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