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<p n="170">To ye Honble their Maties Justices of ye Peace of ye County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex now holding their Sessions for ye Sd County.</p>
<p n="171">The humble Petition of Sr <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50004_n171-3">Richard Bulkeley</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50004_n171-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50004_occ34">Bartt</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50004_occ34" type="occupation" value="Bartt"></interp>
, <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50004_n171-1">John<lb></lb>
Jeffrey</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50004_n171-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
for <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50004_occ35">Esqr</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50004_occ35" type="occupation" value="Esqr"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50004_occ36">Sarjeant at Law</rs>
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, and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50004_n171-2">Charles Davenant</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50004_n171-2" type="surname" value="DAVENANT"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50004_n171-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50004_occ37">Doctor of Laws</rs>
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all of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50004_geo49"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50004_geo50">RedLyon Square</rs>
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in ye Parish of St Andrews Holborn</rs>
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, in behalf of<lb></lb>
themselves and divers Nobility and Gentry Inhabitants of ye Sd Space</p>
<p n="172"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That ye Taxes upon ye Sd Inhabitants of RedLyon Square for ye Scavengers and Rakers<lb></lb>
have of late been much raisd; and that Since ye Sd Augmentation, ye sd Inhabitants<lb></lb>
have been so very much neglected by ye Sd Scavengers and Rakers, that ye great quantity<lb></lb>
of Dirt which has layn in ye Square ye whole Winter past, has much kindred ye letting<lb></lb>
of ye Houses in ye sd Square, besides ye continuall inconvenience thereof at that time<lb></lb>
to ye Inhabitants. and also by its being Since not taken away but dryed up, they are<lb></lb>
now no less annoyd by ye Dust, to ye great Damage of their furniture and household Goods.<lb></lb>
They do further shew that many of them have been very frequently robbd both by<lb></lb>
day and by night, through ye Neglect if not connivance of ye Watchmen, who are<lb></lb>
wholly Strangers and unknown to ye sd Inhabitants.</p>
<p n="173">The sd Inhabitants do therefore pray, that this Bench would be pleasd to grant<lb></lb>
them an Order of Sessions, to appoint Such Persons to be their Scavengers and Rakers<lb></lb>
as they themselves shall agree withall, over whom they can have Authority in<lb></lb>
Case of any Neglect. And that ye sd Persons may have ye Same Authority to levy such<lb></lb>
Tax, as the Such Persons were ye Parish Scavengers. And they do further pray and<lb></lb>
desire that they themselves may constitute a private Watch for ye sd square, to<lb></lb>
keep constant attendance therein; and that therefore they may be exempted from<lb></lb>
ye Charge of ye Parish Watch, forasmuch as ye Charge of that private Watch will<lb></lb>
be much greater then their present Tax for ye Publick Watch. In wages & in<lb></lb>
building convenient Stands for ye same.</p>
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