Westmr

to wit Joseph Cooper< no role > Aged about fifteen Years on his
Oath Says he never Rented 10 pounds paid Taxes was
an Apprentice or lived a hired Yearly Servant for one
Year Says his late Father William Cooper< no role > served
Seven Years Apprenticeship with one Mr. Knight
a Plaisterer in Petty France in the Parish of Saint
Margarets Westmr . and afteras he has often heard his
Mother say and which he verily believes to be true
and after his said Fathers Death this Examinant
was put into the Workhouse belonging to the said
Parish of Saint Margarett where he Continued for
Eight Years or thereabout untill he was discharged
about a Year and a Quarter ago & has had Three
Places since in any one of which he did not live
above Seven Months

Sworn this 7th. Day of
Decr. 1770 before Us} R Butle [..]

his
Joseph [mark] Cooper< no role >
Mark

Witness
Petr Sidebotham< no role >