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Lord Maior
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And to the Rt. Worll his Maties.
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Justices
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in the Generall Quarter Sessions Assembled
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The humble peticon & Appeale of the Churchwardens Overseers
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of the Poore & Parishionrs of the Parish of
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within Bishoppsgate
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Sheweth
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That the Clarke of yor. Petrs. Parish by mistate in a Returne to the
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Precept directed to them from the Right Honoble. the Late
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Lord Maior
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of this City to give an account of their Poore and the charge of mainteyning
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than hee made a returne of the sume of £133. for one yeare which was the
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totall sume of all the Pavements made me every respott for & concerning the
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same Whereas intruth the true charge of their Poore amounts to no more
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than about £45. Yearely
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And their said Parish being charged by virtue of the late Act of Comon
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Councill to pay 66:10:2 to the Corporacon established by the said Act
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for setting the Poore on worke
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Now yor. Pertrs. in respect of the Smallnesse of their Parish And
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the greate number of Poore therein which they have to
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mainteyned Desire that yor. Hopp. and Worpps. will be pleased to
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releice yor. Petrs. and to order the abatement of the said sume
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of £66:10s:2 to such sume in & Pencon To what doth truely a wise
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by their assessment for mainteyining the Poore of their said
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Parish They being only releivable by this Courte
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And they Shall Pray Etc
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