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<p n="161">Gentlemen, I was Bound out Apprentice from this House in the<lb></lb>
Year 1780, to <rs type="persName" id="GLBARA10701_n161-1">John Hill</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="GLBARA10701_occ66">Shoe Maker</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="GLBARA10701_geo81"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBARA10701_geo82">Grey Eagle Street</rs>
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Spital<lb></lb>
fields</rs>
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the begining of <rs type="date" id="GLBARA10701_date89">September</rs>
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the Same Year being 15 Years<lb></lb>
and a Quarter Old i served the whole of my Time with him<lb></lb>
to <rs type="date" id="GLBARA10701_date90">June 5th, 1786</rs>
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being 21, Years of Age my Master took a Man<lb></lb>
of the Name of <rs type="persName" id="GLBARA10701_n161-2">John Cookson</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="GLBARA10701_occ67">Shoe Maker</rs>
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) had Kept a Shoe<lb></lb>
Warehouse at <rs type="placeName" id="GLBARA10701_geo83">Wapping Wall</rs>
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) to work in the shop with him and us Apprentices<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="GLBARA10701_n161-3">John Cookson</rs>
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was in the habit of having a Sailors will from a Man<lb></lb>
of the Name of Davis several Times, about the End of March 1736 <rs type="persName" id="GLBARA10701_n161-4">John<lb></lb>
Cookson</rs>
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urged my Master to go to <rs type="placeName" id="GLBARA10701_geo84">Chatham</rs>
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with him Concerning a<lb></lb>
Will has he had at that Time) finding that Davis was Dead) and got<lb></lb>
my Master to pay the Exspenses to Chatham and back again my Master<lb></lb>
Thingking to get what money he Owed beside they returning again got<lb></lb>
nothing and had Recource to the Lord Mayor of London he Told<lb></lb>
them he Thought it was a Forgery it Alarmd my Master, and<lb></lb>
Cookson went from my masters House My mas Master was in Far Worse<lb></lb>
might Come on it Took a Room in <rs type="placeName" id="GLBARA10701_geo85"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBARA10701_geo86">seven Step Ally</rs>
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back of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="GLBARA10701_geo87">Old ship Public House</rs>
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Petticoat Lane</rs>
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had a bed and Bedding for<lb></lb>
Two of us to sleep and work there One of the Name of <rs type="persName" id="GLBARA10701_n161-5">James<lb></lb>
Edward</rs>
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and me both Apprentices at that time my Master Coming<lb></lb>
Soon in the Morning and going home Late at Night our Victuals was<lb></lb>
sent by the Apprentice Girl i was there from a Day or two of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="GLBARA10701_date91">Last day of March 1786</rs>
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-to June the 5th- Following soon after<lb></lb>
I was out of my Time my Master Left <rs type="placeName" id="GLBARA10701_geo88">Spitalfields</rs>
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Leaving<lb></lb>
Rent and Taxes to Pay went to <rs type="placeName" id="GLBARA10701_geo89"> <rs type="placeName" id="GLBARA10701_geo90">Joiner Street</rs>
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, Tooley Street borough</rs>
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<lb></lb>
I have had Recource to <rs type="placeName" id="GLBARA10701_geo91">Spitalfields</rs>
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Parish and Can safely say<lb></lb>
i never paid Rent Exceeding 2 Shillings and 6 Pence they<lb></lb>
say i do not belong to them and Baffled me so that i do not Know<lb></lb>
what to do I always Thought I Belong'd to them i am 72 Years Old<lb></lb>
Next June and never refused to work but am so Slow that i Cannot<lb></lb>
get a Living at it now if i Could i would do it and be Glad to do it</p>
<p n="162"> <rs type="persName" id="GLBARA10701_n162-1">Richard Wood</rs>
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