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<p n="247">To the right honble. <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15044_n247-1">Humphry Parsons</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15044_occ73">Esqr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15044_occ74">Lord Mayor</rs>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15044_geo136">City of London</rs>
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and the worshipfull the Aldermen the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15044_occ75">Justices of the peace</rs>
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for the said City<lb></lb>
at the General Quarter Sessions assembled.</p>
<p n="248">The humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15044_n248-1">Richard Lechmere</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15044_n248-2">John Lateward</rs>
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& <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15044_n248-3">Thos. Dinely</rs>
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of London<lb></lb>
Wharfingers on behalf of themselves and the rest of the wharfingers farmers of Brewer's<lb></lb>
key <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15044_geo137">Chester's Key</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15044_geo138">Gally Key</rs>
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Woollkey and Custome house key in the parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15044_geo139">Alhallows</rs>
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Barking London</p>
<p n="249"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That yor. Petrs. and Partners and their Predecessors have for upward of forty years last past<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15044_occ76">occupy'd</rs>
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and held the several wharfs and warehouses comonly called <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15044_geo140">Brewers key Chester</rs>
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's<lb></lb>
Key <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15044_geo141">Gally Key</rs>
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Wool key and Custome house key and the Warehouses Comonly called <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15044_geo142">Globe yard</rs>
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in the said<lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15044_geo143">Alhallows Barking</rs>
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and were for the former part of those years rated at about a Tenth part<lb></lb>
in proportion to the whole of the parish rate & after for sevll. years were raised to a Ninth part & for the<lb></lb>
year 1726. were raised to an Eighth part or thereabouts</p>
<p n="250">That part of the premisses for wch your Petrs. were so rated were taken from yor. Petrs. & added<lb></lb>
to the Custome house for wch the parish have rated the Comissioners Seperately from yor. Petrs. and from<lb></lb>
that time to the year 1729. your Petrs. were rated a ninth part of the whole rate</p>
<p n="251">That altho' many Improovements have been made in the said parish by divers new<lb></lb>
and Additional buildings whereby your Petrs. night have hoped to have been eased in their rate yet<lb></lb>
they continued contentedly to pay the said Ninth part.</p>
<p n="252">But in the year 1729. The then Churchwardens and Overseers of the said parish raised yor.<lb></lb>
Petitioners proportion to between a fifth and Sixth part of the whole rate and Altho' there are other<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15044_geo144">warehouses</rs>
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in the said parish particularly Devon's Mr. <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15044_geo145">Hanbury's Plow yard</rs>
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, Screvous & Stert's<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15044_geo146">warehouse</rs>
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they have not raised them or any other of the Inhabitants in proporcon to yor. Petrs. or even<lb></lb>
at all but laid almost the whole of the Additional rate on your Petrs. only</p>
<p n="253">That the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the said parish for this present<lb></lb>
year 1731. have made an Assessment for the said year and To oppress yor Petrs. have rated them higher<lb></lb>
than even for the years 1729 and 1730.</p>
<p n="254">And for as much as your Petrs. are aggriev'd by the said rate and that the same as<lb></lb>
your Petrs. are advised is Illegal.</p>
<p n="255">Yor. Petrs. humbly pray that the said rate may be quashed or that<lb></lb>
Such order may be made therein as to this Honble. Court<lb></lb>
Shall seem meet.</p>
<p n="256">And your Petrs. shall ever pray</p>
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