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<p n="461">To <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15010_occ157">the Rt. Honoble</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15010_occ158">Sr</rs>
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. <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15010_n461-1">Francis Child</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15010_occ159">Knt</rs>
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.<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15010_occ160"> Lord Maior</rs>
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of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15010_geo274">City of London</rs>
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And to the Rt. Worll. his Maties. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15010_occ161">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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in the Generall Quarter Sessions Assembled</p>
<p n="462">The humble peticon & Appeale of the Churchwardens Overseers<lb></lb>
of the Poore & Parishionrs. of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15010_geo275">St. Ethelburgh within<lb></lb>
Bishoppsgate</rs>
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London</p>
<p n="463"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That the Clarke of yor. Petrs. Parish by mistake in a Returne to the prcept<lb></lb>
directed to them from the Right Honorble the late lord Maior of this City<lb></lb>
to give an account of their Poore and the charge of mainteyining them<lb></lb>
hee made a returne of the sume of £133. for one yeare which was the totall<lb></lb>
sume of all the pavments made in every respect for & concerning the same<lb></lb>
Whereas in truth the true charge of their poore amounts to no more than<lb></lb>
about £45. yearely.</p>
<p n="464">And their said Parish being charged by virtue of the late Act of<lb></lb>
Comon Councill to pay 66:10:2 to the Corporation of established by the said<lb></lb>
Act for setting the poore on worke</p>
<p n="465">Now yor: Petrs. in respect of the smallnesse of their Parish And<lb></lb>
the greate charge of Poore therein wch. They have to mainteyne<lb></lb>
Define that yor. Lopp. & Worpps. will be pleased to releive your Petrs and<lb></lb>
to order the abatement of the said sume of £66:10s:2d: to such sume in<lb></lb>
proportion To what doth truely arise by their assessement for mainteyning<lb></lb>
the Poore of their said Parish They being only releivable<lb></lb>
by this Courte</p>
<p n="466">And They shall pray Etc.</p>
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