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<p n="20">That on hearing the said Petition on Argument by Councel as well on the part of your Petitioners as of<lb></lb>
the Master Taylors the Court was pleased to Order The Master Taylors to pay to every Journeyman Taylor for his<lb></lb>
Work 2s. 6d. a day from Lady day to Midsummer and 2s. a day for the Remainder of the year besides the<lb></lb>
usual Allowance made by the said Act for Breakfast And to Order the hours of Working to be from Six of the<lb></lb>
Clock in the Morning to Seven of the Clock at Night, And that the said Order should be in force for one whole Year</p>
<p n="21">That the said Order expired in October last And on your Petitioners not applying then to your<lb></lb>
Worships for another Order several of the master Taylors and Staymakers have ever since taken an Advantage<lb></lb>
thereof and depay no more than 20d. a day to their Journeymen and do also force them to Work the old hours<lb></lb>
appointed by the said recited Act. Which is very oppressive Juregard that the hours of Work in all or most<lb></lb>
other Handicraft Trades (especially those Depending on the Eye sight) are from Six in the Morning till Six at<lb></lb>
Night, But your Petitioners hours or Work by the said Act exceed that time by two hours, and in the Winter time<lb></lb>
above Six hours by Candlelight and often on Bla<obscured></obscured>
Work and also on Gold and Silver Holes, which very<lb></lb>
much strains the Strongest Eyes, and by Sitting so many hours in such a Position almost double on the Shop<lb></lb>
Board with their Legsunder them, and poring so long ever their Work by Candle light their Spirits are exhansted<lb></lb>
nature is wearied out, and their Heath and Sight are soon impaired, Insomuch that many in the prime of their<lb></lb>
Years are become Despised by their Mastors, by reason their Sight is decayed and they cannot See to workas<lb></lb>
well as others, Which is occasioned by their Sitting in such a Position, and working solong by Candle light<lb></lb>
as is done by them, and by no other Trade whatever that requires the Eye sight so much as the poor Journey men<lb></lb>
do, And when so we aried out in order to get Bread for themselves and Families the poor miserable Wretches<lb></lb>
are obliged to work for Masters at an under price, And as there is a great uncertainty of Work, a poor<lb></lb>
Journeyman often changes his Master, and frequently has a Mile or a Mile and a half or more to go to Work<lb></lb>
therefore must rise at Five in the Morning to be at his Work by Six, And at Night cannot get home much before<lb></lb>
Nine, So that a poor married Man can have little Comfort with his Wife and Children.</p>
<p n="22">That from Midsummer untill sometime after Michaelmas in every Year the Journeymen in general<lb></lb>
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little or no Work, and are not Employed in the whole above Thirty two Weeks in the Year, which at 2s:6d.<lb></lb>
a day doth not exceed one Week with another 9s. a Week.</p>
<p n="23">Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that in Compassion to the several<lb></lb>
Hardships they Labour under Your Worships will be pleased to Atter the Wages<lb></lb>
and the hours of Working mentioned in the said Act And to Order that every<lb></lb>
Master Taylor and Staymaker residing in the said City of London do and shall<lb></lb>
pay unto every Journeyman for his Work two Shillings and Six pence a day<lb></lb>
And that the hours of Working for the future be appointed to be from Six of<lb></lb>
the Clock in the Morning to Six of the Clock at Night, Or that your Worships<lb></lb>
will be pleased to make such other Order or Appointment in the Premisses<lb></lb>
as to your Worships shall seem meet</p>
<p n="24">And your Petitioners shall every pray Etc</p>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15064_n25-5">Edward Prichard</rs>
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