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<p n="280">To the Rt. Worshippfull<obscured></obscured>
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the Bench of Justices sitting<obscured></obscured>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50688_geo81">Hicks's-hall</rs>
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<p n="281">The Humble Petor: of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50688_n281-1">Joane Palmer</rs>
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an a<obscured></obscured>
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poor <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50688_occ65">widow</rs>
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<p n="282">Humbly sheweth that yr. petnr. has of la<obscured></obscured>
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pention from the parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50688_geo82">St. Giles<obscured></obscured>
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fields</rs>
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in wch. parish she has lived<obscured></obscured>
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fifty years, without being the least<obscured></obscured>
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or charge to the said parish till age<obscured></obscured>
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-firmity put her under a necessity of ma<obscured></obscured>
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application thereunto: but the overseers<lb></lb>
taken my pention from me<obscured></obscured>
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-tance, because I doe not near<obscured></obscured>
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it please yr. Lords<obscured></obscured>
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I was told by a person<obscured></obscured>
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a body upon wch. I made a so<obscured></obscured>
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would never wear a badg the<obscured></obscured>
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conscience suke & my oath I<obscured></obscured>
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yr. worships you will be pleased to<lb></lb>
me a pention without a badge, I be<obscured></obscured>
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eighty one years old, very weak<obscured></obscured>
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able to doe any thing for my support<lb></lb>
not subsist without a maintenance<lb></lb>
the parish, wch. I hope yr. worships<lb></lb>
pleased to consider, and</p>
<p n="283">I as in duty bound shall<lb></lb>
ever pray Etc</p>
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