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<p n="178">1747<lb></lb>
<note type="authorial" place="margin">1747</note>
Of Hillary Term in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of King George the Second</p>
<p n="179"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo168">London</rs>
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<note type="authorial" place="margin">5 Dec 1746</note>
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Be it Rememberd That at the General Session of the Peace holden for the City of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo169">London</rs>
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at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo170">Guildhall</rs>
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within the said City on Wednesday the Third day of December in the<lb></lb>
Twentieth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain<lb></lb>
Etc Before <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-1">William Benn</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ73">Esquire</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ74">Mayor</rs>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo171">City of London</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-2">John Stracey</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ75">Esquire</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ76">Recorder</rs>
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of the said City Sir <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-3">Henry Marshall</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ77">Knight</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-4">John Blackford</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ78">Esqr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ79">Alderman</rs>
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of the said City &<lb></lb>
Others their Fellows <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ80">Justices</rs>
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Assigned to Keep the Peace fo our said Lord the King within the<lb></lb>
said City & also to hear & Determine divers Felonies Trespasses & other Misdeeds Coimmitted<lb></lb>
within the said City by the Oath of Twelve Jurors good & lawfull Men of the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo172">City of London</rs>
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then &<lb></lb>
there sworn & Charged to Esquire for our said Lord the King for the Body of the said City It is<lb></lb>
presented as followeth (that is to say) London The Jurors for Our Sovereign Lord the King upon<lb></lb>
their Oath Present That <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-6">Thomas Mumford</rs>
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Otherwise Called <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-7">Thomas Mountford</rs>
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late of London<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15057_occ81">Yeoman</rs>
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upon the Nineteenth Day of November in the Twentieth Year of the Regin of our<lb></lb>
Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King<lb></lb>
Defender of the Faith & so forth at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo173">London</rs>
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(that is to say) at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo174">Parish of Allhallows Barking</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
the Ward of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo175">Tower in London</rs>
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afroesid in a certain publick place there scituate called <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo176">Stone Stairs</rs>
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in & upon <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-9">Richard Ridley</rs>
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then & there being One of the Porters of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo177">City of London</rs>
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called<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo178">Billingsgate Porters</rs>
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& also commonly called<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo179"> Fellowship Porters</rs>
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& in the Peace of God & of the<lb></lb>
said Lord the King & being also then & there in the Transaction of his lawfull Business as One<lb></lb>
of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo180">Billingsgate</rs>
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otherwise Fellowship Porters afroesaid did unlawfully & without any just<lb></lb>
Cause or Provocation whatsoever make an Assault & him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-10">Richard Ridley</rs>
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then & there<lb></lb>
being in the Transaction of such his lawfull Business as One of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo181">Billingsgate</rs>
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otherwise<lb></lb>
Followship Porters aforesaid he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-11">Thomas Mumford</rs>
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otherwise Mountford did then &<lb></lb>
there with force & Arms unlawfully & without any Just Cause or Provocation whatsoever<lb></lb>
hitt & strike by giving him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-13">Richard Ridley</rs>
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three terrible & grievous blows in & upon<lb></lb>
the right Side of him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-14">Richard Ridley</rs>
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& that he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-15">Thomas Mumford</rs>
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otherwise<lb></lb>
Mountford him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-16">Richard Ridley</rs>
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being then & there upon a certain Plank or Board<lb></lb>
Placed & lying upon a certain Lighter or vessell then & there being upon the River of<lb></lb>
Thames there & in the Transaction of his said lawfull Business as One of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo182">Billingsgate</rs>
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otherwise Fellowship porters aforesaid did then & there with Force & Arms Unlawfully &<lb></lb>
without any just Cause or provocation whatsoever Push & Thrust by the Force &<lb></lb>
Violence whereof he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-17">Richard Ridley</rs>
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then & there fell from the said plank or Board<lb></lb>
into the said Lighter or Vessell & was under the greatest fear & Danger of losing his Life<lb></lb>
And also by reason & means of which said Premises he the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-18">Richard Ridley</rs>
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was then<lb></lb>
& there very greatly forceably & unlawfully & be tructed & hinder'd in the Transaction of<lb></lb>
his said lawfull Business as One of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15057_geo183">Billingsgate</rs>
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otherwise Fellowship Porters<lb></lb>
aforesaid and other Injuries to him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-19">Richard Ridley</rs>
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he the said Thomas<lb></lb>
Mumford otherwise Mountford then & there did To the Great Damage of him the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15057_n179-20">Richard Ridley</rs>
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To the Evil & Pernicious Example of all others in the like Case Offending<lb></lb>
And against the Peace of our said Sovereign Lord the King his Crown & Dignity And<lb></lb>
the said Jurors upon their said Oath further present That the said Thomas<lb></lb>
Mumford otherwise Mountford upon the said Nineteenth Day of November in the</p>
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