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The humble Petition of
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that your Petitioner at Easter 1792 was appointed
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Constable of the Parish aforesaid by a Court Leet then held
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for the Manner of
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such Office for above a Year
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That at Easter last
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in the room of your Petitioner
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old and inform
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Man and past the Age of Seventy
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your Petitioner hath been informed that the said
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Thomas
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hath
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procused himself to be discharged from
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being such Office And the Inhabitants a Court Leet
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays
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that as your Petitioner hath served longer
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than usual that he may be discharged
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from longer sewing the
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And your Petitioner shall ever pray
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The Mark of
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