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To the Right Honble The Bench of Justices for ye Coty of Middlx
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The humble Peticon of
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Francis Geary
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late Keeper of New prison
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Sheweth
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That yr Petr by his Grace the late Duke of Bedford order attended this Honble
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Bench wth a Pension to be
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10th was received and a Committee
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chose thereupon to exam in Witnesses to the mismanagement of Mr Boreman then
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Keeper of the said Prison: upon examination whereof he was found guilty of
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severall misdemeanors for wch he was discharged of his office and yr Petr admitted
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into his place on wch Boreman stood in contempt and brought a Certiorari and
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removed the proceedings into ye Queens Bench where the same remaind nigh a
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Twelve month exe it was determind wch cost yr Petr above £120: in solliciting and
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further charges & expences before yr Petr could be fixed in the said place above £147:
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That yor Petr continued in the said Office as Keeper for about two years and
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executed the same with much diligence and honestly duwing wch time ye Petr for the
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credit and security of the said prison expended of his own proper money for necessary
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repaires and other conveniencies at least £33.3s.3d more wch has not yet bin payd your
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Petitioner.
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That yr Petr upon the decease of his Grace the late Duke of Bedford (who was a
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succeeded by his Grace the Duke of Buckingham was discharged from his said Office
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of Keeper without any satisfaction made for ye charges and expence yr Petr had bin at
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wch put him under severall inconveniencies and renderd him altogether uncapeable
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of endeavouring to be repaid his money so disbursed as aforesaid.
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Yor Petr therefore humbly prayes yor Honor wilbe
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pleasd to take into ye consideration the great loss and
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hardship yor Petr labour under that he may be
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replaced in his said office Or otherwise that the
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now Keeper who reaps the benefit thereof may
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reimburse yor Petr the moneys so laid out as
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aforesaid Or be releived therein as to yr Honrs shall
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think fott.
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And yor Petr shall ever pray etc
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