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