To the Worshipfull Thomas Lane< no role > Esqr . one
of His Majesty's Justices of Peace for the County of
Middlesex and others his fellows Justices Etc.

The humble Petition of Richard Kentmore< no role >
an Apprentice

Sheweth

That Your Petitioner Son of Mary Kentmore< no role >
of the Parish of Hammersmith in the County of Middlesex Widow was
by Indenture dated the sixth day of July 1756 bound an Apprentice
to Stephen Ardesoif< no role > of Westminster in the said County Lapidary
and Glass Grinder for the term of seven Years, the Master to find
Your Petitioner in beard, Ledging, washing, & Cloathe during all
that Time

That when Your Petitioner first went
to his said Master there was one William May< no role > another Apprentice
with Your Petitioners marker, who has been gone upwards of
two Years & during the time he was there he could not instruct
Your Petitioner but very little in his Business, & after he was gone
there was no Person at all to learn or instruct Your said
Petitioner, & that the said William May< no role > could not gett more
than five shillings Per Week when out of his time untill he
had been instructed by another Journeyman of the same trade

That Your Petitioners Master
married a Widow who carried on the Business of Lapidary &
Glass Grinder (for he is a Jeweller by trade) & cannot week
as Lapidary or Glass Grinder , nor will gett any Person else
to instruct Your Petitioner, so that when Your Petitioner, has
Served his Apprenticeship cannot be able to earn above four
or five shillings by the Week, But Your Petitioners Master had
frequently, & lately when Your Petitioner has brought down his
work beat Your Petitioner, but could give no reasons for the
same That Your Petitioner had his said Master before
Mr. Fielding sometime ago [..] in Order, that his said Master
might gett a Person to instruct him, which he promised to do

That Your Petitioner upon his
Master's neglecting to Inc [..] went home to his Mothers att
Hammersmith & made