To the Worshipfull Sir John Hawkins< no role > Knt . Chairman
and others His Majesty's Justices of the peace for the
County of Middlesex now in their General Quarter
Session of the Peace Holden at Hicks Hall in Saint
John Street in and for the said County Assembled

The Humble Petition of William
Gogney< no role > Son of William Gogney< no role > Citizen
and Farrier of London Deceased

Sheweth

That Your Petr. was by Indenture of apprenticeship bearing date the 17th
day of June 1774 bound out an Apprentice by the Governors of Christ Hospital
to Richard Meach< no role > of George's Court Clerkenwell in the said County of Middlesex
and the Sum of Ten Pounds was given with him to the said Richard Meach< no role > as
an Apprentice Fee as by the said Indenture when produced will more
fully appear.

That your Petitioners hath duly and truly served his Time hither to,
but his said Master hath neglected to Teach and Instruct him property as
he ought to do, and has lately advertized and Sold off his Tools and Implements
in Trade and declined his Business and without the Consent of your Petr.
or his Friends intends to make a property of Your Petitioner and Assign
him Over to another Person in a different branch for the Consideration
of £30. which the said person refusing to pay; Your Petitioner
is likely to be Harrassed and Hawked about from one to another (untill
his said Master has made his Bargain of him) and thereby lose all
his further Time of Instruction.

That notwithstanding your Petitioner has but one Year and Seven
Months to Serve of his Time yet he is not so proficient in his Business as
he ought to be by Reason of his said Master's Neglecting to Teach and Instruct
him, And is not Capable when Out of his Time of Earning more than Ten or
Twelve Shillings instead of Thirty Shillings P Week as he ought to have done
in case he had been property Instructed.

D: J: Bruce
Sollr .

Your Petitioner for these and other
Reasons to be Offered therefore most
humbly Prays your Worships to take his
Case into Consideration and be placed to
discharge him from his said Apprenticeship
or make such other Order therein as to Your
Worships shall meet

And Your Petitioner shall ever pray Etc

Wm. Gogney< no role >