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<p n="188">To the Right Worspl. his Maties Justices of the Peace for the<lb></lb>
County of Midd</p>
<p n="189">The humble Peticon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50051_n189-1">Jane Edgerton</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n189-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
of the<lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50051_geo21">St. Andrews Holbourne</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_geo21" type="placeName" value="St. Andrews Holbourne"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_geo21" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
in the sd<lb></lb>
County <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50051_occ16">Widow</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_occ16" type="occupation" value="Widow"></interp>
</p>
<p n="190">Sheweth</p>
<p n="191">That some time past yor. petr. tooke to <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50051_occ17">nurse</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_occ17" type="occupation" value="nurse"></interp>
out of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50051_geo22">Liberty of Saffron<lb></lb>
Hill</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_geo22" type="placeName" value="Liberty of SaffronHill"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_geo22" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
within the sd. parish one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50051_n191-1">David Foster</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n191-1" type="surname" value="FOSTER"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n191-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
son of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50051_n191-2">William Foster</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n191-2" type="surname" value="FOSTER"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n191-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
and was<lb></lb>
promised paymt. for nursing the same by the sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50051_n191-3">William Foster</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n191-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
</p>
<p n="192">That the sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50051_n192-1">Wm Foster</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n192-1" type="given" value="WM"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n192-1" type="surname" value="FOSTER"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n192-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
is now in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50051_geo23">Flanders</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_geo23" type="placeName" value="Flanders"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_geo23" type="type" value="region"></interp>
the mother of the sd. Child<lb></lb>
being dead Soe that yor. petr. hath not as yett been paid for nursing the sd<lb></lb>
Child</p>
<p n="193">That the sd. Child was borne within the sd. Liberty where the sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50051_n193-1">Wm Foster</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n193-1" type="given" value="WM"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n193-1" type="surname" value="FOSTER"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n193-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
his Father was an Inhabitant for the space of nine yeares or thereabouts<lb></lb>
And forasmuch as the Overseers of the poore of the sd. Liberty about<lb></lb>
Two Months past promised to pay yor Petr. from thereforth forwards for<lb></lb>
nursing the sd. Child but they now refuse Soe to due And forasmuch as yor.<lb></lb>
Petr. being very poore & not longer able to keepe the sd Child</p>
<p n="194">P <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50051_n194-1">Tho: Nash</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n194-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
</p>
<p n="195">Yor. Petr therefore most humbly Prayer yor. Worspp<lb></lb>
to be pleased to Order that the sd Child may be<lb></lb>
mainteyned att the charge of the Overseers of the sd<lb></lb>
Liberty & that they may pay yor. Petr. for keeping the<lb></lb>
sd. Child Since the time of their promiseing your<lb></lb>
Per Paymt. for the Same</p>
<p n="196">And yor Petr shall ever Pray Etc</p>
<p n="197"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50051_n197-1">Jane Edgerton</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50051_n197-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<lb></lb>
her<figure rend="mark"></figure>
mke.</p>
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