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Sheweth
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That by a certain Rate or Assessment made on Your Petitioner and
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other Inhabitants of the parish of
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by the Commissioners appointed for putting in Execution
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an Act of parliament made in the Eleventh year of the Reign of His
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present Majesty King George the Third Intituled "An Act for repairing
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"therein" for one whole Year commencing for Midsummer Day One
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yearly Rent of a certain Messuage or Tenement and premises in
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premises being the Rent your petitioner now pays and has paid
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from Lady Day one thousand Seven hundred and eighty two for
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the said Messuage or Tenement and premises by virtue of an
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Indenture of Lease made to your petitioner thereof.
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That your petitioner is rated and charged in and by the
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