To the Rt. Worshipfull [..] his Maties. Justices of the
Peace for the County of Middlesex in General Quarter
Sessions Assembled.

The humbled Petition of John Broomhall< no role >

Sheweth

That in the year of our Lord 1732 your Petrs. was put as
an Apprentice to John Dawson< no role > of the Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch in the County of Middx and Phillicia< no role > his Wife And a
Writing in the nature of an Indenture was made for that Purpose
by which it is mentioned that your Petr. was to learn the act and
Trade which the said John Dawson< no role > then used which was no other
than the Art of a Ganger he being an Excise Man but his Wife
followed the Business of a Staymaker wch. was the Trade your
Petrs. intended to learn.

That your Petr. hath continued as an Apprentice for the Space of
four years and upwards during which time he hath demeaned
himself as a faithull Servant to his said Master and Mistress
but hath learned very little of the Trade of Stay making his said
Master knowing nothing of it and his Mistress very unskilful
in the Business and your Petr. hath been very little Employed
in the Trade but hath been chiefly employed in doing the Work
of the house and going on Errands they keeping no Servant And
more over hath been kept very Short of Victuals and been unmerci-
-fully beaten by his sd. Master without any just Cause. The
Marks of whose ill usage are still to be seen upon him.

That your Petr. hath causally lost that part of the said
Writing-given by the Master and Mistress

May it therefore Please your Worships
to Order the said Master to Attend your
Worships with the Indenture or Writing
and for the reasons aforesaid to discharge
your Petr. of such his sd. Apprenticeship

And your Petr. Shall ever Pray Etc.