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<p n="164">To the Rt: Worshipll: his Majtys: Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace for the County of<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50179_geo37"> Middx</rs>
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<p n="165">The humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50179_n165-1">Isaac More</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50179_n165-1" type="surname" value="MORE"></interp>
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of the<lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50179_geo38">St. James Clarkenwell</rs>
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in the County afores'd<lb></lb>
now a. poor <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50179_occ47">Prisoner</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50179_geo39">Woodstreet Compter</rs>
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for Debts</p>
<p n="166"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Most Humbly Sheweth</note>
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That your poor Petitioner has a Wife<lb></lb>
& three Small Children who are perishing for want, &<lb></lb>
noe Bed to lye on but Straw, & nothing to cover their<lb></lb>
Nakedness will but Raggs. & your Petitioner in a<lb></lb>
very till State of healthy Occasion'd by the great<lb></lb>
hardships he Suffers having nothing to support<lb></lb>
himself wth, save the Prison allowance Bread & Water<lb></lb>
& whereas the Church Wardens & Overseers of the poor<lb></lb>
of the said Parish of St. James Clerkenwell make<lb></lb>
paymts: to your Destre sold Petitioners Wife & Children<lb></lb>
of two shill:gs. & six pence P week in such Manner<lb></lb>
that they are almost starv'd & to Death.</p>
<p n="167">Your Petitioner most humbly<lb></lb>
bego your Worships Charity of that a better allowance<lb></lb>
may be given during his Imprisonmt: from said<lb></lb>
Parish</p>
<p n="168">And your Petitioner & his<lb></lb>
destress'd Wife & Children as<lb></lb>
in Duty Bound shall Ever pray Etc</p>
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