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To the Right Worspl. his Maties Justices of the Peace for the
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County of Midd
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The humble Peticon of
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Jane Edgerton
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of the
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Parish of
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St. Andrews Holbourne
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Widow
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Sheweth
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That some time past yor. petr. tooke to
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nurse
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out of the
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within the sd. parish one
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David Foster
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son of
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William Foster
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and was
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promised paymt. for nursing the same by the sd.
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William Foster
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That the sd.
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Wm Foster
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is now in
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Flanders
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the mother of the sd. Child
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being dead Soe that yor. petr. hath not as yett been paid for nursing the sd
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Child
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That the sd. Child was borne within the sd. Liberty where the sd.
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Wm Foster
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his Father was an Inhabitant for the space of nine yeares or thereabouts
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And forasmuch as the Overseers of the poore of the sd. Liberty about
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Two Months past promised to pay yor Petr. from thereforth forwards for
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nursing the sd. Child but they now refuse Soe to due And forasmuch as yor.
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Petr. being very poore & not longer able to keepe the sd Child
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Tho: Nash
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Yor. Petr therefore most humbly Prayer yor. Worspp
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to be pleased to Order that the sd Child may be
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mainteyned att the charge of the Overseers of the sd
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Liberty & that they may pay yor. Petr. for keeping the
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sd. Child Since the time of their promiseing your
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Per Paymt. for the Same
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And yor Petr shall ever Pray Etc
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her
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mke.
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