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maketh Oath and saith that on the eleventh
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and twenty first Days of this Instant April he this
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Deponent went to the now Corn Market in Mark
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Lane within the
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in order to enquire
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into the price of middling British white Peace and that
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White Pease sold in the said Market on all the
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abovementioned Days was from thirty three Shillings
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to thirty four Shillings the Quarter And this
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Deponent further saith that on all the Days
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abovementioned he was informed and he very
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believes the same to be true that for several Weeks
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then last past
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British White Pease sold in the said Market had
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been and that the same now continues to be from
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thirty three Shillings to thirty four shillings the
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Quarter And further saith that he is seized of
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a Freehold Estate of the clear Yearly Value of
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twenty Pounds and upwards over and above all
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Charges and Reprizes and that he is skilful in
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the price of White Pease and other Corn and that
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he is a Housekeeper and lives in the County of
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Sworn the
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22d Day of April 1777
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By the Court
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Hurford
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