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<p n="411">To the Right Honourable <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15088_occ150">Sir</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15088_n411-92">Thomas<lb></lb>
Hallifax</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15088_occ151">Knight</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15088_occ152">Lord Mayor</rs>
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of<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15088_geo295">City of London</rs>
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and the Worshipful<lb></lb>
the Aldermen his Majesty's Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace for the same City at<lb></lb>
their General Quarter Sessions of the<lb></lb>
Peace assembled</p>
<p n="412">The Humble Petition of the several<lb></lb>
Consumers of Oats within the City<lb></lb>
of London and the Liberties thereof</p>
<p n="413"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That for some time past the Common Market<lb></lb>
Price of Middling British Oats at the new Corn<lb></lb>
Market in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15088_geo296">Mark Lane</rs>
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hath exceeded the Sum of<lb></lb>
sixteen Shillings the Quarter, the continuance<lb></lb>
whereof your Petitioners apprehend, will prove<lb></lb>
very detrimental to the City in General and to<lb></lb>
your Petitioners in particular</p>
<p n="414">That your Petitioners are ready to make the<lb></lb>
Truth hereof appear and to prove the same in<lb></lb>
such manner as by the Statutes in that behalf is<lb></lb>
required</p>
<p n="415">Your Petitioners therefore most<lb></lb>
humbly pray that this Honble. Court<lb></lb>
will take their Case into consideration<lb></lb>
and proceed to examine and determine<lb></lb>
the common Market Price of middling<lb></lb>
British Oats as the same is now, and<lb></lb>
hath been lately bought and sold in<lb></lb>
the Markets of this City, and to certify<lb></lb>
the same to his Majesty's Chief<lb></lb>
Officer and Collector of the Customs<lb></lb>
in such manner as by the Statutes in<lb></lb>
this behalf is required and directed</p>
<p n="416">And your Petitioners shall ever pray Etc.</p>
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