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<p n="21">To the Right Worspll her Matys <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50697_occ8">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the<lb></lb>
County of Middx</p>
<p n="22">The humble Peticonr of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50697_n22-1">Bethia Garden</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50697_n22-1" type="surname" value="Garden"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50697_n22-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
on the behalf<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50697_n22-2">Bethia Bigley</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50697_n22-2" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
her <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50697_occ9">Daughter</rs>
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</p>
<p n="23"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That about Three Years past ye Petitr said Daughter became and prentice to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50697_n23-1">Robert Cheeseman</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50697_n23-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
for the<lb></lb>
Terme of Eight Yeares as by the Indenture of Appenticehood may appears</p>
<p n="24">That the said Cheeseman and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50697_n24-1">Dorothy</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50697_n24-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
his <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50697_occ10">Wife</rs>
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having both barbarously abused yr. Petrs said Daughter<lb></lb>
and the sd. Dorothy having threatned to Knock out her Braines she the sd Dorothy stands Bound<lb></lb>
before the Worpr Justice Cu<obscured></obscured>
for her appearance in this Honr Court this prsent Sessions And<lb></lb>
forasmuch as the said Master and Mistress having frequently Donyed your Petitioner's<lb></lb>
Daughter such common susteynance and necessarys as are fitting for an <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50697_occ11">Aprentice</rs>
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<p n="25">P <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50697_n25-1">Thos Nash</rs>
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<p n="26">Your Petitioner therefore most humbly<lb></lb>
prays yor Worspll to be pleased to grant yt hers<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
daughter may be discharged from her said Apprentice-<lb></lb>
hood Her sd Master Mistress still threatning<lb></lb>
prsent Sessions.</p>
<p n="27">And yr Petitr shall ever pray Etc</p>
<p n="28"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50697_n28-1">Bethia Garden</rs>
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her<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Marke</p>
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