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To
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be Enquired of
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Also upon the humble Peticon of
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Benjamin Copplestone
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Cittizen &
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weaver
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of London who was brought opp an
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apprentice
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wth:
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Daniell
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weavr
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. one of the
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Artsmars
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. of the Said Hospll: & since made A
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Freeman of this Citty by the approbacon of this Court and who is sett
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up for himselfe in the Trade of A weaver (as he alleadgeth) at the
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widdow Speed's in Maiden head Court near
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Long Alley
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in Moore
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-field's For some part of Mr. Lock's gift the better of enable him to carry
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on his said Trade Itt is ordered by this Court That Mr. Depty:
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Fazaberley Major Hodges Mr. Rous & Mr. King (Governor's of these
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Hosplls.) or any two of them be desired To enquire of the sd. Benjn.
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Copplestone whether he be soe sett up in his said Trade & of his
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hopefullness therein And to make report thereof the next Court
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Margtt. Hebb
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disetd:
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out of Bethlem
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Also upon the humble peticon of
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Frances Hebb
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and
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Ann Harding
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widdowes
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Shewing That ye
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.petr.
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Ann Harding
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haveing in her hand's
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3: guyne as of Margtt. Hebb's (Daughter of
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yor. Petr. Frances &
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a
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Lunatick
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) was induced to become bound togethr. with her said mothr:
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for her keeping in the Hospll: of Bethlem hopeing That by that time the
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Sd: three guyneas were runn our the said Lunatick would have
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been recovered or else That the said Petr. might have had her out &
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been discharged of the sd. Bond. That accordingly she came to the sd
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hospll. to have pd. the Three guyneas whilest the same would have
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cleered the house & to have gotten the sd. Patient discharged But the
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Steward being then sick her money was not reced & the Comittee
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refused to discharge the Patient Soe that the Peter's thro' Ignorance
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how to gett themselves freed of the Bond stand still bound & lyable
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to pay for above A yeares keeping That they are poor widows and the
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petr. Hebb is forced to got to service and the Petr. Harding has three
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children besides her mother to maintaince Humbly praying therefore
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That this Court Would please to take the prmisses. and the Extraordinary-
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-nesse of the Petr. Case into Cheire charitable consideracon And
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discharge the Petr. on paymt. of the sd. Three guyneas This Court
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considering the circumstances of this case And compassionating the
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conducon of the Petrs. Doe thinke fitt & Soe ordr. That the sd. Patient
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be forthwith discharged And That on paymt: of the said three guyneas
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the bond be delivered up
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Margtt. Gipps
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40s:
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Also upon the humble Petition of Margtt. Gipps
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widdow
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Shewing That she
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was borne in
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Bridewell
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hospll: her Fathr. haveing hold an Artsmastr. there
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near Forty yeares That she was abt. thirty six yeares an
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Artsmaster
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's
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wife
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in the same hospll. where she lived in good creditt and has kept Foureteen
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apprentices many yeares togthr. That ye
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Petrs. last husband
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Jos: Gipp
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's
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made away all the petrs. good's in his life time & dying left yor. petr. in a
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very low and miserable conducon who is now both blind and same and
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unable to help her selfe Humbly praying Therefore the charity of this Court
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in such mannr. as shall be thought fitt Itt is ordered That Mr: Trear Doe
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give & pay her Forty Shilling's by Two shillings a weeke every munday
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Morning till the same be out To be allowed Mr. Trear in his next Acct.
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