Jump to Content
Jump to Main Navigation
Jump to Section Navigation
Sign in
Register
London Lives 1690 to 1800
Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
Main Navigation
Home
Search
Browse
Lives
Historical Background
The Project
London Lives Book
<
div1
type
=
"SM_PSpage"
id
=
"LMSMPS50179PS501790035"
>
<
xptr
type
=
"pageFacsimile"
doc
=
"LMSMPS501790035"
>
</
xptr
>
<
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
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50179_geo37"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
" Middx"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50179_geo37"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"county"
>
</
interp
>
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"165"
>
The humble Petition of
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"LMSMPS50179_n165-1"
>
Isaac More
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50179_n165-1"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"ISAAC"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50179_n165-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"MORE"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50179_n165-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
of the
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Parish of
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"LMSMPS50179_geo38"
>
St. James Clarkenwell
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50179_geo38"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"St. James Clarkenwell"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50179_geo38"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"parish"
>
</
interp
>
in the County afores'd
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
now a. poor
<
rs
type
=
"occupation"
id
=
"LMSMPS50179_occ47"
>
Prisoner
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50179_occ47"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"Prisoner"
>
</
interp
>
in
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"LMSMPS50179_geo39"
>
Woodstreet Compter
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50179_geo39"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"Woodstreet Compter"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"LMSMPS50179_geo39"
type
=
"type"
value
=
"site"
>
</
interp
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
for Debts
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"166"
>
<
note
type
=
"authorial"
place
=
"margin"
>
Most Humbly Sheweth
</
note
>
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
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
>
</
div1
>
View as Text
Section Navigation
Home
Search
Browse Documents
Lives
Historical Background
About This Project
Copyright & Citation Guide
Contact Us