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Worsppll his Maties Justices of the Peace for the County of
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The humble Peticon and Appeal
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John Ker
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: of the Parish of
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St. James
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Clerkenwell
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in this County.
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Humbly Sheweth,
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That your Petitr: is possessed of the Remains of the Abb
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called of late
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Chappell
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ending Michaelmas 1715. In all which time your Petitr. paid all
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Collectors their severall Demands tho' taxed much above his
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proportion, as will appear by other Bookes, But inspeciall by
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that of the Lane Tax: Wherein your Petitioner is Sessed & ever
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before the Reduction paid & £12 Between, besides Deficiency: yet your
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Petitr: never Complained, till this yeare after having paid
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Thirty Shillings to the Window Lights and upon an exact
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It was Reduced to Twenty Shillings. Your Petitr
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int is now, against the Collectow of the Scavenger
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ns Lead of, first Eight Shillings, Least year, ax
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pay Sixteen Shillings, and this Year Demand.
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Twenty Shillings
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your Petitr. humbly prays. If may be Considered his Dwelling
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house adjoyning the said Chappell is empty, one of two other
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Tenements untenanted and these with the Rent of the said
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Chappell never Cleared the Parish Bookes.
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Your Petitr: therefore humbly prays
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such Relief of in the premises As to this
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Courts shall be thought meete.
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And yor Petitr. shall. ever pray Etc.
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John: Ker
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