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<p n="125">To the Honourable Bench of Justicess of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50700_geo48">Midlesex</rs>
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now at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50700_geo49">Hicks's Hall</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="126">The humble petition of Mrs <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50700_n126-1">Eliz: Pighells</rs>
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the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50700_occ47">Wife</rs>
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of Mr <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50700_n126-2">John Pighells</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50700_occ48">Clerk</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="127"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That your petitioner haveing received many wrongs<lb></lb>
losses and abuses by one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50700_n127-1">John Blackham</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50700_occ49">Esq</rs>
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(son of <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50700_occ50">Sr</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50700_n127-2">Richard Blackham</rs>
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) he haveing fraudulently and<lb></lb>
felloniously taken from her a Gold Watch and other<lb></lb>
things of value within your Liberty, and also a sum<lb></lb>
of money at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50700_geo50">Harridge</rs>
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and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50700_geo51">York</rs>
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to your petitioners<lb></lb>
uller suine, and he being now under prosecution<lb></lb>
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for the same, but he with a villanous combination<lb></lb>
of others like himselfe have, and do put sham Acti-<lb></lb>
ons upon your Petitioner, and have had her in close<lb></lb>
Custody the yesterday; and none has another to put upon<lb></lb>
her to provent your petitioner's just prosecution<lb></lb>
unless she be protec<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
ted by your honourable Bench<lb></lb>
to have your honours favour and protection in<lb></lb>
order that your petitioner may be at Liberty to<lb></lb>
proceed against him in her just prosecution for<lb></lb>
the aforesaid</p>
<p n="128">And your petitioner as in duty<lb></lb>
bound Shall ever pray</p>
<p n="129"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50700_n129-1">Eliz: Pighells</rs>
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