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taken upon Oath ye
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24th September 1719
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That these Informants abt a year aged, making Complaint to Mr
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that they were poor & could not get their living for
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want of being free of this
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City of London
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, He the sd. Sherwood
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sometime after told them these Informants that he had procured
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a Copy of one
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Thos. Lawrence
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wch. was alsoe ye name of
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this Informant Williams
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Father
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& that if he could procure Six Plays
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to swear that he this informt: was the
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reputed Son
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in the Copy menconed he would then obtain his Freedom
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That thereupon these Informts. did by Sherwoods direccon apply to
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one Gearing a Sollicitor to procure such Evidence who had ten
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Shillings of them but never could as he told these Informts get such
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Evidence And this Informt Wm. further say's thereupon Mr. Sherwood
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went to ye Salters Company & got this Informant Wm
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made free theie And after that came with four persons more to ye
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"Chamblain at Guildhall & testified him this Informant William
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to be ye reputed son of Thos. Lawrence in ye Copy above written
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And thereupon he was admitted into the Freedom of this City
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altho' in truth this Informant was not the reputed son of ye sd Thos
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nor was his reputed Father ever free of this City to his knowledge or
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beleife and these Informts further say sometime after the Chamlain
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sent for this Informt. Wm & told him he suspected to had fraudulently
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got his Freedom or words to that effect & that unless he would being
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better Testimony he ye sd. Chamblain would cause him the sd Wm
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to be distranchized Whereupon these Informants did apply to
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& did agree wth him for Twenty five Shillings to procure
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a man to be further Evidence & there upon
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Arundell Powell
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who did come &
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testifie before ye Chamberlain that he knew this Informt William
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to be ye Son of
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for wth he this Informt. gave ye
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sd Jackson ten Shillings as he had demanded before he was
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sworne And Williams &
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had of these Informts.
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upwards of thirty Shillings for procuring Jackson to swear
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Septe the 24th 1719
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