Middlesex

To the Worshipfull Sir John Hawkins< no role >
Knight and the rest of the Justices of the
Peace for the County of Middlesex in
their General Quarter Session for the said
County Assembled

The Humble Petition of Charles Conachar

Sheweth

That Yt Petr was by Indre of Apprenticeship
bound to John Hughes< no role > Book seller and Stationer in New Bond Street for the
Term of seven Years from the Date thereof [..]
of and the Apprentice Fee was thirty Guineas

That Yr Petitioner was about two Months on
likeing with the said John Hughes< no role > during all
which Fine the said John Hughes< no role > treated your Petitioner
with great Tenderness which Induced him your Petitioner
to become Bound But it was not long after that your Petr
reced many Acts of Cruelly from his said Master & has
been frequently [..] fully Beaten by the sd John
Hughes< no role > himself and his Journeyman who he Ordered
So to do without any reasonable Cause whatsoever
& been frequently bid to go away & refused
Instruction from his Master in the Business he was
bound to bear him

That the said John Hughes< no role > has had many Apprentices