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<p n="1689">2d. Decr. 1715</p>
<p n="1690">To Mr. <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-1">Edward Page</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-1" type="surname" value="Page"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20204_occ2341">Artsmaster</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_occ2341" type="occupation" value="Artsmaster"></interp>
of the said Hospital The said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-2">John Harrison</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-2" type="surname" value="Harrison"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
and <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-3">Thomas Hudson</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-3" type="surname" value="Hudson"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
and the rest of the Blew<lb></lb>
Coat Boys with Sticks in their hands in a Riotous & Tumultous<lb></lb>
manner went to <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20204_geo948">St. Sepulchres</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_geo948" type="placeName" value="St. Sepulchres"></interp>
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And the said <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-4">Thomas Hudson</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-4" type="surname" value="Hudson"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
(being<lb></lb>
taken into Custody by ye Constables there in the said Riot &<lb></lb>
Tumult) was Rescued by the said Blew Coat Boys the said <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-5">John<lb></lb>
Harrison</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-5" type="surname" value="Harrison"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-5" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
being Still among them That the Said Blew Coat Boys<lb></lb>
gathered money of People for a Bonfire and then went to <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20204_geo949">the<lb></lb>
Bull alehouse</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_geo949" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
next door to <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20204_geo950">Bridewell</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_geo950" type="placeName" value="Bridewell"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_geo950" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
and expended fifteen<lb></lb>
Shillings which money was in the Custody of <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-99">Mathew Barrett</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-99" type="surname" value="Barrett"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-99" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
a Blew Coat Boy and <rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20204_occ2342">apprentice</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_occ2342" type="occupation" value="apprentice"></interp>
to one Mr. Bell and <rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20204_occ2343">Artsmaster</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_occ2343" type="occupation" value="Artsmaster"></interp>
<lb></lb>
of the said Hospital And that the said <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-6">James Male</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-6" type="surname" value="Male"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-6" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
and <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-7">Roger<lb></lb>
Gethins</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-7" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
were then present and did portabe of the Drink which they<lb></lb>
had by the said money that from which Alehouse the said Boys<lb></lb>
went out in a Body with Sticks in their hands about the like number<lb></lb>
among whom were then present the said <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-8">John Harrison</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-8" type="surname" value="Harrison"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-8" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-9">Thomas Hudson</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-9" type="surname" value="Hudson"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-9" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
That as they were goeing by the Ditch Side the<lb></lb>
Said <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-10">Thomas Atkins</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-10" type="surname" value="Atkins"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-10" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
& Harris were Standing there & Suffered<lb></lb>
the Said Boys to go on without Saying any thing to them That<lb></lb>
the said Blew Coat Boys proceeded So farr as the <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20204_geo951">Crown Tavern</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_geo951" type="placeName" value="Crown Tavern"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_geo951" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
upon <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20204_geo952">Ludgate hill</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_geo952" type="placeName" value="Ludgate hill"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_geo952" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
where he this Informant did then and there<lb></lb>
See the Said <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-11">John Harrison</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-11" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-11" type="surname" value="Harrison"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-11" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
and <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-12">Thomas Hudson</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-12" type="given" value="Thomas"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-12" type="surname" value="Hudson"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-12" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
with Severall<lb></lb>
of the Said Blew Coat Boys (whose names he doth not remember<lb></lb>
but Should well know them when he Seeth their faces) with-<lb></lb>
their Clubbs and Staves flinging about the Bonfire that was at<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20204_geo953">Crown Tavern</rs>
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And that the Cry of the said Blew Coat<lb></lb>
Boys was high Church and others amongst them high Church and<lb></lb>
Ormond and that ye Cry of other Persons thereabouts was-<lb></lb>
King GeorgeAnd this Informant further Sayth On the<lb></lb>
one & Thirtieth of Octor. Last in the Evening being the Anniversary<lb></lb>
Birth day of his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales one<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-16">John Rhodes</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-16" type="surname" value="Rhodes"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-16" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
(a Blew Coat Boy and apprentice to <rs type="persName" id="BBBRMG20204_n1690-23">Wm. Phillips</rs>
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<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-23" type="surname" value="Phillips"></interp>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_n1690-23" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
one of the <rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20204_occ2344">Artsmasters</rs>
<interp inst="BBBRMG20204_occ2344" type="occupation" value="Artsmasters"></interp>
of the Said Hospital) told this Informant<lb></lb>
that he the said Rhodes had that night bought three penny worth</p>
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