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<p n="186">To the Rt. Honoble: <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15015_occ87">Sr</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15015_n186-1">John Parsons</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15015_occ88">Knt</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15015_occ89">Lord Mayr</rs>
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. of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15015_geo127">City of<lb></lb>
London</rs>
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And the Right Worll. the rest of her Maties: <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15015_occ90">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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At the Generall Quarter Sessions of the peace assembled.</p>
<p n="187">The humble petition & Appeale of the Churchwardens and<lb></lb>
Overseers of the Poore of the Pish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15015_geo128">St. Buttolph wth. out Algate</rs>
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<p n="188"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That by Virtue of a Warrant under the hands and Seales of Two of her Maties.<lb></lb>
Justices of the Peace One being of the Quor dated the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15015_date30">31st day of December 1703</rs>
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Due<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15015_n188-1">Anne Smith</rs>
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was by the Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poore of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15015_geo129">St. Buttolph wth. Bishppsgate</rs>
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London Sent to yor. Petr. to be provided for upon her Oath that <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15015_n188-2">William<lb></lb>
Smith</rs>
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her <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15015_occ91">husband</rs>
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lived for the Space of above Twenty yeares last past and was A<lb></lb>
Penconer in yor. Peticioner Parish Whereas in truth the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15015_n188-3">Anne Smith</rs>
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went by<lb></lb>
the Name of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15015_n188-712">Anne Fryer</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15015_geo130">Parish of St. Buttolph Bishoppsgate</rs>
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extra where She<lb></lb>
hath lived for above Twenty yeares last past and was a penconer the But being<lb></lb>
taken in the Compa. of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15015_n188-4">William Smith</rs>
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was by the Beadle of the parish of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15015_geo131">St. Buttolph Bishoppsgate</rs>
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and a Constable in the same parish by force compelled<lb></lb>
to marry each other or if they refused so to doe were by the Beadle & Constable<lb></lb>
threatned to be carried to Gaole<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
And set the said Marriage by designing to Settle the said Anne Fryer<lb></lb>
in yor. Petitioners Parish were the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15015_n188-5">Wm. Smith</rs>
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was a Penconer And the said<lb></lb>
Anne never lived wth. the said Wm. Smith in yor. Petrs. Parish</p>
<p n="189">Wherefore yor. Petrs. humbly pray yor. Honors. and<lb></lb>
Worpps. to hear them in the Prmisses And to order the<lb></lb>
Churchwardens of the Pish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15015_geo132">St. Buttolph wth out Bishoppsgt</rs>
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<lb></lb>
to Appear here before you To Shew cause why they should<lb></lb>
not pvide for the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15015_n189-1">Anne Smith</rs>
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And that the said Anne<lb></lb>
may be Sent by the Churchwardens & Overseers of the poore<lb></lb>
of the said Pish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15015_geo133">St. Buttolph Bishoppgt</rs>
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. to be by them<lb></lb>
kept & Pvided for till they can free themselves of the<lb></lb>
charge thereof by due course of Lawe</p>
<p n="190">And they Shall Ever Pray Etc.</p>
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