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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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To the Right Worspll. his Matys Justices of the Peace for ye County of Midds
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The humble Peticon of
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John Rogers
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of the Hamblett of
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Limehouse
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in the parish of Stepney
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Most humbly sheweth
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That Yor. Petr. is assess'd towards the releife of the poor of the said
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Hamblett four and twenty Shillings for the Year ensuing
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That yor. petr. rents a house but of Five pounds & Anna and having
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a wife and three small Children to maintain is reduced to extream
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poverty. And besides being a penconer belonging to the Chest of
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Chatham
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So that he thinks himselfe wth. submission very much aggreived by
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the said Rate.
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Yor. Petr. therefore most humbly prays Yor. Worspps to be
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pleased to consider his Condicon wth extream
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poor and to order that he may be exempted from
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paying to the said poor
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And yor. Petr. as in Duty bound Shall ever pray Etc.
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