To the Worshipfull Sir John Hawkins< no role >
Knight Chairman and the rest of his Majesties Justices
of the Peace for the County of Middlesex at their General
Quarter Sessions of the Peace Assembled

The Humble Petition of Elizabeth Roberts< no role >

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That [..] about the Twenty fifth Day of January One Thousand seven hundred
and seventy three your Petitioner became bound Apprentice to one Robert Smith Symmonds< no role > of the
Parish of Saint Paul Covent Garden in the liberty of Westminster Coach Harness maker to serve for
the [..] full and and Tenn of two Years from the date thereof and in Consideration of the Sum of Twenty
Pounds of lawfull Money of Great Britain paid by by your Petitioners Father Edward Roberts< no role > of the
Parish of Saint George Hanover Square in the said County of Middlesex Have Dealer to the said
[..] Robert Smith Symmonds the said Robert Smith Symmonds was to cause your Petitioner
[..] taught and Instructed in the Art and Mystery of a Mantua maker and Milliner and was to find
[..] Petitioner with sufficient Meat Drink and Lodging during the said Term

That your Petitioner in pursuance of said Indenture did serve France Symmonds< no role > Wife
[..] said Robert Smith Symmonds< no role > until the Thirty first [..] Day of August meat following
[..] Apprentice in the Business of a Mantua maker and Milliner and on that Day the
[..] Robert Smith Symmonds and Frances his Wife did severally of use and yet do Afus [..] eary
[..] ther to Instruct your Petitioner in the said Business or to provide her with necessary meat and [..]
[..] Lodging but directed her to quitt their dwelling house and return to her Parents and hath refused
[..] return any part of the said Apprentice for and hath given out in Language that if the said
[..] ard Roberts shall sue for it that he will lay in a Gaol before he will pay the same or any part
[..] roof

Wherefore your Petitioner Hennbly prays
for the reasons abovementioned that your Petitioner
may be discharged from her said Apprenticeship And
that the said Robert Smith Symmonds may referrd
and pay back to the said Edward Roberts< no role > your Petitioner's
Father so much and such part of the said Sum of Twenty
pounds given with your Petitioner as a presaid for and towards
the placing out your said Petitioner to another person of the
same Business for the residue of the said Term of Years as
to your Worships shall seem meet

And Your Petitioner shall over pray Etc