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Thirty five Pounds per Annum in Houses. Then he came to
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London and lodged with his former Master(Thompson) four
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or five Months; then went to
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of the Whittington
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Cat in White Chapel
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in the
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That he
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Boarded and lodged there about three Months and paid for such
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his Board and Lodging fourteen or fifteen Shillings per Week.
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That soon after he took a Corn Chandler's Shop in
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Road in Partnership with the said
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with a
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saint Capital of Six or Seven hundred pounds, That he this
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Examinant advanced the Sum of Two hundred and fifty Pounds
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on account of such Partnership, which Sum he received from
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Mr. Fuller that took the Mill, and paid by Draughts upon Fuller
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and Son Brown and Collinson, That he continued in the Business
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of a
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about One year and a Quarter; and then the
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said Partnership disolved in Consequence of a Disagreement
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between him and the said
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. Examinant then
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went to Mr. Kembler a Stable Keeper in
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afore-
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-said and was his Agent about three Years in purchasing
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Mules and Horses, and was paid sometimes Half a Crown and
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at other Times two Shillings in the Pound and boarded and
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lodged with the said Mr. Kembler during the Time of his Agency
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as aforesaid, That he received more Money of the said Mr. Kembler
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than what he this Examinant expended during the Period he lived
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with the said Mr. Kembler; and that the said Mr. Kembler died
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in debted to him this Examinant about Thirty seven Pounds
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for Money paid to his Use in purchasing Mules and Horses
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After the Death of the said Kembler He this Examinant went
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to lodge with Mr. Smith of
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Hornchurch
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by Rumford a Farmer
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as his Companion and Steward. That he continued with the
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said Mr. Smith Eight or Nine Months but did not pay
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him this Examinant any Thing for his Services, That
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he this Examinant had about fifty or Sixty Pounds when he
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went to Mr. Smith and spent about fourteen or fifteen pounds
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while he stayed with the said Mr. Smith That he returned from
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thence to London which is about four or five Months ago, and
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