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To the Worshipfull Justices of ye Peace for Ye Quartail
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Sessions held at
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for ye County of Middx
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The Humble Petition of
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Hannah Seddon
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Sheweth
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That your Petr. having taken up her husband
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Richd.
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Seddon
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by virtue of a Justice's Warrant for whabiting
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with a loose notorious woman & utterly refuseing to allow
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yr. Petr. any maintain nath that he gave Bail to ye
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Warrant for his appeareant that the Sessions which has
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been respited from time to time And that this Worshipfull
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Court upon hearing ye further complaint of your Petr. was
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pleased to refer ye matter to Mr. Justice Santlow who upon
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due examination made an order a coppy whereof is hereto
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annexed. And that yr. Petr. informed her husband now
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intends to move the Complaint knowing She has no friends to
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prosecute him at Law. so that she must inevitably be a further
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to ye Parish whilst She lives no being able to work by reason
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her husband gave her the for Disease two years Since which
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has destroy'd her health & not begins to affect her Limbs
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Ye Petitioner therefore most humbly prays the
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Honble. Bench to order ye Overseers of ye Parish of
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St. Martins
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in the fields
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where her Settlement is that they shall prosecute
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the cause & oblieg him to allow her a competent weekly
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Subsistance & a reasonable sum for recovery of her health
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or that ye order may be obey'd
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And yr Petr. as in Duty bound
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Shall ever pray etc
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