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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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Gerard Conyers
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Lord Mayor
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of the City of London and to the Right Worpl the rest of his Maties
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Justices of the peace for the City of London at their General Quarter
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Sessions of the peace Assembled.
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The Humble Petition of the Churchwardens and
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overseers of the poor of the Several parishers of St. Giles without
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Cripplegate St. Botolph without Aldgate St. Andrew Wardrobe St.
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alhallows on the Wall St. Botolph Aldersgate and St. Botolph
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without Bishopsgate London
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That Your Petitioners are very much Over burthened with poor & not able to
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raise Sufficient since of mony amongst themselves to relieve them
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notwithstanding their assements are greater than heretofore Yet the Charge
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of the poor is par above their assessments as the same upon Examinacon
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hath divers times appeared to serveral Worthy Aldemen of this City
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appointed to hear the same And their poor daily increasing upon
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their said parishes some of them lying near the Suburbs and others
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of them in the Suburbs of this City
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Their humble Suit therefore to Your Honour & Worps is
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that You will be favourably pleased to grant unto them the
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Contributions of the other parishes within this City for and
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towards the relief of their poor as they have formerly had
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which are perticularly hereunder menconed or Such further
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Allowance as to your Honour & Worps shall seem meet
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£
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St. Giles without Cripplegate90
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St. Botolph without Aldgate50
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St. Andrew Wardrobe40
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St. Catherine Coleman12
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St. Andrew Holborn7
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St. Botolph Bishopsgate60
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