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To ye Honble their Maties Justices of ye Peace of ye County of
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Middlesex now holding their Sessions for ye Sd County.
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The humble Petition of Sr
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Richard Bulkeley
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Bartt
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John
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Jeffrey
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for
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Esqr
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Sarjeant at Law
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, and
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Charles Davenant
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Doctor of Laws
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all of
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RedLyon Square
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in ye Parish of St Andrews Holborn
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, in behalf of
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themselves and divers Nobility and Gentry Inhabitants of ye Sd Space
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Sheweth
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That ye Taxes upon ye Sd Inhabitants of RedLyon Square for ye Scavengers and Rakers
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have of late been much raisd; and that Since ye Sd Augmentation, ye sd Inhabitants
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have been so very much neglected by ye Sd Scavengers and Rakers, that ye great quantity
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of Dirt which has layn in ye Square ye whole Winter past, has much kindred ye letting
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of ye Houses in ye sd Square, besides ye continuall inconvenience thereof at that time
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to ye Inhabitants. and also by its being Since not taken away but dryed up, they are
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now no less annoyd by ye Dust, to ye great Damage of their furniture and household Goods.
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They do further shew that many of them have been very frequently robbd both by
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day and by night, through ye Neglect if not connivance of ye Watchmen, who are
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wholly Strangers and unknown to ye sd Inhabitants.
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The sd Inhabitants do therefore pray, that this Bench would be pleasd to grant
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them an Order of Sessions, to appoint Such Persons to be their Scavengers and Rakers
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as they themselves shall agree withall, over whom they can have Authority in
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Case of any Neglect. And that ye sd Persons may have ye Same Authority to levy such
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Tax, as the Such Persons were ye Parish Scavengers. And they do further pray and
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desire that they themselves may constitute a private Watch for ye sd square, to
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keep constant attendance therein; and that therefore they may be exempted from
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ye Charge of ye Parish Watch, forasmuch as ye Charge of that private Watch will
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be much greater then their present Tax for ye Publick Watch. In wages & in
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building convenient Stands for ye same.
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