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To
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the Right Honble
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the
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Lord Mayor
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and the Rest of
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the Worshipfull Justices of the Peace for the
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and Liberties thereof.
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The humble Petition of
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Henry Badridge
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Sheweth
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That your petr. in the Year 1744 being one of the Poor of
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parish of Cripplegate
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was by the said parish putout an
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Apprentice
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unto
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William Whiting Townsend
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a Non
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Freeman was of the parish of
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Saint Sepulchres
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London
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Lapidary
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to Learn of his the sd. Art &
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Mistery of a Lapitary & to Serve him as an Apprentice untill he shod. Attain unto the Age of
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Twenty four years
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That your petrs. sd. Master by the sd. Indenture of
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did covenant to Learn him his
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sd. Art & Mistery of a
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& also during his
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to find & provide for him good and
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sufficient Meat Drink Washing Lodging Apparell & other Necessary & at the End of the Said
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Apprenticeship
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to Provide a new Suit of Cloaths for him
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That your Petr. faithfully & hoveslly Served his sd. Master for the Space of Seven years & on the 21st.
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day of December last Attanied to his Age of twenty one Years.
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That soon after being out apprenticeship as aforesd. your Petrs. said Master by Misfortunes became
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greatly Improverished & having a very large Family & by Reason of his being Obliged to Secrete himself
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from his Creditors for fear of being Arrested, his Busniess greatly decreasing he was & is thereby become
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Incapable of finding & providing for your petr. proper Necessarys & Cloathing as he ought to do, And also
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by Reason of his great Decrease of Business as aforesd. is In Wiely unable to Learn your Petr. the said
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Artor Mistery of Lapidary & not having sufficient neat Drink & Cloathing provided for his he
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on the 20th. day of October last withdraw himself from his sd. Master's Service
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Your Petr. therefore most humbly prays your Worships that
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for the Reasons afd. he may be discharged from his said
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or that this sd. Master may Turn him over to
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Some other person of the same Trade Capable to Learn him the sd. Art
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or Mistery of a
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& to provide for him according to the Terms
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of the sd. Indenture of apprenticeship or that your Worships
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would please to make such other Order in the Premisses as to
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your Worships shall Sam meet
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And your Petr. shall ever pray Etc.
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Take Notice that I Intend to Petition his Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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for the City
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of
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and Liberties thereof at the next General Quarter Session of the Peace to be held for
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the said City & Liberties at the
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Guildhall
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of the Sd City On Tuesday the twenty third day of
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June Instant to be discharged from any
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for the Reasons contained in the
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above Petition As Witness my Hand this
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20th. day of June 1752
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To Mr. William Whiting Townsend
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Henry Badridge
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