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<p n="169">To Ye Rgt: Worspll: his Maties Justices of Ye Peace for ye County of Middx</p>
<p n="170">The humble Peticoner & Appeale of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50164_n170-1">Thomas Hawkins</rs>
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<lb></lb>
of ye <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50164_geo46">Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch</rs>
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in ye. sd County<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50164_occ41">Labourer</rs>
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</p>
<p n="171"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That Your Peticoner is rated Thirteen pence P: Quarter to gr rate<lb></lb>
made for ye releife of ye poor of ye sd Pish & by reason of his<lb></lb>
Low Condicon he is altogether unable pay ye Same or any<lb></lb>
thing to ye sd rate he haveinge nothinge but this hard Labour<lb></lb>
whereby to maintaine him Selfe & his aged wife what is very<lb></lb>
went & Infirm & that he is onely a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50164_occ42">Labourer to a Bricklayer</rs>
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<lb></lb>
& often out of business</p>
<p n="172">Your Peticoner therefore humbly prayes Your Worsps<lb></lb>
with be pleased to grant him an order of this Honable<lb></lb>
Court that he may be discharged from payinge to ye. Sd<lb></lb>
rate; Cor otherwise as to Your Worsps Shall Seem meet</p>
<p n="173">And your Peticoner Shall ever pray</p>
<p n="174"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50164_n174-1">Tho: Hawkins</rs>
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</p>
<p n="175"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx ss</note>
<lb></lb>
Pursuant to ye: Order of Pe General Quarter Sessions of ye Pe wth. in Written<lb></lb>
We whose names are here unto Subscribed Two of his Maties Justices of ye Peace in<lb></lb>
ye sd. Order named haveinge taken upon as ye examinacon of ye appeale &<lb></lb>
Comptt of ye Peticoner <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50164_n175-2">Thomas Hawkins</rs>
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above named; ye Churchwardens<lb></lb>
Over seers of ye poor & divers others of ye cheife Inhitants of ye <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50164_geo47">Pish of St.<lb></lb>
Leonard Shoreditch</rs>
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in this County being present and upon heareing of all partys & duely<lb></lb>
Consideringe ye Peticoners Comptt as alsoe ye reasons given & allegatons made by<lb></lb>
ye. sd Churchwardens Over Seers of ye. poor & other Inhitants; We report our<lb></lb>
Oppinius to this Honable Court That ye. sd <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50164_n175-1">Thomas Howkins</rs>
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by reason of his<lb></lb>
poverty ought to be discharged from payinge to any Rate or Tax made for ye<lb></lb>
releife ye poor of ye sd Pish it appeareinge unto as that he is only a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50164_occ43">Labourer<lb></lb>
to Brick Layers</rs>
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, & often out of Busieness: & hath nothinge but his hard Labour<lb></lb>
when he Angett work to maintaine him selfe & his wife whoe is very Weak &<lb></lb>
Infirmes; Given under our hands this <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50164_date26">24: day of September ano Dom 1717</rs>
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:</p>
<p n="176"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50164_n176-1">Alex: Pitfeild</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50164_n176-2">Sam Benson</rs>
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