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At the General Quarter Session of the peace of our
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Lord the King holden in and for the
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in the Thirty fifth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign
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Lord George the third King of Great Britain Etc.
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Exhibited his petition and appeal setting forth That by an Order dated the 2d.
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day of May last under the Hands and Seals of the Revd.
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Doctor in Divinity and The Revd.
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of the
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aforesaid that he was poor
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parishioners of the said parish or to the Overseers of the poor of the said
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before the said Justices to shew cause why such relief should not be given but
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had not made any sufficient cause appear The said Justices therefore
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ordered the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the said Parish to
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enter the said
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the Weekly Sum of Two Shillings and six pence towards
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his maintenance as long as the cause for such relief continued or until
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they should be ordered according to Law to forbear the said allowance
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and that the petitioner had accordingly paid the said
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such weekly Allowance in pursuance of the said Order: That Elizabeth
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Coxhead of the
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Widow was the
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Daughter of the said
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and the said
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Elizabeth Coxhead
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being
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an Inn keeper and in very afflicent circumstances and able to afford
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assistance to her aged and infirm Father and to prevent his receiving
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relief from or being a burthen upon the said Parish. The Petitioner had
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frequently applied to the said Elizabeth Coxhead to repay him what he had
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expended and paid as Oveseer aforesaid to the said
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or on
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his Account and to provide for the said
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Thomas Harper
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as he was required
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to do by Law but that the said Elizabeth. Coxhead had refused so to do
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whereby the petitioner conceived himself aggrieved and therefore praying
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