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Ralph Hodgson
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Several of the Inhabitants of Shadwell having presented
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a petition to the last Session of the peace on account of the late
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outrages in your Neighbourhood, in the words following [the
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petition inserted here] which petition containing a charge
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against you of misconduct in your office as a Justice of
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peace and the court having Examined upon Oath into the
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truth of the Allegations therein contained I am directed to
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acquaint you thereof and to desire that you will be present
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at
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on the County Day of the next Session by one
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o'Clock in the afternoon to answer the matter of the said
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Complaint The Petitioners being referred to that time to
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be further heard in your presence if you think fit and to
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receive an answer to their petition
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Entry upon Sir
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Geo: Colebrookes consent
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to suspend the hold.g
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of Bow Fair
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George Colebrooke
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. being present among the others
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of his Majesty's Justices of the peace assembled in Session
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the Court represented to him that great mischiefs had arisen
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and been occasioned by the holding of a certain annual Fair
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belonging to the said Sir Geo: Colebrooke called Bow Fair
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otherwise Green Goose Fair within the Manor of Stepney in
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this County of which Manor the said Sir
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is Lord Whereupon the said Sir George Colebrooke informed
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the Court that he was advised he had a right by Law to hold
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the said Fair at the place aforesaid but that notwithstand.g
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out of his great regard to the preservation of the public
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peace and from a willingness to oblige the Inhabitants of
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this County he was willing to suspend the Exercise of his
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said Right and accordingly in open court promise and
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agree without prejudice to the right and inheritance of him
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the said Sir
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and his Hevis in and to the sd.
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Fair and with a saving of the Right of him and them to hold
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