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Lord Maior
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of the
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And to the Right 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 Parishioners
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of the Parish of
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London
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Sheweth
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That theof yor. Petrs. Parish by mistake in a
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returne to the Precept directed to them from the Right Honoble. the late
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of this City to give an account of their Poore and the charge of
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mainteyning them hee made a returne of the sume of £79:15s:6d for the
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Yeares charge in 1697 wch. was the totall sume of all the Payments made
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in every respect for & concerning the same Parish Whereas in truth the
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true charge of their Poore amounts to noe more Then about £52:16s.
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And their said Parish being charged by virtue of the late Act of
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Comon Councill to pay £39:10s to the Corporation established by the said
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Act for setting the Poore on worke
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Now yor. Petrs. in respect of the smallnesse of their Parish
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And the greate charge of Poore therein which they have to
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mainteyne Desire that yor. Lopp. & Worpps. will be pleased to
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releive yor. Petrs. And to order the Abatement of the said sume of
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£39:10s. to such sume in proportion To what doth truely arise by
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their assessement for mainteyning the Poore of their said Parish
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They being only releivable by this Courte
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And they shall Pray Etc
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