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Majesties Justices of the Peace for the Same City in their
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General Quarter Sessions Assembled.
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The Humble Petition and appeal of
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John Beet
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John Edy
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near Bethlem in Behalf of our Selves
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and others our Neighbours.
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Sheweth
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That one Inquisition hath been lately taken before the Coroner of the said City
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by Virtue of all wit of Old Quor Dampnum lately Child out of his Majesties high
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Court of Chancery by the Mayor Commonality and Citizens of London and your Peticoners
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Sovereign Lord the King nor to any other If his Majesty should Grant Leave to the
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said Mayor Comonality and Citizens to Inclose a publick Footway lying and being
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between the Brick Wall of the Garden of the Hospital of Bethlem on the South
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Part and Moorfields on the North Part in the Parish of St. Stephen Coleman Street
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leading from Moregate Road to Brokers Row and If another Publick Foot may be
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made fifty foot northwood of the said way to be Inclosed leading from and
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to the Places aforesaid through Moorfields aforesaid
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That your Petitioners did attend the Execucon of the said Writ and gave
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Evidence upon their Several Oaths of their Several Damages they were likely
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so sustain by Inclosing and turning the said Road If a Grans Should be obtained
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from his Majesty for that purpose which amounted to some thousand Pounds
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and no person was Called on the Behalf of the said Mayor Comonality and
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Citizens in Contradiction of or to Invalidate the Evidence given by Your
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Petitioners before the said Coroner.
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That the said Road is an Ancient Publick highway and so great a
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Through Fare leading from the East to the West Parts of the said City and Suburbs
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in a direct Line thorough Forestreet That Multitudes of People are daily Passing and
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repassing that Way Whereby the Inhabitants not only of Forestreet but also those at
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the East and West End of the said Road near Bethlem get the greatest Prat of their
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Lively hood which if the said Road be Inclosed and Turned in manner afore described
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many Familia will be forced to Sit down with Great Loses and others Ruined and
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undone and the Trade of Fore street greatly Lost and Damaged
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Wherefore and for that your Peticoners are Inhabitants at Each End
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of the said Road near Bethlem and in Fore street and very much grieved by
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the said Inquisition Return made to the said writ of ad Qaod
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Dampnum and in the Execution thereof Do most humbly appeal to
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your Honour and Worships from and against the said Inquisition
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Return and Proceedings on the said Writ (Pursuant to an Act of
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Parliament in such Cases lately made and Provided and Pray they
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may be heard touching the Premisses and have such Releif therein
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as to your Honour and Worships shall seem meet.
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And your Petitioners shall ever Pray Etc.
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