Middlesex ss}
Thomas Patten< no role >
maketh oath That
many Years ago he was duly bound by Indres to and Served
the Whole of his Apprenticeship with
Samuel Banks< no role >
in
upper Eastsmithfield
in the Parish of St Botolph
without Aldgate
in the Sd County Basketmaker
That
this Deponent Since Such his Said Apprenticeship hath
not lived as a hired servant for a year nor rented a
house or other Tenement of the Yearly rent or Value
of Ten Pounds or upwards or Served any Parish office
or paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes or done
any Act to gain a Settlement Since his Sd Apprenticeship
Sworn this. 2d. day of
Decemr 1778
before
P. Rowlands
Thos. Patten< no role >