City Borough and Town of Westmr.
in the County of Middx}

At the General Quarter Session of the Peace of our Lord the King holden at the Town Court house
near Westmr. Hall in and for the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter
Westmr. the City Borough and Town of Westmr. in the County of Middx and St. Martin le grand London
by Adjornment on Friday the Tenth day of October in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain Etc before Thomas Burdus< no role > Esquire Richard
Lilly< no role > Doctor of Physick Thomas Ellys< no role > Richard Farwell< no role > Esquires and others their fellows Justices of
our said Lord the King Assigned to keep the peace within the said Liberty And also to hear and
determine diverse felonies Trespasses and other misdeeds done & comitted in the said Liberty.

Upon Reading the Humble petition of Thomas Dell< no role > Exhibited to this Court thereby shewing that the said
Thomas Dell< no role > on the Twenty Eighth day of September in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty two had
been bound an Apprentice by Indenture unto John Neville< no role > of the parish of St. James Westmr. Silver Smith for the
space of Seven Years to learn the said Art or Trade And that the said Thomas Dell< no role > had Served his said Master upwards of
four Years that the said Thomas Dell< no role > had been Imployed during that space in little else than going of Errands so that the
said Thomas Dell< no role > had thereby been deprived of all Oppertunity of being Instructed in the said Trade besides which the said
John Neville< no role > the Master had lately become Bankrupt and proposes for the future not to follow the Manufacturing part
of the said Trade the said Thomas Dell< no role > will at the Expiration of his said Apprenticeship for went of proper Instructions
be rendered unable to get a Livelyhood thereby the said John Neville< no role > the Master having lately disposed of his working Tools
It was therefore prayed that this Court would take the petitioners Case into Consideration & make such Order therein
touching the same as this Court in their Judgment should seem meet Whereupon the John Neville< no role > was ordered
to attend this Court this day & all other persons concerned to answer the said Complaint & shew Cause why the said
Petitoner Thomas Dell< no role > should not be discharged from his Indenture of Apprenticeship to the said John Neville< no role > And the
said John Neville< no role > being duly [..] Served with a Copy of the said petition & order attended this Court accordingly And
upon a full hearing of what was alledged by the said John Neville< no role > the Master and the petitioner Thomas Dell< no role >
the Apprentice And as well Councel for the said Master as the said Apprentice And upon Examination of several
Witnesses upon Oath And this Court being Satisfied of the Truth of the Allegations contained in the said petition It
is Ordered by this Court that the said Thomas Dell< no role > the said Apprentice be and he is hereby absolutely discharged