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<p n="489">To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of<lb></lb>
the poor of the parish of st. Dyonis Back<lb></lb>
Church London And to the rest of the<lb></lb>
Gentlemen of the Vestry of the said <lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="GLDBPP30701_geo76">parish Church</rs>
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<p n="490">The Humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="GLDBPP30701_n490-1">Ruth Harris</rs>
<interp inst="GLDBPP30701_n490-1" type="given" value="Ruth"></interp>
<interp inst="GLDBPP30701_n490-1" type="surname" value="Harris"></interp>
<interp inst="GLDBPP30701_n490-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
of the parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="GLDBPP30701_geo77">St. Dyonis Back Church</rs>
<interp inst="GLDBPP30701_geo77" type="placeName" value="St. Dyonis Back Church"></interp>
<interp inst="GLDBPP30701_geo77" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
aforesaid Widdow of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="GLDBPP30701_n490-2">John Harris</rs>
<interp inst="GLDBPP30701_n490-2" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="GLDBPP30701_n490-2" type="surname" value="Harris"></interp>
<interp inst="GLDBPP30701_n490-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
late of the same parish <rs type="occupation" id="GLDBPP30701_occ61">Joyner</rs>
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<p n="491"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Humbly Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That your Petitioner being very<lb></lb>
aged and infirm is reduced to great want and poverty<lb></lb>
in so much that it were impossible for her to subsist<lb></lb>
were it not through the Care and Industry of her<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="GLDBPP30701_occ62">Daughter</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="GLDBPP30701_n491-1">RuthHarris</rs>
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who now lives with and<lb></lb>
provides for her.</p>
<p n="492">Your Petitioner therefore Chumbly<lb></lb>
prays That you the Gentlemen above said<lb></lb>
will look upon her as the greatest object<lb></lb>
of your Charity And will be pleased to<lb></lb>
bestow upon her the Five pounds now in<lb></lb>
Your Power to dispose of as being the<lb></lb>
Gift of Alderman Aboey deceased to a<lb></lb>
poor House keeper in this parish to be<lb></lb>
paid yearly at Christmas</p>
<p n="493">And Your Petitioner Shall ever <lb></lb>
pray Etc</p>
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