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<p n="152"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50033_geo105">St James Clerkenwell</rs>
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ss.</note>
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<p n="153">To the Right Worll: their Majesties <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50033_occ56">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the<lb></lb>
Country of<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50033_geo106"> Middx</rs>
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<p n="154">The humble Peticon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50033_n154-1">Thomas Bedford</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50033_n154-23">Samuel Blackerby</rs>
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Esqr.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50033_n154-2">George Rogers</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50033_occ58">Dr: in Phyacke</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50033_n154-36">Edward Norwood</rs>
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: <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50033_n154-28">Thomas<lb></lb>
Barrow</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50033_n154-3">Edmund Harrison</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50033_n154-69">Mario Kay</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50033_n154-82">stephen Chace</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50033_occ63">Gent</rs>
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. on behalfe of themselves & other Inhabitants of the<lb></lb>
said parish.</p>
<p n="155"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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<p n="156">That yor. Petrs have lately discovered that there have been very greate abuses of the poore of the sd. parish & alsoe of the<lb></lb>
meaner sort of the parishioners in neglecting to releive the one & in rateing the other in an undue manner Which abuses are oweing to the<lb></lb>
mismanagement of those who call themselves by the name of Ancient Inhabitants and assume to themselves the sold power in presenting the rates<lb></lb>
for the releife of the poore which rates are set very partially and on equallyThis Discovery being made Complaint was made to <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50033_occ64">Sr</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50033_n156-99">Thomas Rowe</rs>
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& a Warrt. granted by himselfe & <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50033_n156-1">Launcelot Johnson</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50033_occ65">Esqr</rs>
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. & a petty Sessions held before them & <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50033_n156-2">Thomas Smith</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50033_occ66">Esqr</rs>
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. and severall abuses being made appeare-<lb></lb>
before the said Justices for preventing the like abuses for the future an Agreemt. was then drawne opp by the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50033_occ67">Sr</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50033_n156-42">Tho: Rowe</rs>
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& afterwards agreed to in<lb></lb>
publick Vestry a Coppy of wth. Agreemt. is hereunto annexed & the Originall ready to bee produced to yor. Worp notwithstanding wth. the parish<lb></lb>
yet suffers by the same persons that call themselves the Ancient Inhabitants amongst many others in the particulars following.</p>
<p n="157">1st: They have not provided or kept any Booke or Bookes wherein the names of all such persons within the sd. parish who doe or may receive Colleccons<lb></lb>
are registred with the day & years when they were first admiitted to have releife & the occasion wth. brought them ender that necessity. Or if-<lb></lb>
they have such Booke the same hath not been produced at their Vestry or any other usual place of meeting that the persons receiving<lb></lb>
Colleccon might bee called over & the reason of their takeing releife examined & a new List made of such persons as the Parishioners shall<lb></lb>
thinke fitt & allow to receive Colleccon.</p>
<p n="158">2. That then will not make their Rates after the Pound Rate but discretionary rates onely whereby some poore menare rated to pay 12d. a monts<lb></lb>
& very rich men not 4s. a month the poore man dwelling in a house of £8: p Ann & the rich men some renting 60 or 70. & some £200. P Ann<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
the same Parish by meanes whereof severall of the meaner sort of the Inhitants are in danger of falling to the Parish & thereby increasing<lb></lb>
the charge of the Parish besides other unequall Taxacons.</p>
<p n="159">3. That the poore penconers are forced to give all their pencons or the greatest part thereof for Lodgings & to begg for bread And their Lodgings<lb></lb>
taken of such Inhitants who are prsent at makeing opp their Rates.</p>
<p n="160">4. That the Churchwardens & Overseers of the poore their Bookes are not audited as they ought to bee the same are audited by themselves<lb></lb>
in secret on purpose to conceale the said abuses.</p>
<p n="161">Yor: Petrs therefore doe humbly pray that yor: Worps. will Order a Booke or Bookes to bee made according to the direccons of the Act<lb></lb>
of parliament made in the 3d & 4th: years of the reigne of this King & Queene Intituled an Act for the better explaining & supplying the<lb></lb>
defects of the former Lawes for the setlement of the poore And that the Churchwardens & Overseers for the poore of the same parish<lb></lb>
for 6 yeares last past may produce their Bookes to bee inspected. And that the Church wardens & Overseers for the poores bookes<lb></lb>
for this last yeare may bee audited by a Comitted of persons who are indifferent All or some of yor. Petrs to bee prsent. And that<lb></lb>
for this prsent yeare & for the future the Rates for the poore may bee made after the Pound Rate And that the Beadle<lb></lb>
may Monthly give into the same Comittee the names of the poore & the placer where they dwell And that yor. Worps. will make<lb></lb>
such other & farther Order upon the wholle matter as shall bee just.</p>
<p n="162">And yor. Petrs: shall pray etc.</p>
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