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of the same City of their generall Quarter sessions assembled
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being parishioners of the
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George Franckling
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William Herrett
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John Preston
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John Knighton
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Henry Cartwright
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Thomas Hughes
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to be
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Churchwardens
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Overseers of the Poor
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of the parish aforesd. for this present Year did in or abt. the Month of May last make as
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quarterly Rate or Assessment on Yor. peticoners and the Rest of the Parishioners of the sd. Parish amounting to the Sume of 600 £
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& upwards for or towards or under presence of relieving the poor of the sd. Parish or for leaving or raising Money by
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Virtue or in pursueance of the Statute made in the forty third year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth relateing to the Reliefe
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of the poor & setting them to worke another same Rate or assesmt. was confirmed by Sr.
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Edward Becher
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Alderman
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of the
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sd. Ward and Yor. petitioner's have all of them paid so much as is due of the sevr all Sum's thereby on them respectively
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charged.
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That the sd. persons soon afterward's made another such Rate or Assessmt. on yor. peticoner's and the rest of the
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parishioners of the sd. Parish for the purpases or under the pretemres aforesd. amounting also in the whose to the sume
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of £600 & upwards from wth. some of yor. peticoner's and severall other parishioners of the sd. Parish appeales to the
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Quarter Sessions for the said City who of their Adjournment held on the eighteenth day of October now last upon
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hearing Councell as well for the sd. pretended Churchwarden's & Overseers as for the sd appealants quashed the same
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That the sd. pretended Churchwarden's Overseer's afterwards made another such Rate or Assessment
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amounting in the whole to the Sume of £300 & upwards and the same having been duly confirmee yor petitioner's
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have all of them paid the several Sum's thereby on them respecively charged Notwithstanding which they the sd.
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prtended Churchwarden's & Overseer's have made two other such Rated or assesmt. amounting together to the sum
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of £300 & upwards, which as they pretend & give out are continued by yor. Lordship &
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John Fryer
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and the sd. Sr. Edward
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Becher or some person or person's haveing authority to confirm the same.
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That the sd. pretended Churchwarden's & Overseers or some of them have demands of yor peticoner's the severall
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Sumed in the sd. two last mentioned Rates on them respectively charged and have levyee severall sums by the first of them
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charged on severall of yor. petitioner's by Distress & Sale of their Goods & Chattells by Vertue or under Colour of the said
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Statue and a Warrant to them the pretended Churchwarden's & Overseer's or some of them granted by the sd.
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Edwd. Edmond
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and threaten to partee
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to Dying the whole is money by the sd. two last mentioned States charged & intended
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to be raised by Distress & Sale of the Good & Chassell's of yor Petitioner's and the said other parishioner's by Vertue or unde
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Pretence of the sd. Statute & Warrant, but refuse to shew the same Rates & Warrant or any either of them to yor peticoner's
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or to inform them by Vertue of what Anthority the same are made, or what Necessity there is for raising so large a Sum of
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money as by the said Bates is endeavoured to be raised
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Wherefore and for that yo. Peticoner's are apprehensive that the money raised to be raised by the sd.
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Rates or some of them is applyed or intended to be applyed for some Sinister or other Uses not warranted by the
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sd. Statute, and for diverse offer reasons partialitys & abuses in & concerning the sd. Rates and the distressed upon
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one of them as aforesd. had & taken yor peticoners Do hereby humbly appeal from the sd. last two Rates and the
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sd. Distresse's to Yor. Lordship & Worships and pray that yor. Worships would quash & made void the same or take
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such Order therein as to yor Worships shall be thought convenient according to the form of the sd. Statute.
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And your petitioners shall over pray Etc.
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13th. Aprill 1723
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Terard Hatley
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Peregrine Phillips
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Edwd Hawker
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John Hipling
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Robt. Welham
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Thos. Bowes
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Thos. Richard
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