To John Hawkins< no role > Esquire Chairman And the rest
of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex

The Humble Petition of Joseph White< no role >

Sheweth

That Your Petitioner above five Years agoe was Put
Apprentice to James Kendrick< no role > of Lambeth Street Goodmansfields
Watchmaker .

That Your Petitioner being for Sometime before Instructed in
a Branch of the said Trade Did in the first two Years of his
said Apprenticeship become a Usefull Servant and could
Earn fourteen shillings a Week for his Said Master

That tho' Your Petitioner is now 19 Years Old, He hath
Allowed him only By his Master a Half penny Roll and Butter
of a Morning for Breadfast, Meat about twice a Week, And that
in very Small Quantities for Dinner, And which is cut out for
him, And greatly stiuted in the Same, And three half penny worth
of Cheese Amongst 4 Persons at Night for Supper and no more

That there is no small Beer Kept in the Family from the
Brewers But Supplyed By a Chandlers shop And not two Quarts
in the Day to be Divided Amongst tow Apprentices One Servant
Maid And the Son of the said Mr. Kendrick

That Your Petitioner has been so Nupoverished in his
Living That He hath requested the said Mr. Kendrick his Master
to Sett him Board himself And Offerrs so to do And to give his
Master half his Earnings per Week Besides Boarding himself
But his said Master refutes the Same

Your Petitionr: Therefore humbly Prays That
His said Master may Attend Your Worships on this
Petition That Your Petitioner may for the reasons
aforesaid be discharged from his Mdres of Apprenticeship

And he will Ever pray Etc

Jospeh White< no role >