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To the Worshipfull his Majties Justices of the Peace for the
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County of Middlesex sitting at Hicks-Hall
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The humble Petition of
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Elizabeth Fletcher
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Isack Fletcher
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Sheweth
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That yor. Petrs. sd. Husband being a
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Prisoner for Debt
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in
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White Chappell Prison
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and yor Petr. being left quite destitute of
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all manner of Sustenance is turn'd out into ye. Sheets where she
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hath layne for severall Nights in ye. Cold & is ready to perish
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altho she hath apply'd to the Church warderns of ye.
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Parish of
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where she had her last abode & where her Husband
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serv'd his Apprenticeship
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Yor. Petr. therefore pray's yor Worships will order her
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some Almes from ye. sd. Parish or that ye Small
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Rent she owes may be paid soe ye. she may have
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her Bed & Goods again & be in same Measure
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enabled to get a Livelihood I have thre
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Children And she shall ever pray Etc.
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