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29. die Apr 1715
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Whereas upon reading the humble peticon & appeale of
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Anthony
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Guidott
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of the parish of
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St. Mary Islington
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in this County
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Gentl exhibited unto this Court setting forth that from
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Lady day one thousand seven hundred & fourteen to
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Michas last the Petr. was rated towards the releife of the
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poor for the
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farme house
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& lands he holds in the sd. parish
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two shillings p month after the rate of sixty pounds p ann,
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and that for this last halfe yeare the Petr. is raised to three
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shillings & six pence p month in the said poors rate for
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the same estate, And that the Parish officers have
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raised the bery same estate from sixty pounds p annm
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to eighty pounds p annm in the Churchwardens book,
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and rated it accordingly, And that the Petr. conceived
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himselfe aggreived by the said rates, for that divers
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substantiall Inhabitants in the sd parish are not
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advanced any thing in either of the sd rates for or in
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respect of their houses & lands which they hold in the sd
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parish in proporcon to the Petr. And the Petr. praying
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that this Court would order the Churchwardens & Overseers
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of the poor of the said parish to attend this Court (with
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their collecting books & rates) to shew cause why the
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Petr. should not be releived in the sd rates, It was
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Ordered by this Court that the Churchwardens & Overseers
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of the poor of the sd. parish & all other persons concerned
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should attend this Court on this day with their collecting
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books & rates above menconed to shew cause why the Petr.
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should not be eased in the sd. rates made for the releife of
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the poor of the said parish, Now upon hearing of what
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was alledged by the Petr. & alsoe by
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Isaac Freelove
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one of the
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Churchwardens
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of the said parish This Court is of opinion
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