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<p n="24">To the Honoble Bench of Justices at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50143_geo19">Hickes Hall</rs>
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<p n="25">The petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50143_n25-99">Thomas Ballan</rs>
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<p n="26"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Humbly sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
Tatit your petitionr being a poore Blind man<lb></lb>
near fourstore yeares of age and haveing<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50143_occ2">received a pention</rs>
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from the parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50143_geo20">St Giles in the<lb></lb>
Feilds</rs>
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for upwards of Eighteen yeares and haveing<lb></lb>
the same now taken from me Notwithstanding I house<lb></lb>
stood in the Church Booke so long for that time above<lb></lb>
said and the Overseers have now blotted out your<lb></lb>
petitioner out of the parish Booke</p>
<p n="27">Your petionr therefore humbly prays That Your<lb></lb>
Honors. will be pleased to take into consideracon the deploreab<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Condition of yor petitionr and cause the parish to restore<lb></lb>
him to his former pention being unable to walke as he<lb></lb>
used by reason of haveing two ribbs brokeby a Coath pale<lb></lb>
and another another rib by reason of his blindness in falling<lb></lb>
into a Cellar so as you petitconr is not able to goe abroad<lb></lb>
as ab hath done prays therefore yor Honors Charity towards<lb></lb>
restoreing him</p>
<p n="28">And as in Duty bound he shall over<lb></lb>
pray</p>
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