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<p n="482"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">31 July 1713.</note>
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<p n="483">Cook. Apprent to Page<lb></lb>
to return to his Mar}<lb></lb>
At this Court <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n483-1">Richard Cook</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n483-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
one of the <rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20204_occ393">Apprentices</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_occ393" type="occupation" value="Apprentices"></interp>
of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n483-2">Allen Page</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n483-2" type="surname" value="Page"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n483-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20204_occ394">Weaver</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_occ394" type="occupation" value="Weaver"></interp>
one of the <rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20204_occ395">Churchmasters</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_occ395" type="occupation" value="Churchmasters"></interp>
of this Hospital<lb></lb>
prayed to be discharged from his said Master and that his Indentures<lb></lb>
of Apprenticeship might be cancelled for that he was not able to<lb></lb>
performe the Task his Master setthim which was Twelve Yards<lb></lb>
a day of worsted caddus in an Engine Loom so very difficult to<lb></lb>
work in that Two others of the said Payes apprentices had run away<lb></lb>
because they could not do their Task in it And the said Page being<lb></lb>
prsent in Court Seemed desirous to be rid of her said apprentice tho he<lb></lb>
alledged it was a detriment to him, the said Cook haveing served<lb></lb>
three years of his time and learnt his Trade so that he was more<lb></lb>
capable of earning him money That the could do more than his<lb></lb>
Task but was a Lazy wife Boy had run away house and helpt to Spoile<lb></lb>
the rest of his Apprentices. That it was true two others had run<lb></lb>
away from him the not because they could not do their Tasks but were<lb></lb>
idle boys like this and did not care for any work Whereupon<lb></lb>
and upon considering the whole matter this Court doth Order the<lb></lb>
said Cook to returne to his Master to Serve out the remainder of<lb></lb>
his time And the said <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n483-3">Allen Page</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n483-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
was admonished to sett him<lb></lb>
a Moderate Task</p>
<p n="484"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n484-1">Whittmore Nath</rs>
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Rept. yt<lb></lb>
ye Complaint of his appear<lb></lb>
Newton is frisolons}</note>
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<p n="485">At this Court was read a Report from the Comee of this<lb></lb>
house dated the 21st day of this Instant July in these words<lb></lb>
vizt. In pursuance of an Order made at a Court holden<lb></lb>
at this hospital the Twenty Sixth day of June last this Comee<lb></lb>
examined into the matter of the Complaint of <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n485-1">Edmund Newton</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n485-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
agt.<lb></lb>
his Master <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n485-2">Nathanll Whittmore</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n485-2" type="surname" value="Whittmore"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n485-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
for incoderately beating and<lb></lb>
abuseing him and upon hearing both partys This Comee<lb></lb>
are of Opinion that the said Complaint is Frisolons</p>
<p n="486">er</p>
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