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<p n="220">To the Worshipfull <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50585_n220-1">John Hawkins</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50585_occ59">Esqr</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50585_occ60">Chairman</rs>
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and to the rest of his Majesty's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50585_occ61">Justices of the peace</rs>
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for the County of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50585_geo127">Middlsx</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in their generall Quarter Sessions Assemld</p>
<p n="221">The Humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50585_n221-1">John Ridge</rs>
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<p n="222"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That your Petr by the Consent of his Father <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50585_n222-1">John Ridge</rs>
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<lb></lb>
of Taunton in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50585_geo128">County of Somerset</rs>
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Timber <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50585_occ62">merchant</rs>
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<lb></lb>
was bound as an Apprentice to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50585_n222-2">Henry Thompson</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50585_n222-3">Wm<lb></lb>
Thomas</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50585_geo129">St Mary Le Bone</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50585_geo130">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Cabinet makers Joiners and House builders to Serve them<lb></lb>
after the manner of an Apprentice from the first day of<lb></lb>
June 1766 unto the full end and Term of Seven years.</p>
<p n="223">That the sum of Twenty one pounds was given as<lb></lb>
an Apprentice Fee with your Petitioner</p>
<p n="224">That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50585_n224-1">William Thomas</rs>
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some time in or about<lb></lb>
the Month of April last Absconded and left his bussiness<lb></lb>
and hath not since been heard of</p>
<p n="225">That about the 20th of April last <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50585_n225-1">Henry Thompson</rs>
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<del>Thomp<lb></lb>
son</del>
was arre<del>a</del>
sted for Debt and hath continued a prisoner<lb></lb>
in the Kings Bench ever since that Time</p>
<p n="226">That the Business of your Petr said Masters<lb></lb>
hath Since that Time and now is totally discontinued</p>
<p n="227">Your Petr. therefore humbly prays that<lb></lb>
he may be Discharged from his and Apprin<lb></lb>
tiship and that his said Master may be Order'd<lb></lb>
to return all or some part of the money & given</p>
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