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<p n="321">To the Right Worpll: their Majties. Justices of the<lb></lb>
Peaces for the County of Middx.</p>
<p n="322"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Humbly Sheweth.</note>
<lb></lb>
The humble Peticon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50010_n322-1">Francis Quarill</rs>
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</p>
<p n="323">That by Indentrs: of Appnticeshipp dated the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50010_date20">23th of January 1684</rs>
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yor<lb></lb>
Petr was bound an Appntice to one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50010_n323-1">William Gatley</rs>
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of the parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50010_geo48"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50010_geo49">St Buttoy<lb></lb>
without Algate</rs>
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in the County of Midds</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50010_occ53">Colourman</rs>
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To Learne his Art Forth<lb></lb>
terme of Eight yeares from the date thereof: That ever since untill the 29th: of<lb></lb>
Aprill last yor Petr hath continued in his Service, & faithfully & dilligently De<lb></lb>
meaned himself as an Appntice, though with greate difficulty through hard &<lb></lb>
unreasonable Us<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
all that times (as yor Petr can prones) And yor Petr expected that<lb></lb>
according to the tenour of the said Indenture his said Mastr would have Taught<lb></lb>
him his Trade or the Art hee Weth, Vizt. to buy & Sell all sorts of Colours & boyle<lb></lb>
& Sell Size for the use of Plaisterers & Paynters (but more principally Buying &<lb></lb>
Selling of Colours.) & that yor Petr should have bin imployed or instructed by his sd<lb></lb>
Mastr, to buy Colours abroad & thereby have knowne the prizes thereof, & have bin<lb></lb>
frequent in his Shopp for the Selling of Colours at home & thereby have knowne<lb></lb>
the profit madeby Buying & Selling But soe it is may it please this neocence<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Bench<lb></lb>
That instead of his said Masters Teaching & Instructing him in the best & most<lb></lb>
profitable part of his Trade of Buying & Selling Colours, hee hath kept yor Petr<lb></lb>
altogether Ignorant thereof, & never yett to this time hath imployed or instruct<lb></lb>
him therein but hath altogether imployed yor Petr in the more Slavish & Laborion<lb></lb>
part of his Trade, wch. in truth is no Trade nor Art at all, Vizt. in Boyling of Size Etc<lb></lb>
carrying it out abroad in greate Burthens your petr Many times working all night in<lb></lb>
Boyleing, but frequently by 3 a clock in the Morning: & in the day time working<lb></lb>
hard from Morning to night in carrying size to Customers in Ferkins,<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
two Ferkins at a time of a hundred & a quartr pound weight, & sometimes<lb></lb>
other Burthens of Two hundred pound weight, so that yor Petr hath bin more a<lb></lb>
Porter then a Colour man: Besides much hard Usage by being continually<lb></lb>
Beaten for no fault both by Mar. & Mris. together, & perticulerly one time<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
yor Petr<lb></lb>
was Lock up in a Roome 3 or 4 daies, together & abused him so that hee was almost<lb></lb>
strangled, & at<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
other times both Mar, & Mris together have<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Beaten him till<lb></lb>
they have bin forced away; And on the 29th. of Aprill<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
being a Fast day, his said Mar<lb></lb>
did not onely make him work though Fast day (wch hee was willing to doe for<lb></lb>
Quietness sake) hee being a Quaker & Opening his Shopp & working on all Holy daies<lb></lb>
in the Yeares, except Sundays) but did also unreasonably Beats him, Turned<lb></lb>
him away & bid him be gone out of his house & Services threatening to doe yor Petr<lb></lb>
mischeif if hee stayed or came againe, And hath ever since refused to receive yor Petr<lb></lb>
though Severall times since Tenderd, Neither will hee discharge. yor Petr unless yor<lb></lb>
Petr give him Bond to pay £10. for the remaindr of his time, a Sumr wch hee knows yor<lb></lb>
petr is not able to pay, & detaines all yor Petrs Cloths,<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
hee every having bought<lb></lb>
yor Petr any Clothes but one Cote, By all wch meanes his said Mastr hath done what<lb></lb>
in him Lay to rmne yor Pet & by exposing him to take ill course. Threatening hee will<lb></lb>
never teach yor petr his Trade & hopes to see him Hanged Both Mar & Mrie. beareing<lb></lb>
malice agt him because yor Petr will not become a Quaker & goe to their Meetings,<lb></lb>
wch they have continually endeavowreds to Seeme him to</p>
<p n="324">Wherefore yor. petr humbly prayeth this Worprs Bench to discharge him<lb></lb>
from his said Appnticesshipp for the Remainder of his times, & to<lb></lb>
ordr his said most & to deliver yor petr & clothes, with some few goods<lb></lb>
hee hath there, Unless his mastr can show cause to the contrary.</p>
<p n="325">And shall pray Etc.</p>
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