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<p n="234">To the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15034_occ92">Right Honble</rs>
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Sr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15034_n234-1">Gerard Conyers</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15034_occ93">Knt</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15034_occ94">Lord Mayor</rs>
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of the City of London and to the Right Worpl the rest of his Maties<lb></lb>
Justices of the peace for the City of London at their General Quarter<lb></lb>
Sessions of the peace Assembled.</p>
<p n="235">The Humble Petition of the Churchwardens and<lb></lb>
overseers of the poor of the Several parishers of St. Giles without<lb></lb>
Cripplegate St. Botolph without Aldgate St. Andrew Wardrobe St.<lb></lb>
Catherine Coleman St. Andrew Holbourn St. Sepulchers St. Brides<lb></lb>
alhallows on the Wall St. Botolph Aldersgate and St. Botolph<lb></lb>
without Bishopsgate London</p>
<p n="236"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That Your Petitioners are very much Over burthened with poor & not able to<lb></lb>
raise Sufficient since of mony amongst themselves to relieve them<lb></lb>
notwithstanding their assements are greater than heretofore Yet the Charge<lb></lb>
of the poor is par above their assessments as the same upon Examinacon<lb></lb>
hath divers times appeared to serveral Worthy Aldemen of this City<lb></lb>
appointed to hear the same And their poor daily increasing upon<lb></lb>
their said parishes some of them lying near the Suburbs and others<lb></lb>
of them in the Suburbs of this City</p>
<p n="237">Their humble Suit therefore to Your Honour & Worps is<lb></lb>
that You will be favourably pleased to grant unto them the<lb></lb>
Contributions of the other parishes within this City for and<lb></lb>
towards the relief of their poor as they have formerly had<lb></lb>
which are perticularly hereunder menconed or Such further<lb></lb>
Allowance as to your Honour & Worps shall seem meet</p>
<p n="238">£</p>
<p n="239">St. Giles without Cripplegate90<lb></lb>
St. Botolph without Aldgate50<lb></lb>
St. Andrew Wardrobe40<lb></lb>
St. Catherine Coleman12<lb></lb>
St. Andrew Holborn7<lb></lb>
St. Sepulchers44<lb></lb>
St. Brides15<lb></lb>
Alhallows on the Wall<lb></lb>
St. Botolph Aldersgate15<lb></lb>
St. Botolph Bishopsgate60</p>
<p n="240">And they Shall ever<lb></lb>
Pray Etc.</p>
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