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To the Right Worshipfull his Majesty's
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Justices of the peace
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in Quarter Sessions Assembled
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The Humble Petition and appeal of
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Tho. Hill
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Humphrey Ambler
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Edward Benton
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on behalf of themselves and the rest of the gentlemen Inhabiting within
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the
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Sheweth
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That Severall Gentlemen Trademen and the overseers of the Poor Inhabiting
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within the said Liberty met on Midsumer Day last in order to make a proper and
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Equal rate for the Maintenance of the Poor and an Equal Rate was accordingly
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have at one Shilling in the Pound according to the Rent of Each Inhabitants House
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and was Signed by Severall Inhabitants and the said overseers and Carryed to
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the House of one of his Majesties
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Justices of the Peace
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resideing within the said Liberty
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to be confirmed
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That the Said overseers took away the Said Rate before the Justice had
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Leajure to peruse it and at another meeting amongst the Tradesmen without
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acquainting any of the Gentlemen they made another Rate and thereby Assessed
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themselves at Eight pence and the Gentlemen at Twelve pence in the Pound and
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Carryed the Said New Rate to two
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Justices of the Peace
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Distant
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from the said
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Liberty and Concealed from them the Equal Rate which had been made and instead
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thereof Shewed them a Rate made by the Tradesmen the year before which agreed
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with that then made and thereby and on pretence that there were no
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Peace
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within the said Liberty prevailed with the said Justices without the Liberty
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to Sign the same.
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That the said Rate so made and Signed as aforesaid is a Partial arbitrary and
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unequal Rate that Sr. Joseph
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aylife
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and Mr. Griffin who were two Justices resideing
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within the Liberty were Generally therein two or three Days in a week and the
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Concealing of the Said equal Rate and the Reasons given for Confirming the
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other were Impotsitions on the said Justices
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Your Petrs therefore humbly appeal agt. the said Rate
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so Confirmed and pray the said overseers may attend
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your worshipps and produce both the said Rates and that
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the said unequal Rate may be set aside
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