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<p n="526">To the Worshipful his Majesties <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50432_occ319">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo712">City and Liberty of Westmr.</rs>
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assembled at the <lb></lb>
Michaelmas Quarter Session of the Peace held for the City & Liberty aforesaid on Wednesday the 16th. day of<lb></lb>
October 1754</p>
<p n="527">The humble petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50432_n527-1">John Whitehead</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50432_n527-2">Mary<lb></lb>
Brayfield</rs>
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<p n="528"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That at the General Quarter Session of the Peace holden for the City and Liberty <lb></lb>
aforesaid on Wednesday the 17th day of October 1753 your Worships were pleased to Grant<lb></lb>
Licence to your petitioner to keep a certain House called or known by the name of the <lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo713"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo714">New Theatre</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo715">Haymarket</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50432_geo716">parish of Saint Martin in the fields</rs>
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</rs>
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in the Liberty<lb></lb>
aforesaid for publick Dancing Musick or other publick Entertainment of the like kind<lb></lb>
Which Licence was to continue in force until the present Michaelmas Quarter Session of the<lb></lb>
peace for the Liberty aforesaid</p>
<p n="529">That your petitioners have in all things performed and fulfilled the Condition<lb></lb>
of the said Licence</p>
<p n="530">Your petitoners therefore humbly pray that your Worships<lb></lb>
would be pleased to grant a New Licence to your<lb></lb>
petitioners for the said House for the Purposes aforesaid <lb></lb>
to continue in force until the next Michaelmas Quarter<lb></lb>
Session of the peace to be holden for this Liberty</p>
<p n="531">And your petitioners shall ever pray Etc<lb></lb>
Mr Whitehead<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50432_n531-2">Mary Brayfield</rs>
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