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To his Majesty's
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Justices of the peace
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forth County of
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their General Quarter Sessions assembled
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The humble petition and appeal of the Inhabitants of the
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parish of
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in the County of Middx whose Names
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are hereunto Subscribed on behalf of themselves and
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divers other Inhabitants of the said parish
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Sheweth
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That a Rate hath been lately made by the Churchwarden & Overseers of the
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Poor of the said Parish of
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upon the Inhabitants and Occupiers of Lands
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and Tenements in the same Parish for the Relief of the Poor thereof in this-
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present year 1747, which your Petitioners are advised is unequal oppressive
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and unjust, For that Several of the Inhabitants of the said Parish who are
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Persons of great Substance and Ability are under charged in the said Rate
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And that Several other Inhabitants of the Same Parish of less Circumstance
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are over assessed in the aforesaid Rate, and for that Several other
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Inhabitants of the said Parish of Considerable ability are not assessed but left out of the said Rates
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That your Petitioners are very much aggrieved by the aforesaid Rate-
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and humbly appeal to this Court against the same
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And pray that the said Rate may be quashed and
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vacated, and that the said Poor's Rate may be produced
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before this Court at such time as the Court shall appoint
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for the hearing and determining the Matter of the said Appeall.
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And your Petitioners Shall pray Etc.
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Henry Meriton
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Claude Bennett
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Juane Ln
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