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<p n="398"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middlx</note>
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To the honble the Bench of Justices sitting at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50696_geo178">Hickshall</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50696_geo179">St. John Street</rs>
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in the County of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50696_geo180">Middx</rs>
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for the sd. County.</p>
<p n="399">the humble Peticon of sundry poor Debtors abideing in<lb></lb>
the Comon side of her Maties Goal of Newgate</p>
<p n="400"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That in the first yeare of her Prsent Maties regin (one Robinson being then<lb></lb>
Thursday) Sundry Complaints were laid before this honble Bench relateing to the<lb></lb>
Comon side of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50696_geo181">Newgate</rs>
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And upon examination into the same an Order<lb></lb>
was made by this honble Bench (reciting the aforesd. complaints) that nothing<lb></lb>
should be exacted or demanded of nay prisoner comeing into the sd Goal<lb></lb>
for garnish or otherways And that noe lewd women or any suspected to<lb></lb>
be such should be permitted to lodge wch any Prisoner and many other thing<lb></lb>
more Particularly menconed in the sd. Order, as may thereby at large <lb></lb>
appeare. Wee therefore yor Worpps humble Petrs. would beg leave<lb></lb>
to represent that contrary to the Sd Order the Sd Robinson hath pmitted<lb></lb>
& both dayly pernitt lewd women & such as are knowne by many in the<lb></lb>
Goal to be Theives as alsoe others not soe well known to lodge wth the<lb></lb>
Felous all night in the Sd prison wth. provisoe they pay to the sd Robinson<lb></lb>
one Shilling for oath nights Lodgeing & satisfy four over plus Officers<lb></lb>
called partners wth drink (which partners soe called being four in<lb></lb>
number being set up by Mr. Fell or the Turnkey are Prisoners in the sd<lb></lb>
Goal & Doe demand of a very person comeing in as Prisoner two<lb></lb>
shillings, and likewise doe pretend to a double allowance of the Charity<lb></lb>
beefe & of the broad, and by such pretence take more then a treble<lb></lb>
whereby the poor & needy Prisoners are deprived from haveing<lb></lb>
their there & from that which really supports them from start<lb></lb>
And that the sd Partners are suffered to strike & abuse the Prisoners<lb></lb>
and threaten to search & strip such persons as shall refuse paymt. of the<lb></lb>
sd. two Shillings in defyance of the Sd Order & to the great detrin of<lb></lb>
yor really poor Petrs. And that the women resorting to the sd Prison<lb></lb>
doe dayly comitt thefts abroad and bring such goods soe stollen to the<lb></lb>
aforesd Goal as can be proved upon oath and if asked for by any<lb></lb>
Adversary the Turnkey Robinson Deny's them when knowne to be<lb></lb>
within the Goal soe that this plate wth should be for punishing theft<lb></lb>
is contrary to the intent of the same the refuse for Theives & a place<lb></lb>
to preserve stollen goods. And that the sd Robinson hath been further<lb></lb>
out of his place twice, but Mr. Fell lately hath been pleased to make<lb></lb>
him Turnkey again many other Misdemeanors contray to the<lb></lb>
Order are here dayly practiced wth if yor. Petr. may be heard with<lb></lb>
be affirmed upon oath too tedious here to repeat.</p>
<p n="401">Therefore yor Petr. most humbly pray that these matters may be<lb></lb>
inspected into by this honble Bench in order to bring the sd Robinson<lb></lb>
& Particulars to Justice wth. will in abundant manner releive<lb></lb>
yor. poor Petrs. & the other Prisoners.</p>
<p n="402">For wth. they will be obliged (as in duly bound) ever to pray Etc</p>
<p n="403">the marke of</p>
<p n="404"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50696_n404-1">John Waston</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50696_n404-2">Will Dawkes</rs>
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<p n="405"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50696_n405-1">Thomas Holmes</rs>
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L: Carter<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50696_n405-3">Miles Burrough</rs>
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<p n="406"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50696_n406-1">Robert White</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50696_n406-2">Jane Morris</rs>
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<p n="407"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50696_n407-1">Mary Clay</rs>
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<p n="408">The marke of<lb></lb>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50696_n408-1">Elizabeth Bond</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50696_n408-2">Jonathan Easden</rs>
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