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<p n="424"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx</note>
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At the General Quarter Session of the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King holden for the County of<lb></lb>
Middx at Hicks Hall in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50427_geo656">Saint John Street</rs>
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in the County aforesaid by adjournment on Thursday to twenty<lb></lb>
fifth day of April in the twenty seventh Year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second<lb></lb>
King of Great Britain Etc before <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n424-1">Thomas Lane</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n424-2">Richard Ricards</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n424-3">Walter Berry</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n424-4">George Garrett</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50427_occ190">Esquires</rs>
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and others their Follows Justices of our said Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace<lb></lb>
in the County aforesaid and also to hear and determine divers Felonies Trespasses and other<lb></lb>
Misdeeds committed in the same County</p>
<p n="425">Whereas <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n425-1">John Abbott</rs>
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exhibited his humble Petition unto this Court at this present<lb></lb>
General Quarter Session of the Peace holden for the County of Middx by adjournment on<lb></lb>
Tuesday the twenty third day of April instant Setting forth That by Indentures of<lb></lb>
Apprenticeship bearing date the twenty eighth day of August One thousand seven<lb></lb>
hundred and fifty one the Petitioner was bound Apprentice to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n425-2">Robert Noyes</rs>
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of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50427_geo657">Parish of Saint James Clerkenwell</rs>
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in the said County <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50427_occ191">Carver</rs>
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for the Space of Seven<lb></lb>
Years And that the Petitioners Father <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n425-3">Thomas Abbott</rs>
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paid as a Consideration to the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n425-4">Robert Noyes</rs>
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at the time of the executing of the said Indentures the Sum of<lb></lb>
Twenty pounds And that the Petitioners said Master <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n425-5">Robert Noyes</rs>
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hath very<lb></lb>
frequently taken him and his Fellow Apprentice into Gardens belonging to other Persons<lb></lb>
to pilfer Trees that were growing Flower Roots and Box for Borders and divers other<lb></lb>
things till at length the Petitioner began to apprehend the total Consequences that<lb></lb>
wight result from such unjust Proceedings and therefore the Petitioner applied to his<lb></lb>
Friends to interpose in his favour to prevent his Destruction And the Petitioner<lb></lb>
therefore most humbly prayed this Court to discharge him from his said Indentures of<lb></lb>
Apprenticeship and to Order that his said Master may return Part of the said Twenty<lb></lb>
pounds Consideration money to the Petitioner Whereupon it was by an Order made<lb></lb>
by this Court on the said twenty third day of April instant Ordered By this Court that<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n425-6">Robert Noyes</rs>
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should have Notice of the said Petition and that he and all<lb></lb>
Persons concerned should attend this Court on this present Thursday the twenty<lb></lb>
fifth day of April instant at ten of the Clock in the Forenoon to hear and abide<lb></lb>
the Judgment and Determination of this Court touching the Matters contained in<lb></lb>
the said Petition, the aforesaid Session being now on the same day holden by<lb></lb>
adjournment for the said County of Middx Now upon hearing of what was alledged<lb></lb>
by the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n425-7">John Abbott</rs>
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the Petitioner and his Council and also by the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n425-8">Robert Noyes</rs>
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and his Council and upon Examination into the truth of the premisses For as much as it appeareth<lb></lb>
to this Court that the Substance of the said Petition is true It is Ordered by this Court that<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n425-9">john Abbott</rs>
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be and he is hereby absolutely discharged of and from his Apprentice hood<lb></lb>
to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50427_n425-10">Robert Noyes</rs>
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In Testimony whereof We four of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50427_occ192">Justices</rs>
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