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Richard Ricards
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of the parish of
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St. Mary Matfellon otherwise Whitechappel
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in the County of
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the
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Esqr. Maketh Oath
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& Saith
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that the Turks Head Bagnio in Ayloffe Street in Goodmans Fields hall
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been for many Years past & continues Still to be a notorious repated Bawdy House that it was
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Kept Sevl. Years by One Mrs. Roberts but how long She has been dead or who is the present
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Mat
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possessor
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thereof this Depont.
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kneweth Not
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cannot say And this De
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Saith That the proprietor of the sd. House is Mr.
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Saml Baron
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who
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liveth almost opposite to the sd. House That there are several other noterious Bawdy Houses
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vear
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to the sd. Turks Head
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all of them being as in generally believed to be
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and as this Deport as heard & verily beleives to be ) the Property of the sd. Mr.
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Baro
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who selleth Wine by Retail
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&
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formed in his belief
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yt.
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the Sd. reputed Ba
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fes
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apporite to him are his Properly for y
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for that the sd. Mr. Baron Hath
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Several
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Sollicited this Depont. to give Leave to the sd. Tucks Head & another contiguous
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draw Beer & Ale Etc but yt. this Depont. hath always refused ye Sd. Mr. Bacon to g
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the Houses being so notorious wicked & disorderly that it is impossible for any
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lived 2 Years in the sd. Parish or Neighbouring Parishes to be ignorant thereof
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less
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can Sr.
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Saml Gower
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who hath acted as a Justice of the peace in the sd. Parish and to ye sd.
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reputed Bawdy Houses many Years
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be
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a Stranger thereto and
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further the sd.
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this Depont
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an his Oath
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Saith that So Saml Gower was Present at the general Licening for
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Division in the Year 1748 when Mrs. Roberts was refus'd a Licencely all the Ge
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then & there present not on her own Application
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as the sd. Sr. S.Gowe very Shrewdly say
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ansr.
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but on the earrcest Sollicitation of the sd. Mr. Baren who transacted Affaires for
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as her Sandlord
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the sd. Sr. Gower
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making no Objection to the sd Refusal at the up meeting
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Blead
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rn ye
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Hearing of the Gentleman there
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but
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and this Depont. being at the
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Excise Office
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within a few Days after
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the upeting for
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ye General
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Licencing upon business of this
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own was askd by some of the Head Clerks at the
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why
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What was the reason the Justices
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Licencd such a House as ye Tucks Head and Begris an ay lessteet this Depon was then shecon a pice of Paper by the sd. Clerks of
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the sd. Office Signd by Sr S. Gower wherein he the sd. Sr
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Samll Gower
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did give Leave to Mrs. Roberts ti keaw Veer
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Etc. at the sd. Tuntue
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Head Bagni
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the Sd
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of the House and yt. it had been refusd at the General
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Ses
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for licencing but a few
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before and this Depost siath that ye sd. Sr S.Gower must be better acquainted with Mrs. Roberts & the Turksh
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Bagnio then he pretends to
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do
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be by knowing so precisely the Day Mrs. Roberts died & this
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has been informd & verly believes yt the sd. Mrs. Roberts had Leave form Sr. S.Gower
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to draw Beer at other Times before ye Year 1747 and This Defent.
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further oalia Oath says
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that
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Sevl Years past ye sd. Sr S.Gower hath applied to
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him
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this Depons & other
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Justices of the peace
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for the Towards
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