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<p n="285">To the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15077_occ191">Right Honourable</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15077_n285-1">George Nelson</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15077_occ192">Esqr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15077_occ193">Lord Mayor</rs>
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of the City of<lb></lb>
London and the rest of His Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15077_occ194">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the same<lb></lb>
City in their General Quarter Session Assembled</p>
<p n="286">The Humble Petition of the Churchwardens and Overseers<lb></lb>
of the Poor of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15077_geo201">Parish of St. James Clerkenwell</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
County of Middx.</p>
<p n="287"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15077_n287-1">David Williams</rs>
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an Inhabitant of the same Parish is<lb></lb>
lately become Poor and unable to maintain himself so that he is<lb></lb>
now in the workhouse and kept at the Charge of the same Parish<lb></lb>
being Old and unable to work</p>
<p n="288">That <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15077_n288-1">Edward Williams</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15077_geo202">Fleet Lane</rs>
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near <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15077_geo203">the Fleet market</rs>
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<lb></lb>
London <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15077_occ195">undertaker</rs>
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son of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15077_n288-2">David Williams</rs>
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is of sufficient <lb></lb>
Ability to maintain him</p>
<p n="289">That your Petitioners said Parish is heavily burthened with a<lb></lb>
great number of Poor Old Blind Lane and Impotent Persons</p>
<p n="290">Whereby your Petitioners humbly pray that<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15077_n290-1">Edward Williams</rs>
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may be ordered and<lb></lb>
obliged at his own Charges to relieve and<lb></lb>
maintain for his said poor Father according<lb></lb>
to such Rate, as to your Lordship and this Honble <lb></lb>
Court shall seem meet to Assess</p>
<p n="291">And your Petitioner shall ever pray Etc</p>
<p n="292">B. Eliz. C.2 S.7.</p>
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