for seven months last past been confined for Debt in the
Marshalsea prison by reason whereof and by other misfortunes
in trade his said Master is reduced to great Distress and rendered
Incapable of teaching your Petitioner his Business permant to
the conditions of the said Indenture

That your Petitioner the said James Gates< no role > has
been obliged to go from place to place in consequence of His Masters
Misfortunes Endeavowing to get work for the purpose of procuring
subsistance for himself and the Family of his said master

Your Petitioners therefore humbly prays your
worships will be pleased to take their case into Consideration
and Discharge the said James Gates< no role > from his Indenture
of Apprenticship to the said Robert Leach< no role > so that he may
be bound to another Master for the remainder of the said
Term And that your Worships will be pleased to order
the said Robert Leach< no role > to pay back to your Petitioner
Catherine Gates such proportion of the said sum of
Twenty Pounds given with the said James Gates< no role >
as an apprentice Fee to the said Robert Leach< no role > as in
Your Worships discretion should seem meet and your

And Your Petitioners in
duty bound will over pray

Catherine Gates< no role >
James Gates< no role >