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<p n="1214">Know all Men by these Presents<lb></lb>
that I <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15097_n1214-1">Jonathan Robson</rs>
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Citizen and<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15097_occ504">Cordwaines</rs>
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of London an held<lb></lb>
and firmly bound unto the Mayor and<lb></lb>
Commonalty and Citizens of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15097_geo1236">City of London</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in One hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be<lb></lb>
paid to the said Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens or their certain<lb></lb>
Attorney Successors or Assigns to which Payment well and truly to be<lb></lb>
made I bird myself my Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by<lb></lb>
these Present Sealed with my seal Dated the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15097_date188">seventeenth day of<lb></lb>
October in the twenty sixth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord<lb></lb>
George the third by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and<lb></lb>
Ireland Defender of the Faith and in the Year of our Lord on Thousand<lb></lb>
seven hundred and eighty six</rs>
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above bounden <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15097_n1215-1">Jonathan Robson</rs>
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was on the day<lb></lb>
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admitted by the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen one of the Searchers of<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
mrad Leather which shall be put to sale within this City and Liberties<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
whole Year thence next ensuing according to an Act of Parliament passed in<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
Year of the Reign of king James the Fish Now the Condition of this<lb></lb>
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is such that of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15097_n1215-3">Jonathan Robson</rs>
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shall use his utmost<lb></lb>
Endeavour to view and search all manner of James Leather which shall be brought to<lb></lb>
this Town to be sold or within three Miles compass of the same and shall seal such as shall<lb></lb>
be sufficiently tanned and dried only and no other and such as shall be insufficiently<lb></lb>
tanned and dried shall seize in order that it be tried and examined pursuant to the<lb></lb>
directions of the said Act And if the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15097_n1215-4">Jonathan Robson</rs>
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do and shall within <obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
days after such seizure give notice thereof in writing and of the Quantity so seized to the<lb></lb>
Court of Lord Mayor and aldermen for the time being and shall from time to time believer<lb></lb>
to the Treasures of the Hospitals of Christ and Saint Bartholomew all such Leather as<lb></lb>
shall be so seized and forfieted and shall so long as he shall continue in the said office<lb></lb>
truly and honestly behave himself in every other Point according to the true meaning of<lb></lb>
the said Act and shall or will pay or cause to be paid into the Chamber of London the<lb></lb>
yearly Gent of len Pounds to be paid by the searchers of Leather for the Room an <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15097_geo1237">Leadenhall</rs>
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before the Expiration of the said Year for which he is admitted one of the said Sean <obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Then this Obligation to be void and of none Effect or else to be and remain in full Force and Virtue</p>
<p n="1216">Sealed and Delivered (being first<lb></lb>
duly stampt) in the Presence of}</p>
<p n="1217"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15097_n1217-1">Wm Woodthorpe</rs>
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