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To the Rt. Worpll. his Maties:
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Justices of the
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for the County of
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in their Generall
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Quarter Sessions Assembled
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The Humble Peticon of Henry Sevear.
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Sheweth
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That by Indenture of Aprenticehood bearing
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Date the
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9th Day of August 1727
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Yor Petr.
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become bound an
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Apprentice
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for the term of
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seven Years to
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Matthew Phipps
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of the
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Parish
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of St James Westmr
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. in the County aforesd.
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Carpenter
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to learn his Art.
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That your Petrs said Master hath of late wthout
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any reasonable cause beat & abused your
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Petr. in a barbarous manner & wth. Instruments
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not proper for correcting your Petr.
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That abt six Months agoe your Petrs Master
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beat him over the head wth: a Palisadoe
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whereby, your Petr was very much bruised.
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That on the
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4th of this Instant April
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your Petrs
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Master starch him on the side of his face
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near his Eye wth a Cake of Glen whereby he
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was much bruised & had like to have lost his
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Eye. & hath divers himes before cruelly beat
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& misused your Petr.
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That your Petr hath servd near five years of
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his time yet is very uncapable of his trade
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his sd Master refuseing & neglecting to instruct
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him therein & has publickly declared he
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never will.
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Yor Petr therefore Humbly prays that
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yor. Worps will be pleased to discharged
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him from his sd
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Apprentice
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hood to his
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sd Master & that his sd Master may be
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oblidged to pay back part of the Sume
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of ten pounds wth he had wth yor Petr.
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And your Petr as in Duty bound shall pray. Etc
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Hon: Sevea
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