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