To the Worshipful his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the County
of Middlesex in their General Quarter Session of the Peace assembled

The Humble Petition and Appeal of John Buckingham< no role >
of the Parish of St Giles in the Fields in the said County
Flax Dresser

Sheweth

That by Indenture of Apprenticeship bearing date the 30th day
of July in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety two
the then Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Richmond in the County of Surrey by and with the consent of two
of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the said last mentioned County
Suit and Placed Sarah Wallis< no role > then aged about fifteen Years a
Poor Child of the said Parish of Richmond Apprentice to your
Petitioner with him to dwell and serve from the day of the date
of the said Indenture until the said Sarah Wallis< no role > Should
accomplish her age of Twenty one Years or day of Marriage
according to the statute in that Case made and Provided And
that the said Sarah Wallis< no role > served your Petitioner about nine
Months under the said Indenture part of such service being in
the said Parish of St Giles in the Fields and other part (your
Petitioner apprehends and believes the last Forty days) thereof
in the Parish of Hendon in the said County of Middlesex , and
during the latter part of her said Service she greatly misbehaved
herself and without any just or reasonable Cause or Provocation
ran away and absented herself from the service of your Petitioner
in or about the Month of April which was in the Year One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety three and your Petitioner
could not discover where she went nor did he see her again (except on one single day) nor
Know where she was till some time in the Month of November last
when he was applied to by some of the Officers of the said Parish
of Hendon and informed by them that she had then lately been
sent to that Parish and was then therein and had voluntarily
made oath before John Bond< no role > Esquire one of his Majestys
Justices of the Peace for the said County of Middlesex That
She