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offered that if the County wou'd choose him he wou'd take it without
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the sd. £60 P Ann and that he was thereupon accordingly chose
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That sometime afterwards the Keepr of
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by Petition
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to this Court setting forth the great Hardships he was under
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in being obliged to pay £20 P Ann to the Keepr. of
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that his Income was greatly lessened & yt he was also obliged
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to pay £10 P Ann to the Matron of the sd. Prison this Court
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did discharge ye sd. Keepr of
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from Paymt of ye said
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Sum any longer Since wch. Time he has had no stated Salary
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or Allowance. That except his Fees from the Poor People ma-
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-ny of whom are not able to pay any Fees & are often discharged
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wthout any Paymt he has no Income except what his Depu-
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-ty pays him who finds a Turkey & gives him Annually £9
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& wt
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arises from the
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Prisoners beating of Hemp
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wch Gain in exceeding small especially lately as Hemp is so
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dear Mr Wallbank the present Keeper or Governour of Bride
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-well further acquainted your Committee yt those committed
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to Labour might earn about three half pence a Day or two
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Pence that three Pence a Day was very great Earnings & yt
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he allowed those committed to Labour whether they beat Hemp or not
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a Quartern Loaf among eight every Day at his own Charge that for
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Drink they had good Water That more were committed to Labour
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than for want of Sureties That those committed for want of Sureties
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had nothing from him except wt he sometimes sent them to keep
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them from Starving Neithr was there any Allowance of Provi-
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-sion to the sd. Prison or Prisoners Neither had they any Per-
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-son allowed to go out to beg for them That the Persons in his
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are even lower in Life & poorer than those committed
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& often have not one Friend come near them
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during the whole Time they are confined. That the Neighbours
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in Pity sometimes send them some Broth particularly they who
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in the Quakers
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That many of the Prisoners are in
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a dismall Condition near unto starving & that the he does often sup
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-ply them to keep them alive yet his Income is not sufficient to
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allow them thereout necessary Food that they are often very ill
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