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To The Honoble. Bench of Justices now Sitting
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Humbly Sheweth
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The Humble Peticon of
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Henry Gray
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That your Petitioner Between Six and Seven years Since
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Petitioner
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Inter marryed with
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By
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whom he has now Four Children Living
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That
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about half a year at her Marriage
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Yor. Petrs. wife and her Prdecessors
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having
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Rented a
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Farme now Belonging to his Grace the Duke of
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Chandois Formrly Belonging to Mr: Bonfoy
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att the time of yor. Petrs
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Intermarriage
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and about half a year after Yors. Petrs. Sd Intermarriage
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Some Differences ariseing Yor. Petrs. Sd. wife and her Father would
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had Yor. Petr. give a Pound and Judgemt. For Secureing a Debt due From
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the Sd.
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Wm. Page
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yor. Petrs. Fath of in Law to one Attkins and by that Means to Through Yor.
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Petr. into Newgate But Yor. Petr. not Consenting to his Father in
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Law and his wifes Propose all they Endeavoured to Force yor. Petr.
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out of the Country
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That yor. Petr. to Prevent any Disputes or Animositys Permitted
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his Sd. wife and her Sd. Father to Receive take and Pay and to Act
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and Doe as they thought
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Every thing in about and Concerning the Sd. Farme
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and never Intermedled or Concerned himself in Demanding any And
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for what was Acted or Done But For Peace take all together to his Sd. wifes Managem
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That Sevrall Contrivances were Sett on Foot Purely to Force Your
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Petitioner to Leave or guilt his Country But Such Projects
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and Contrivances not takeing Effect And Yor. Petr. being It Poor
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Illeterate and Easy man Yor. Petr. Said wife by the Instigation
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of Some Vexatious and Troable Some People was Prevailed
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upon to Swear the Peace agt. Your Petr. without any Just
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Cause and is now and hath been above a Month Last Past
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Confined in
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without any or the Least Subsistance
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and By Such Practices and Contrivances Your Petr. is not only Liked
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to be utterly rumed But Starved to Death
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Yor. Petr therefore humbly Craves Your
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Worshipps Tender Consideration of his Deplora
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:ble Circumstances and that yor. Worshipps
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will be Pleased to make Such Order herein
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For Yor. Petrs Reliefe as to Yor Worshipp's
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Shall Seem meet and Agreeable with Justice
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And Yor. Petr. Shall Ever prey
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