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<p n="105">To the Rt: Worsepll: his Matye Justices of the Peace for the County of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50146_geo56">Middx</rs>
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</p>
<p n="106">The humble peticon and Appeal of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50146_n106-1">Richard<lb></lb>
Mills</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50146_n106-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50146_n106-3">William Frances</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50146_n106-3" type="surname" value="FRANCES"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50146_n106-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50146_n106-2">John Smith</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50146_n106-2" type="given" value="JOHN"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50146_n106-2" type="surname" value="SMITH"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50146_n106-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of<lb></lb>
the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50146_geo57">St. James Clerkenwell</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
said County</p>
<p n="107"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That at Easter Last your Petitioner wereby severall of the Inhabitant of<lb></lb>
the said parish Elected & chosen to serve the Office of Scavenger for the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50146_geo58">Upper Liberty of St. James Clerkenwell</rs>
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for the year Ensuing<lb></lb>
That in pursuance thereof your Petitrs executed the said Office &<lb></lb>
soon after gave Bond to the Rocker for the payment of Seaventeen<lb></lb>
pounds Tenn Shillings Quarterly for Cleansing the Streetes in the sd<lb></lb>
Liberty</p>
<p n="108">That there hath beene severall meetings of the Inhabitant of the sd<lb></lb>
Parish at the Vestry in order to make a rate or Assessment upon the<lb></lb>
Inhabitant thereof for Reimbursing your Petitr: the Moneys by them<lb></lb>
Disbursed on the aforesaid Attempt But by reason of several <lb></lb>
controverseys arising betweene the Inhabitants Your Petitrs: cannot<lb></lb>
obteine Such Rate or Assessment</p>
<p n="109">That the Scavengers rate in the other Liberty of the sd Parish after ye<lb></lb>
rate of four pence p pound (whereas your Petitrs amounts to Six<lb></lb>
pence in the pound)when collected amounts to near Thirty pounds<lb></lb>
more then will Sattisty the Raker But they Refuse to Collect the Same<lb></lb>
in Order to Reimburse your Petitrs Whereby severall substantiall<lb></lb>
Inhabitants are not charged to the Scavengers rate And for a Sumch<lb></lb>
as there was one Quarter payment due to the Raker at Mid Summer<lb></lb>
last which Your Petitrs: by vertue of the aforesaid Bond are obliedged<lb></lb>
to pay Humbly Conceive themselves very much aggrieved</p>
<p n="110">Your Petitr therefore humbly pray such<lb></lb>
Relief in the Premises as to this Court<lb></lb>
shall be thought most Meete<lb></lb>
And Yor Petitrs Shall Ever pray etc</p>
<p n="111"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50146_n111-3">Richd: Miles</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50146_n111-1">Wm France</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50146_n111-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50146_n111-2">John Smith</rs>
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