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July 1762

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Middlesex To wit


The Information of Philadelphia Dowley< no role >
and Sarah Hinchman< no role > taken before me
this 8th. day of July 1762

Who being upon Oath severally say that they are apprentice
to Sarah Metyard< no role > This name instance is in set 37100. late of Bruton Street in the Parish of St.
George Hanover Square , with whom they have been between
five and six Years, say that they very well remember Ann< no role > This name instance is in set 3707.
and Mary Nailor < no role > This name instance is in set 3708. two Sisters being Apprentices to the said
Sarah Metyard< no role > This name instance is in set 37100. and that they were Bound out by the Parish
of Tottenham High Cross , say that the said Sarah Metyard< no role > This name instance is in set 37100. as
well as her Daughter Sarah Morgan Metyard< no role > in general Treated
the said two Apprentices with great Cruelty by Beating and
Starving them, and there Informants farther say that about
Michaelmas three Years agoe at which time they were
Fellow apprentices with the said Ann and Mary Nailor< no role > This name instance is in set 3708.
the said Ann Nailor< no role > This name instance is in set 3707. having Attem fited to run away [..]
owing to the Barbarons usage She received from her said Mistress
and her Daughter, She the said Ann Nailor< no role > This name instance is in set 3707. was first beat
by the said Daughter Sarah Morgan Metyard in a desperate
manner with part of a Broomstick, and then by her Tyed up
with her back against two pair of Stairs Room door is that she
cou'd not sit or lay down, that She was continued Tyed in this name
for three days save that She was admitted to you to Bed at
Night, and was Constantly Tyed up again in the Morning
and the whole three day Kept without any kind of Victuals
that on the third day the said Sarah Morgan Metyard on seeing
the said Ann Nailor hang double as if Dead and not being able




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