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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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To the Worppfull the Justices Sitting
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att Hickss: Hall for the County of Middx
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The humble petition of
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Mary Brooke
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parish of Snt: Mary White Chapell
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Sheweth
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That yor: petitr is a
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widdow
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left with four
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Children and
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Keeps a Chandlers Shop
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and in Meane
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circumstances and the Officers of the Said parish
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of White Chapell hath rated yor: petitr: to pay one Shilling
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and nine pence a Month to the poore which yor: poore
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petitr: is not able to pay by reason of yor: petitr: poverty.
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Yor: petitr: therefore humbley prays yor
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Worpps will (considering the prmises)
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relive yor: petitr: and case her in the
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rate charged on yor: petitr: by the Officers
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of White Chapell parish
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And yor petitr Shall ever pray Etc
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