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<p n="22">To the right honourable Robert <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15054_n22-1">William old</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15054_occ21">Esquire</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15054_occ22">Lord Mayor</rs>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15054_geo26">City of London</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
the worshipfull the Alderman Etc.</p>
<p n="23">The Humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15054_n23-1">Ralph Twyford</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15054_occ23">Butcher</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15054_geo27">Newgate Markett</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="24"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That by Virtue of an Order of Adjudication under the Hands and Seals<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15054_n24-1">George Heathcote</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15054_occ24">Esquire</rs>
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late <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15054_occ25">Lord Mayor</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15054_n24-4">Robert Ladbroke</rs>
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lb/><rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15054_occ26">Esquire</rs>
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two of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15054_occ27">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15054_geo28">City of London</rs>
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Come being on the Quorum) bearing date the twenty third Date of<lb></lb>
October 1742 Your Petitioner is adjudged the reputed Taken of a<lb></lb>
Male Bastard Child been on the Body of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15054_n24-3">Catherine haines</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15054_occ28">Single</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15054_occ29">Woman</rs>
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about tha 22d Day of October 1736 in the parish of Christ<lb></lb>
Church London since thristued by the Name of Thomas and is<lb></lb>
become chargeable to the said Parish And thereby order your<lb></lb>
Petitions on Notice of the said Order to pay or cause to be paid make<lb></lb>
the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish<lb></lb>
or some or one of them the Sum of £2..13s..2d for past Charges<lb></lb>
being so much by them then expended towards the Maintenance of<lb></lb>
the said Bastard Child as also the further Sum of 2s. 6d to the Church<lb></lb>
Wardens and Overseers of the said Parish or some or<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
One of them on Saturday in every Week after the Date of the<lb></lb>
Order so long as the said Male Bastard Child shall continued<lb></lb>
chargeable to the said Parish for and towards the Maintenant<lb></lb>
of keeping the said Bastard Child whereby your Petitoner<lb></lb>
humbly conceives himself aggreived</p>
<p n="25">Therefore your Petitioner humbly appeals to this honble<lb></lb>
Court against the Order and Adjudisation of the said<lb></lb>
two Justices and humbly prays to be heard in the<lb></lb>
Premises and have such Relief therein as shall<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
seem most meet and that the Churchwadens an<lb></lb>
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of the Parish<obscured></obscured>
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London may be injurned to aside by this Judgment<obscured></obscured>
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and Determination of your Lordship and Wordhips<lb></lb>
toaching the said Appeal</p>
<p n="26">And your Petitioner shall ever<lb></lb>
pray Etc.</p>
<p n="27"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15054_n27-1">Ralph Twyford</rs>
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