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Continued Thursday 21st. Novr. 1776.
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day 1770 at the Rent of £200.. a Year payable Quarterly.
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Tha your Petitioner hath agreed with
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Skegness
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in the County of
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Farmer
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to Assign over to him all his
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Interest and benefit in the said Lease. Your Petitioner therefore
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humbly Prays that the Lease so Contracted and agreed for by your
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Petitioner of the aforesaid Premises may be made to the said
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Joseph
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Dickinson
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for the residue of the said Term now to come & unexpired And
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Your Petitioner shall ever Pray
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Robt. Covell
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. May it Please
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your WorshipsMr.
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Joseph Dickinson
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to whom Mr. Covell prays to
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Assign his Lease as above I believe to be a Man of good Property and
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likely to make a good Tenant being industrious and understanding his
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Business of a
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.
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Jno. Bowen.
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It is Ordered
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that the Lease so Contracted and agreed for by the said
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Robt. Covell
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be
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made to the said
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Joseph Dickinson
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for the Remainder of the said Term.
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Perry John
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his Petitn.
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to be readmitted into
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the Hospital rejected
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Upon Reading the humble Petition of
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John Perry
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late
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Apprentice
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to
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Thos. Dunn
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in the Words and figures following. "I humbly
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beg leave to Acquaint you that I am that Lad who was discharged at the
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last Court held at this Hospital and since that time I have made a Strict
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Application in
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Spital Fields
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to get Employ but finding every endeavour
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prove fruitless upon the Account of not having sewed a regular
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Apprenticeship and having no Friend that would take any Notice of me
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I found myself involved in a Condition truly distressed. Yet at the
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same time utterly detesting to follow any Occupation which was not
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in itself both honest & commendable I Solicited Mr. Owen to take me
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for the remainder of my time who considering the situation I was in
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told me If I could get readmitted into the Hospital again he had no
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Objection as I have no other View of doing well I should be very happy
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of this Worshipful Committee would take it into Consideration so far
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as to give me that privilege as it shall be may Constant Study for the
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Culture how to Act so as to merit so great and peculiar a kindness"
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It is Order that the said Petition be rejected.
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Baylis Isaac to be
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paid £10 Fowkes Gift
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Mr.
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Samuel Bosworth
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one of the
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governors
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reported that in
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Pursuance of an Order of Court of 18th. July 1776 he had made
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Inquiry and found that
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Isaac Baylis
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late
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Apprentice
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to
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Richard Day
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was Set up for himself in his Trade and has the Character of a diligent
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Sober Man It is Ordered that the Clerk do pay the said Isaac Baylis
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Ten Pounds out of Mr. Fowkes Gift to be allowed him in his next Account.
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