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To the
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Bart
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Lord Mayor
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of the
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the Aldermen his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the
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same City at their General Quarter Session of the
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Peace assembled.
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The Humble Petition of the several Inn holders
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and Stable Keepers within the City of London on
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behalf of themselves and the other Consumers of
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Oats within the said City.
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That lately the common Market Price of midling English
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Oats at the new Corn Market in Mark Lane have exceeded the
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Sum of sixteen Shillings the Quarter the Continuance whereof
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your Petitioners apprehend must prove very detrimental to
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the City in general and to your Petitioners in Particular
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That your Petitioners are ready to make the Truth thereof
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appear, and to prove the same in such manner as by the
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Statutes in that behalf is required.
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Wherefore your Petitioners most humbly
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pray that this Honourable Court will take
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their Case into Consideration and proceed to
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examine and determine the Common Market
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Price of midling English Oats as the same is
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now and hath been lately bought and sold
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in the Marketts of this City and to certify the
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same to his Majesty's Chief Officer and
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Collector of the Customs in such manner as by
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the Statutes in this behalf is required and
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And your Petitioners shall ever pray Etc.
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