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<p n="260">To the Right Worspll: their Maties Justices of the Peace for the<lb></lb>
County of Midds.</p>
<p n="261">The humble Peticon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50010_n261-1">Gerard Selbey</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50010_n261-1" type="given" value="Gerard"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50010_n261-1" type="surname" value="Selbey"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50010_n261-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of the<lb></lb>
Hamlet of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50010_geo38">Wapping Whitchappell</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50010_geo38" type="placeName" value="Wapping Whitchappell"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50010_geo38" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
in the sd County.</p>
<p n="262"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That at Easter last your Peticoner was elected to Serve the office of<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50010_occ42">Scavenger</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50010_occ42" type="occupation" value="Scavenger"></interp>
in the said Hamlet for the yeare Ensueing.</p>
<p n="263">That your Peticoner hath been a Lodyer in the dwelling house of one<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50010_n263-1">William Great</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50010_n263-1" type="given" value="William"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50010_n263-1" type="surname" value="Great"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50010_n263-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
in the said Hamlet about three yeares Past and never<lb></lb>
was a Housekeeper in the said Hamlet Neither hath there been at any<lb></lb>
time any parish dutys taxed on your Peticoner Soe that he humbly<lb></lb>
conceives himselfe not lyable to serve the said office.</p>
<p n="264">Your Peticoner therefore most humbly Prays yor. Worpps<lb></lb>
to be pleased to grant that he may be discharged from<lb></lb>
serving the said Office and that the Inhabitants of the said<lb></lb>
Hamlet may elect some other person to serve the same.</p>
<p n="265">And Yor. Peticoner Shall ever Pray etc.</p>
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