To the Right Honourable
Sir Robert Kite< no role > Lord Mayor of
the City of London and to the
rest of his Majesty's Justices
of the Peace for the said City in
open Session Assembled

The Humble Petition of Richard Richards< no role >
an Apprentice

Sheweth

That your Petitioner on or about the
Twenty fifth day of July One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty
three was bound an Apprentice to Mr. James Allen< no role > Watchmaker for
the Term of Seven Years who then had Lodgings in Gutter Lane London
and that the Sum of Fifteen Pounds was given by Your Petitioners
Father unto the said James Allen< no role > as a Consideration upon so binding
him an Apprentice

That your Petitioner's said Master Resided about Six
Months in Gutter Lane aforesaid after your Petitioner was so bound to
him Apprentice and then Removed into Horman's Buildings in
the Parish of Saint Luke in the County of Middlesex where your
Petitioner served him about two Years

That your Petitioner's said Master then removed from
thence into Lodgings in George Street Foster Lane London where your
Petitioner served his said Master about three Quarters of a Year more
when his said Master removed from thence into ready Furnished
Lodgings at once Mr. Taylor's a Hatch Gilder in Queen Square in Saint
Bartholomew Close in the Parish of Saint Bartholomew the Great
within the City of London where your Petitioner served him about Six or
Seven Weeks longer and that your Petitioner during his said Servitude
was taken several times by his said Master into Loose Company to
dance and kept him out till late in the night and frequently left
him alone for two or three days together

That your Petitioner having served his said Master
in the whole about three Years and half Part of his said Apprenticeship
your