expended voluntarily & cheerfully £500 in the Support & Defence of ye present
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Establishmt. that his Far. expended near as much & hazarded his Life in in preventing his Majty K. W
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of
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& immortal Memory from being Assassinated in the Year 1695 without any Hopes or Expectacon by
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either of them of any Reward but ye Satisfaction of having contributed to the Service of the best of
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Kings and thereby to the Good of thi
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