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To the
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Mayor
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of the
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City of London
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& the Rest
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of his Maties
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Justices of peace
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at Genal Quarter
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Sessions Assembled
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The humble Petition of
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Lane Bellas
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John Everingham
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Church Wardens
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Overseers
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of the poor
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of the parish of
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St Anne Black
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Fryers
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London
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Sheweth
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That the sd. Parish consists of about four hundred
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and thirty Houses of which at least One hundred and
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fifty are under Tenn pounds p Ann Rent and many of
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Them under Six pounds none of which assessed
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to the poor.
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By reason whereof and of the great Increase of the
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the poor, the Rates are become So high that these few
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persons that were able to pay are most of Them removed
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and those that remaine, or Succeed Them that are removed
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are generally poor, and Subsist cheifly by letting Lodgings
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So that the Sd. Parish is reduced to So low and Miserable
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a Condicon that they are not able to maintain their poor
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whose rate amounts to above five hundred pounds & Ann
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without the Aid and assistance of some other Parishes
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Therefore your Petrs. humbly pray that
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such order may be made for releife of the
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Sd. Parish as to your Lordshipp and Worshipps
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shall seem meet
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And your Petrs. shall ever
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pray Etc.
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Jno Everingham
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Wm. Vaux
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