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<p n="1">To the Right Worpll: his Majties: <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50080_occ1">Justices of Peace</rs>
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for the County of Middx.</p>
<p n="2">The Humble Petition of diverse Inhabitants of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50080_geo1">Parish of St.<lb></lb>
Leonard Shoreditch</rs>
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in the said County And Proprietors of Severall<lb></lb>
Houses and Lands there. hereunder Signing</p>
<p n="3"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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<p n="4">That Whereas by a Statute made in ye 34th & 35th H. 8 It is Enacted that<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50080_geo2">Shoreditch</rs>
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(among divers other Streets & Lanes in ye said Act named) Lyeing within the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50080_geo3">County<lb></lb>
of Middx</rs>
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& near unto the Citty of London should be paved by the Owners Etc And by ye same<lb></lb>
Act power is given to the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50080_occ2">Justices of ye Peace</rs>
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for the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50080_geo4">County of Middx</rs>
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to punish Defaults.<lb></lb>
Neverthelesse it hath soe happened that the sd Act of Parliamt. hath not been duely and fully<lb></lb>
complyed with. And by reason thereof many Indictmts: have been prosecuted in this Court of<lb></lb>
Sessions agt. the Inhabitants of the said Parish for not repairing and amending ye Streets &<lb></lb>
Highwayes within the said Parish. Upon which Indictmts. great Issues have been<lb></lb>
Estreated into his Majties. Excheqr. & levied upon the said Inhabitants to their very great<lb></lb>
charge & trouble. Which Indictmts. have cheifly been occasioned by the badness of ye wayes<lb></lb>
in that part of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50080_geo5">Shoreditch Street</rs>
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which lyes Northward from <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50080_geo6">Shorditch Church</rs>
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leading<lb></lb>
towards <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50080_geo7">Kingsland</rs>
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although (upon the repairing thereof from tyme to tyme by laying Ballass<lb></lb>
very great Sumss have been Expended by ye Inhabitants aforesaid All their endeavours of the<lb></lb>
kind proveing ineffectuall. And Whereas it is conceived that by ye Execucon of ye Act<lb></lb>
abovemenconed & ye powers therein contained) & by noo other meanes) the Mischeifes<lb></lb>
aboverecited may be prvented & the Inhabitants of ye said Parish eased as alsoe the Kings<lb></lb>
Subjects passing that way accomodated. May it therefore please yor. Worshps. by yor. Order<lb></lb>
in Sessions to enjoyne that the said Act for paveing <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50080_geo8">Shoreditch</rs>
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be putt in Execucon in<lb></lb>
regard to this place And that ye Owners of Lands Houses & Tenemts. seytuate & being on<lb></lb>
either side thereof be thereby obliged by a certaine day by yor. Worsps. to be limited well &<lb></lb>
sufficiently to pave or cause to be paved with good paveing Stones All & every part of ye said<lb></lb>
Street (vizt.) every severall Owner in propercon to his Interest att his Owne Cost and<lb></lb>
Charges to pave soe much of the Ground of ye said Street lyeing before his own Lands or<lb></lb>
Tenemts: as reaches to ye Middle of ye said Street or way upon & under such pains &<lb></lb>
penalties as by Law may be inflicted in case of default.</p>
<p n="5">And yor. Peticoners shall ever pray Etc.</p>
<p n="6"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50080_n6-1">William Mellor</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50080_n6-6">Martyn fryer</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50080_n6-2">Timothy Ware</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50080_n6-3">Mich: Bignall</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50080_n6-4">Daniel Strupae</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50080_n6-5">John Harding</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50080_n6-7">Artr. Foresight</rs>
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<p n="7"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50080_n7-1">David Nollett</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50080_n7-2">Ellis Farrow</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50080_n7-3">Thomas Goulding</rs>
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