Jump to Content
Jump to Main Navigation
Jump to Section Navigation
Sign in
Register
London Lives 1690 to 1800
Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
Main Navigation
Home
Search
Browse
Lives
Historical Background
The Project
London Lives Book
<
div1
type
=
"SM_PSpage"
id
=
"LMSMPS50010PS500100050"
>
<
xptr
type
=
"pageFacsimile"
doc
=
"LMSMPS500100050"
>
</
xptr
>
<
p
n
=
"160"
>
To the Rt. Worpfull: their Maties
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Justices of the Peace for the County
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
of Middx
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"161"
>
The humble peticon of
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMSMPS50010_n161-1"
>
William Jonson
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50010_n161-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"WILLIAM"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50010_n161-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"JONSON"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50010_n161-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"162"
>
<
note
type
=
"authorial"
place
=
"margin"
>
Sheweth
</
note
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
That your peticoner being not capeable of any
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
employment is brought into a very miserable
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Condicon and haveing nothing to subsist upon but
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the benevolence of his friends and other well disposed
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Psons yet by the instication of some malitious
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Psons your peticoners wife being led by them is
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
become a very laid
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
by reason whereof your
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
peticoners
<
gap
reason
=
"illegible"
>
</
gap
>
being much trouble went to
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
advise his wife to leave that house which she
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
resorted whereupon the Mr. of the house and your
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
peticoners wife all upon him and a abused him in
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
a worfull morner and your peticoners wife Swore the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
peace acct. him being speechlesse was thereupon
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Committed
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"163"
>
There
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
peticoner most humbly Prayes
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
this
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
benth to Connserate his
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Comdicon
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
to discharge him remitteince
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
his
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
being not & able to pay this same
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
and
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
that a Conlse may be taken
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
acct
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
wife and his abette
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
for
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
unjustly done him
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
And peticoner shall Pray
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"164"
>
Peticon of
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMSMPS50010_n164-1"
>
Will Johnson
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50010_n164-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"WILL"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50010_n164-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"JOHNSON"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50010_n164-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
discharged out of Np
</
p
>
</
div1
>
View as Text
Section Navigation
Home
Search
Browse Documents
Lives
Historical Background
About This Project
Copyright & Citation Guide
Contact Us