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To the Right Worll: their Majesties
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Justices of the Peace
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The humble Peticon of
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Thomas Bedford
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Samuel Blackerby
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George Rogers
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Edward Norwood
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Thomas
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Edmund Harrison
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Mario Kay
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stephen Chace
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. on behalfe of themselves & other Inhabitants of the
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said parish.
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That yor. Petrs have lately discovered that there have been very greate abuses of the poore of the sd. parish & alsoe of the
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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
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mismanagement of those who call themselves by the name of Ancient Inhabitants and assume to themselves the sold power in presenting the rates
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for the releife of the poore which rates are set very partially and on equallyThis Discovery being made Complaint was made to
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Thomas Rowe
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& a Warrt. granted by himselfe &
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Launcelot Johnson
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. & a petty Sessions held before them &
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Thomas Smith
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. and severall abuses being made appeare-
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before the said Justices for preventing the like abuses for the future an Agreemt. was then drawne opp by the
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Tho: Rowe
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& afterwards agreed to in
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publick Vestry a Coppy of wth. Agreemt. is hereunto annexed & the Originall ready to bee produced to yor. Worp notwithstanding wth. the parish
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yet suffers by the same persons that call themselves the Ancient Inhabitants amongst many others in the particulars following.
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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
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are registred with the day & years when they were first admiitted to have releife & the occasion wth. brought them ender that necessity. Or if-
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they have such Booke the same hath not been produced at their Vestry or any other usual place of meeting that the persons receiving
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Colleccon might bee called over & the reason of their takeing releife examined & a new List made of such persons as the Parishioners shall
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thinke fitt & allow to receive Colleccon.
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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
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& 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
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the same Parish by meanes whereof severall of the meaner sort of the Inhitants are in danger of falling to the Parish & thereby increasing
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the charge of the Parish besides other unequall Taxacons.
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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
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taken of such Inhitants who are prsent at makeing opp their Rates.
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4. That the Churchwardens & Overseers of the poore their Bookes are not audited as they ought to bee the same are audited by themselves
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in secret on purpose to conceale the said abuses.
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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
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of parliament made in the 3d & 4th: years of the reigne of this King & Queene Intituled an Act for the better explaining & supplying the
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defects of the former Lawes for the setlement of the poore And that the Churchwardens & Overseers for the poore of the same parish
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for 6 yeares last past may produce their Bookes to bee inspected. And that the Church wardens & Overseers for the poores bookes
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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
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for this prsent yeare & for the future the Rates for the poore may bee made after the Pound Rate And that the Beadle
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may Monthly give into the same Comittee the names of the poore & the placer where they dwell And that yor. Worps. will make
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such other & farther Order upon the wholle matter as shall bee just.
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And yor. Petrs: shall pray etc.
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