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<p n="88"> <obscured></obscured>
shipfull the Chairman & the rest of his Majesties Justices<lb></lb>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50384_geo47">Hicks Hall</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50384_geo48">St. John Street</rs>
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for the County of Middx<lb></lb>
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Session Assembled</p>
<p n="89">The Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50384_n89-1">Richard Taverner</rs>
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<p n="90"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <obscured></obscured>
bly Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That your Petr. on the twenty Second day of August in<lb></lb>
the Nineteenth Year of his present Majesties Reign was bound an<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50384_occ41">Apprentice</rs>
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by Indenture to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50384_n90-1">William Stevens</rs>
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of the parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50384_geo49">Saint<lb></lb>
Clement Danes</rs>
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in the County afd <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50384_occ42">Taylor</rs>
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for the Term of Seven Years to<lb></lb>
warn his Art or Trade after the manner of an Apprentice.</p>
<p n="91">That Your Petrs. said Master by the said Indenture did Covenant<lb></lb>
to teach & Instruct or cause your Petitioner to be taught & Instructed<lb></lb>
in the said Art or Trade of a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50384_occ43">Taylor</rs>
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and would find your Petr. during<lb></lb>
the said Term with sufficient Meat Drink Washing Lodging and all<lb></lb>
other necessarys.</p>
<p n="92">That your Petrs. said Master being in very Indigent & Low<lb></lb>
Circumstances and greatly Indebted to several persons in large<lb></lb>
Sums of Money was Obliged on Account thereof about Six Weeks<lb></lb>
since to Shut up his House and abscond, whereby Your Petr. is<lb></lb>
rendred incapable of Learning his Trade, and must have been<lb></lb>
quite desitutule of all livelyhood, unless relieved by and taken<lb></lb>
under the protection of his Father, with whom he hath been ever<lb></lb>
since his said Master went away.</p>
<p n="93">That Your Petr. since his said Masters absconding as aforesd.<lb></lb>
has taken frequent Opportunitys of Inquiring after his said Master<lb></lb>
amongst his Acquaintance and hath been Informed by some of<lb></lb>
them (and which Your Petr. believes to be true) that Your Petr. said<lb></lb>
Master is gone Abroad, or Secrets himself in such a Manner from<lb></lb>
Your Petr. that your Petr. can have no benefit of his said<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50384_occ44">Apprenticeship</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="94">Your Petr. therefore most humbly prays Your Worships<lb></lb>
that you wod. be pleased to take his Case into Consideration and for the reasons aforesd.<lb></lb>
Order him to be discharged from his said <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50384_occ45">Apprenticeship</rs>
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and that such<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
further or other Order may be made in the prmes as to Your Worshipps<lb></lb>
shall seem meet and the Nature of Your Petrs. Case requires.</p>
<p n="95">And Your Petr. as in Duty bound shall ever pray Etc</p>
<p n="96"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50384_n96-1">Richd. Taverner</rs>
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