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To the Worshipfull his Majestys
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several Acts of Parliament relating to the poor on or about the
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20th day of September last and allowed by Two of his Majestys
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Justices of the peace for the said County and afterwards duly publish
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Your petitioner was and is charged in and by such Rate or Assessments
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with a large and excessive Sum of Money for the Purposes
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aforesaid and much more than according to the real Value of
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his capable property within the said Hamlet he should be charged
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That your Petitioner Objects to the said Rate or
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of the same being partial unfair unequal and unjust for
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