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To the Worshipfull
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and to the rest of his Majesty's
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for the County of
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in their generall Quarter Sessions Assemld
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The Humble Petition of
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That your Petr by the Consent of his Father
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John Ridge
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of Taunton in the
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was bound as an Apprentice to
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Henry Thompson
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Wm
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Thomas
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St Mary Le Bone
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Cabinet makers Joiners and House builders to Serve them
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after the manner of an Apprentice from the first day of
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June 1766 unto the full end and Term of Seven years.
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That the sum of Twenty one pounds was given as
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an Apprentice Fee with your Petitioner
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That the said
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William Thomas
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some time in or about
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the Month of April last Absconded and left his bussiness
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and hath not since been heard of
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That about the 20th of April last
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Henry Thompson
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son
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was arre
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sted for Debt and hath continued a prisoner
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in the Kings Bench ever since that Time
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That the Business of your Petr said Masters
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hath Since that Time and now is totally discontinued
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Your Petr. therefore humbly prays that
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he may be Discharged from his and Apprin
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tiship and that his said Master may be Order'd
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to return all or some part of the money & given
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