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<p n="1">To ye Rt Worshippfull their Maties Bench of<lb></lb>
Justices for ye County of Middlesex. The Humble<lb></lb>
peticion of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50004_n1-1">Robert Chambers</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50004_n1-1" type="surname" value="CHAMBERS"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50004_n1-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
one of their<lb></lb>
Maties Superanuated <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50004_occ1">Sea Officers</rs>
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and <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50004_occ2">Pensioner</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50004_occ2" type="occupation" value="Pensioner"></interp>
.</p>
<p n="2"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That yor Poore Peticioner hath Served in ye Quallity<lb></lb>
of Master in yr. Royall Navy of England for the<lb></lb>
Space of Forty yeares, & now being grown verry<lb></lb>
aged & un Fitt for further Sea Service hath a Pention<lb></lb>
from their Maties to Support him Self & Familie<lb></lb>
dureing ye rest of his life, which Pention is all the<lb></lb>
Estate he hath in ye Works to Subsist on. yet ser it is<lb></lb>
that the Parrish Officers impose on him Parrish dutys.</p>
<p n="3">Therfore hee Humbly Prays this Honble Court<lb></lb>
to Consider his aged and indigent condition,<lb></lb>
& to grant on Order that he may be Excused<lb></lb>
from Watching, & Paying of Parrish Taxes, &<lb></lb>
be taken off their bookes.</p>
<p n="4">And as bound he shall Pray</p>
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