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for ye. said City & ye. Liberties thereof in
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their General Quarter Session assembled.
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The Humble Petition and Appeal
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Samuel Stratton
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Sheweth,
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That your Petitioner being an Inhabitant & House holder
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in ye. Parish of
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, London, is never theless by
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certain Rates or Assessments, made for Relief of ye. Poor of ye. Parish
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of
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, London, Rated and Assessed Towards the sd.
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Relief, in ye. Sum of Nine Shillings & four Pence P Ann, at the
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Rate of One Shilling and two Pence in ye. Pound, for and in respect
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of a certain Peice or Plott of Ground, Situate behind, and adjoining to
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your Petitioner's dwelling House. for Which, he pays Eight Pounds P
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And Rent, and is All, or, at least , Seven Ninths thereof (as your
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Petitioner humbly conceives) in the Said Parish of
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St. Katherine Cree-
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, whereunto, Your Petitioner is charged, and actually pays all
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Parochial and other Taxes.
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Wherefore your Petitioner conceiveth himself
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agrieved by the said Rates or Assessments, as unequal,
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partial, and illegal, and doth Appeal to your Lordship &
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Worships therefore, And humbly prays that the same,
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(So far as they concern your Petitioner) may be Quashed
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or Set aside, Or that your Petitioner may be otherwise
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relived in the Premisses, as to your Lordship & Worships
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Shall seem just and equitable; And that the Churchwardns.
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and Overseers of ye. Poor of ye. said
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Parish of St. James
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Duke's place
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, may appear before you, at a certain Day to be
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appointed, to hear & abide ye. Judgement & Determination
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of your Lordship & Worships, touching this Appeal.
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And yor. Petitioners Shall pray Etc.
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Saml. Stratton
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