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Continued Thursday 21st November 1776.
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It is Ordered that the Consideration of this
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Nomination be referred to the Committee of this House who
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are desired to make their Report thereon to this Court.
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Grinsell William
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Upon Reading the humble Petition of
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William Grinsell
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in the Words and figures following That your Petitioner was
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for many Years of one of your Arts Masters and has Instructed many
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Youths in making very rich Brocade Works Etc and made them
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perfect Masters of their Business but growing in Years and being
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very Infirm he was obliged to relinguish that Office and since that
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time has hurt his Leg thro. a fall which turned to a mortification &
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Obliged him to spend the greatest part of his Substence in
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Attendance of a Surgeon Etc. that he is now in very indigent
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Circumstances and necessitated humbly to Crave your Charity hoping
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Gentlemen that you will commiserate his situation and bestow
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upon him some subsistence and your Petitioner as in duty
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Bound will every Pray. N.B. The Revd. W. White can inform
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you Gentlemen of his Character during the time he was under
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your worthy Inspection. It is Ordered that the said Petition
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be referred to the House Committee and that they do report their
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Opinion thereon to this Court.
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Covel Robert
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his Petition
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for Lease to assign his
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Lease of his farm at
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Upon Reading the humble Petition of
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in
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the words and figures following. That by a Contract or
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Agreement in Writing bearing date the 8th. day of Novr. 1769
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Your Worship's agreed to demise to your Petitioner All that
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Messuage with the Out buildings and Appurts thereunto
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belonging then in his Possession and also all those Fen Lands
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and other Lands called and known by the several Names of the
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Reed Fen Home Fen Decoy Fen Barn Fen Mill Men &
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South Fen together with the Decoy situate on the said Fen
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called Decoy Fen And also all those Pieces or Parcels of
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Land called
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three Acres and Fourteen Acres all which Fen Lands and
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other Lands are situate in the said Parish of Wain fleet Saint
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Mary and contain by Estimation 1340A..1R..25P To hold the
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same unto your Petitioner for Twenty one Years from Lady
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