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To the Right Worship Full his Majesties Justices of the Peace
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Sessions of the Peace Assembled
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The humble Petition of
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Sheweth
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That yer. Petitionr at a Cart Leet held for the Ma
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on thursday the last of this Instant April
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and chosen one of the
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of the said parish for the Ye
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ensueing
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That by virtue of Letters Patent under the Great Seal of England
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granted by the late King Charles the first the Company of Parish
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Clerks within the City and Suburbs of London the Liberties
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there of, City of Westminster, the Borough of Southward, and the
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Fifteen out Parishes within the Bills of Mortality (of which the
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said parish of Hackney is one.) were incorporated by the name of
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the Company of parish Clerks, and by virtue of a Clause in the
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said Letters patent
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are Freed and exempted from exemt
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bearing and under going of any parish Office or Offices what said
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in the parishes aforesaid or any of them, unless themselves or
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any of them shall desire the same or Yield him or themselves
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to the exemting bearing or under going there of
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Your Petitioner being at the time of such his House
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and appointment to the Office aforesaid and
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since continuing to be a Member of the said Cou
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incorporated as aforesaid for that reason hu
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conceives himself to be exempted from
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the said Office of
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for the
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And therefore humbly Prays that he may be
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discharged from sewing the sd. Office and that
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some other fit person man be nominated and
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appointed to serve in his room and Stead
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And he as in Duty bound shall Ever pray
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