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<p n="404">To the R' Honble Sr <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15031_n404-1">George Thorold</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15031_occ130">Knt</rs>
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& <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15031_occ131">Bart</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15031_occ132">Lord Mayor</rs>
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<lb></lb>
of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15031_geo154">City of London</rs>
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and to the rest of his Maties <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15031_occ133">Justices of the peace</rs>
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<lb></lb>
at then your. Quarter Sessions of ye peace for ye sd City Assembled</p>
<p n="405">The humble Petition & Appeal of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15031_n405-1">James<lb></lb>
Fordham</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="406"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That your Petitioner is an Inhabitant in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15031_geo155">parish of St Peter<lb></lb>
Poor London</rs>
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where he now resides but for the convenience of Trade<lb></lb>
Rule the house called Carpenters have (which he uses ater Warehouse)<lb></lb>
and another litle house adjoyning in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15031_geo156">parish of Allhallows</rs>
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<lb></lb>
on the Wall London for which he pays yor. yearly Rent viz for the<lb></lb>
Hall £52 & for ye other house 18th p Anum</p>
<p n="407">That for the sd premisses your petitioner was ever Rated<lb></lb>
to the poor in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15031_geo157">Allhallows parish</rs>
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the<del>next</del>
last Year and upon complaint<lb></lb>
to them the matter was then agreed they promissing to redress it the<lb></lb>
next Year</p>
<p n="408">That the constant method in Settling the sd Rate by the<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
tom of ye parish (as your petitioner is informed) is for every<lb></lb>
£20 P Anum (if ye Rent be above £40) to Rate it at 6s p quarter<lb></lb>
at most and there is no instance (except your Petitioners) that<lb></lb>
exceeds the sd Rates.</p>
<p n="409">That for the £52 your Petr is Rated £1:15s. P quarter in £7<lb></lb>
yearly and for ye house of 18th is Rated 6s p quarter 24s yearly<lb></lb>
the whole Rate for the £70 P Anum being £8:4s. by which your<lb></lb>
petitioner conceives himself agrieved the sd Rate being unequal<lb></lb>
and that according to ye sd Standing Rate & instance Your Petr<lb></lb>
ought not to be Rated above £4:4s at most as all other Inhitants<lb></lb>
are and therefore most humbly Appeals to your Honr and<lb></lb>
Worps therefrom</p>
<p n="410">Therefore Your Petitioner most humbly prays yr<lb></lb>
Honr & Worps will be pleased to hear him<lb></lb>
in the premisses and Order that the<lb></lb>
Churchwardens & Overseers of ye poor of ye sd<lb></lb>
Pish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15031_geo158">Allhallows on ye wall</rs>
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may appear<lb></lb>
& Shew cause (of they can) why your petr<lb></lb>
Shd not be relieved agt the sd Rate and hear<lb></lb>
& abide the determinacon of the Court touching<lb></lb>
the sd Appeal</p>
<p n="411">And he shall ever pray</p>
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