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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50604_n971-56">Lewis Weston</rs>
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Appellant<lb></lb>
and<lb></lb>
the Churchwardens and Overseers<lb></lb>
of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50604_geo487">Saint John Wapping</rs>
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<p n="972">I Do hereby gave you Notice that my Objections to the Poors<lb></lb>
Rate made for the said Parish and Appealed against by me<lb></lb>
are as Follows (to wit) That for Several Years Last past (to wit)<lb></lb>
from the Year 1752 to this present Yard a Misapplication has been made from<lb></lb>
time to time of the Moneys Collected for the Relief of the Poor<lb></lb>
of the said Parish in this that the Ballances or Surphies of<lb></lb>
the said Moneys Collected and in hand at the End of every Year<lb></lb>
after Paying and Depaying all Necessary Expences Relating<lb></lb>
to the Poor of the said Parish during that Space of time<lb></lb>
Have from time to time Annually been Paid into the Hands<lb></lb>
of the Respective Upper Churchwardens of the said Parish and<lb></lb>
not in the Hands of the Suceeading <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50604_occ235">Overseers of the Poor</rs>
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for the Use of the Poor and that such Ballances or Surples<lb></lb>
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and Deferent Surprises then for<lb></lb>
the Relief of the Poor of the said Parish there fore that a Rate of Four <lb></lb>
Shillings in the Pound is the said Money had been properly<lb></lb>
Applied would now be un Necessary <del>suppeding a Rate of to Se<lb></lb>
ing Pound should be Demand Necessary and legal</del>
And also<lb></lb>
that I am Rated as Stated in my Petition or Appeal<lb></lb>
more Rent Pd Ann for the Premises which new one or were<lb></lb>
at the time of making the <del>said</del>
Rate now is Quertar Actually Occuqred</p>
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