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