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<p n="654">To the Right Honble <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15079_n654-1">Thomas<lb></lb>
Harley</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15079_occ214">Lord Mayor</rs>
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of the City of<lb></lb>
London & the Rest of his Majestys<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15079_occ215">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the said<lb></lb>
City in their General Session of<lb></lb>
the Peace Assembled.</p>
<p n="655">The Humble Petition of the Church Wardens and Overseers<lb></lb>
of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Vedast otherwise Forster<lb></lb>
in the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15079_geo320">City of London</rs>
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<p n="656"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That Your Petitioners by Virtue of a Warrant under the Hands &<lb></lb>
Seals of two of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15079_occ216">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the Said City<lb></lb>
bearing Date the 2d. day of August 1768 (Reciting that it appeared<lb></lb>
unto then the said Justices as well upon the Complaint & Application<lb></lb>
of the said Church Wardens and Overseers as upon due Prof upon<lb></lb>
Oath before them made That <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15079_n656-1">Wm. London</rs>
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late of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15079_geo321">St. Vedast<lb></lb>
otherwise Forster</rs>
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in the said City Working <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15079_occ217">Silver Smith</rs>
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had gone away<lb></lb>
from his Place of abode in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15079_geo322">Green Lane</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15079_geo323">Cheapside</rs>
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in the Parish & City<lb></lb>
aforesaid into some other County city or Place & had left his Wife & two<lb></lb>
of their Children upon the Charge of the Sd. Parish the Place of their last<lb></lb>
Legal Settlement & that the said Wm. London had some Goods & Chattles<lb></lb>
then Lying in one of the Warehouses belonging to his Majesty's Customes<lb></lb>
which said Goods & Chattles would case the said Parish the said Parish of their said<lb></lb>
Charges in whole or in Part) Did by the Consent of the Commissioners<lb></lb>
of his Majestys Customs take & Seize the said Goods & Chattles consisting<lb></lb>
of the several Articles following</p>
<p n="657">In a Case Marked No.1 I W.</p>
<p n="658">2 Pair of Shoes with the Name of Wm. London. A Bill of Mr.<lb></lb>
Parsons the Apothecary for Curing Wm. London his Wife Consenting<lb></lb>
to £.11.6s.7d. 1 Pair of Esquires. A Two Guinea Peace marked<lb></lb>
A H. 4 Crown Pieces 6 Medalls. 1 Spanish Silver Pieces<lb></lb>
19 Pence in small Silver Coin 1 Gold 5s/3d & a halfpenny in a Pursed<lb></lb>
1 Mettle Watch & Chain makers name Allen. 1 Pair Cluster Sleeve<lb></lb>
Buttons. 1 Knee Buckle 1 Little Silver Cross. 1 Small Poble<lb></lb>
Box. 1 Spoon Case. A Mark for Linnan W.L. One Pocket<lb></lb>
Book with Sunday Papers. 4 Mettle Spoons 2 Silver Corials<lb></lb>
Sunday Letters Shop Bills & Cards of the said Wm. London<lb></lb>
Survey of London & Westminster. 4 Plated Spurs. 7 Books<lb></lb>
120<obscured></obscured>
o Pile of Weighs. One Silver Punch Ladle. Wm. Londons<lb></lb>
Shop Books. 2 Pair of Scales. One Drawer with Sundry<lb></lb>
Books & Plates of Wm. Londons Shop One Bible with the Name<lb></lb>
of Wm. London & his Wife & the Birth of their Children Sundry<lb></lb>
Silver Spoons Part finished & Part not with other Silver amounting</p>
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