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To the Right Worpfull her Maties.
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for the said County assembled in Quarter Sessions Etc
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Whereas upon the humble peticon of
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William Freind
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of the Hamblett of
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in the parish of
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in this County
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Barber
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exhited to her Maties
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Justices of the peace for this County att the genall quarter Sessions of the peace held for
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the said County on Monday the first day of July Instant Shewing that he inhabited a
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house of Seaven pounds p ann in the said Hamblett and for Sevall yeares past had
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been rated and paid eight Shillings p ann in the rate for the releife of the poor there
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(besides the reassessments) and that the Officers of the said parish had in the rate made
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for the releife of the Said poor for this present year raised the said Petr. from eight
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Shillings to twelve Shillings p ann (besides the reassessments) altho few or none of
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the Inhabitants of the said Hamblett (as the Petr was informed) were raised in the said
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poors rate proporconably to the Petr. and that Severall of the Inhabitants who were of
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much greater ability then the petr. were favoured and eased in the said rate and that the
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Petr was not equally rated proporconably to other Inhabitants there and he haveing a great
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charge of Children found himselfe aggreived by the said rate It was therefore prayed that
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he might be reduced to the former payment of eight Shillings p ann in the rate
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for the releife of the sd poor and in the reassessments proporconably, or that the said
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matter might be referred to such of the neighbouring Justices in
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the Tower
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Division to
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examine and report to this Court (in case they could not accomodate the same) as to the
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Court should seem meet see that the petr. might be releived therein Whereupon itt was
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by the said Court of Sessions recommended and referred unto us
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Robert Bateman
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Robert Constable
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Richard Lestock
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Esqr. and alsoe to
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George Ford
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Roger Smith
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five of her Maties.
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Justices of the peace
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for this County or any two of us or them to convene
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before us or them the Churchwarden and Overseers of the poor of the said Hamlett of
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and to examine into the truth of the Petrs. Complaint And if it appeared
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that the petr was overcharged, and that the Said Churchwarden and Overseers of the
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poor refused to ease him in the rate assessed upon him for releife of the poor of the said
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Hamblett then the said Referrees or any two were thereby desired to report their opinions
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touching the premisses unto this Court to the end such further Order might be therein
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made by the Court as should be just
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And whereas we the said
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Robert Bateman
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Richard Lestock
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three of the said Referrees have
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Sumoned the Churchwarden and Overseers of the poor
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of the said Hamblett and all other parties conceived to attend us upon the said peticon and
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referrance the 12th day of July Instant att three of the clock in the afternoone att the Court
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house in Whitechappell and the said Churchwarden and Overseers of the poor and severall
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other Inhabitants of the said Hamblet haveing attended accordingly together with the said
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