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<p n="20">Peticon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50007_n20-1">John<lb></lb>
Burchell</rs>
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Rember & granted</p>
<p n="21">Dec 1690</p>
<p n="22">To:<lb></lb>
The worrp Mr Justice:<lb></lb>
Bucknell most humbly<lb></lb>
Pr sent this</p>
<p n="23">Sr.<lb></lb>
These are humbly to acquaint yor Worrpp<lb></lb>
that hears is a poors man in this court<lb></lb>
whose name is <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50007_n23-1">John Burchell</rs>
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that hath<lb></lb>
formerly<obscured></obscured>
mplayed to you conserning his<lb></lb>
mastr for not paying him his wages which<lb></lb>
he hath wo'k great pages for when upon yor:<lb></lb>
worpp was pleasd to grant as warrt. for him and<lb></lb>
bound him one to this Sessions to shew cause<lb></lb>
Why he doth not pay to the sayd wages<lb></lb>
to Burchell and the poore man hath lost<lb></lb>
a great deale of him a afrs it in waying att<lb></lb>
this Sessions for his coming but all to no<lb></lb>
purpose and further besides his contemp in<lb></lb>
not paying his obedience to yor worrp and the<lb></lb>
rest of the Honble bench in not coming to this<lb></lb>
court he doth say hs witt not and likes is<lb></lb>
says he will spend to before he witt pay it<lb></lb>
and remove yr cause although he acknowledged<lb></lb>
it before yor worrp his name is <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50007_n23-2">Tho Massey</rs>
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he is a bencher and for yt ocation P<obscured></obscured>
debar<lb></lb>
both this poore man and Severall others<lb></lb>
Therefore doth humbly crane yor worrp to move<lb></lb>
it do ye Bench<obscured></obscured>
yt he may Know what yor<lb></lb>
Worrps is pleasd to ordr in its and besides doth<lb></lb>
humbly crake yor Worrp pard<obscured></obscured>
in giveing you this<obscured></obscured>
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