To the Right Honourabe Sir Richard Hoare< no role >
Knight
Lord Mayor
of the City of
London And to the rest of the Worshipfull the Aldermen his Brethren in their
General Quarter Sessions assembled
The humble Petition of Christopher [..] Gurney< no role >
Sheweth
That by Indenture of Apprentiship bearing Date on or about the
Twenty fifth January 1740.first day of May 1741 your
Petitioner did become bound an Apprentice
to one
Solomon Street< no role >
of the Parish of Saint Botolph
without Aldgate
in London
Weaver
to Serve him as such from the Day of the Date thereof for and
During the Term of ten years (being a Parish Indenture) under the Usuall Covenants in the said Indentures
Contained
That the said Solomon Street thereby Amongst Other things Covenanted to find out and Allow your
Petitioner Sufficient Meat Drink Apparell Washing and Lodging and all other Necessaries during the
said Term as by the said Indentures of Apprentiship may Appear
That the said Solomon Street< no role >
About Six Weeks ago Absconded and hath ever Since
Absented himself from his Habitation and hath left his Wife and family in the greatest Distress
and Necessity
That for these three years last past the said Solomon Street< no role >
hath frequently misused ill
treated and Immoderately beat your Petitioner without lawfull Cause or Provocation And hath
Totally neglected to provide Your Petitioner with Cloaths and other Necessaries Contrary to the Covenant
entred into by the said Solomon Street< no role >
for that purpose By Means whereof your Petitioners Friends
have been obliged to provide Your Petitioner with such Necessaries at their Own Expences and
Charges
That the said Solomon Street< no role >
from the time of the Entrance into his Apprentiship hath
Totally neglected to Instruct your Petitioner in his said Trade or Business of a Weaver
By Means
Whereof your Petitioner must be Inevitably ruined and Undone by the Actings and Doings of the
said Solomon Street Unless relieved by this Honourable Court
Wherefore your Petitioner Humbly prays your Lordship and this Honourable
Court That he may be Discharged from his said Apprentiship or have such other
Relief in the premisses as to your Lordship and this Honourable Court shall
think Meet.
And your Petitioner Shall ever Pray Etc.