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To the Rt. Worsppll. his Maties Justices of the Peace for the County of
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The humble petition of
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Thomas Parker
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of the Parish of
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St. Sepulchres
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Sheweth
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That your Petitioner hath lived four and Thirty Yeares in the said
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parish and never Received any Relief therefours
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That your Petitr. is aged Sixty Two yeares and hath a Wife aged.
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Sixty four yeares to mainteyne which he is not able to doe being
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past his Labour and very poor And for as much as the Churchwdns
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of the said parish refusing to allow your petitr. a peation without
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an order from this Court
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Your Petitr therefore humbly prays Your
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Worspps will be pleased to order that he
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may be allowed such a pencon from the
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said Parish As unto your Worspps Shall
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Seeme Meete
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And Yor Petitr. shall ever pray Etc
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