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Whereas At the General Quarter Session of the Peace holder for the County<lb></lb>
Middx on Monday the Twelfth Day of this Instant July <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50512_n528-1">Thos. Benfield</rs>
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was <lb></lb>
hied upon an Indictmt. for making an Assault upon & Beating <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50512_n528-41">Elizabeth<lb></lb>
Pearce</rs>
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his apprentice and was in form of Law acquitted thereof <lb></lb>
Never the less it was by the<del>said</del>
Court there by and with the Const<obscured></obscured>
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<del>Whereas Complaint hath been made to</del>
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of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50512_n528-2">Thos. Benfield</rs>
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& the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50512_n528-47">Eliza Piercy</rs>
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referred unto<lb></lb>
us<lb></lb>
two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and <lb></lb>
for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50512_geo282">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<del>by</del>
to examine into all Matters of Compll of Elizabeth Piercy<lb></lb>
being One of the Children of the Hospital for the Main<lb></lb>
tenance and Education of exposed and deserted<lb></lb>
Young Children and lately bound apprentice to <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50512_n528-3">Thomas Benfield</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50512_geo283">Round Court</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50512_geo284">Mutton Lane</rs>
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in the parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50512_geo285">Saint Andrew Holbourn</rs>
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in the <lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50512_geo286">County of Middlesex</rs>
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aforesaid Millener to Serve<lb></lb>
him in his said Business until she should<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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accomplish her Age of Twenty One Years (she or should be married<lb></lb>
being now about Twelve Years of Age) and she the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50512_n528-4">Elizabeth Pierce</rs>
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now Complain<obscured></obscured>
to us that her <lb></lb>
said Master hath Sundry twice beat ill Treated misused her and praying<lb></lb>
to be discharged from her said Apprentices hi<obscured></obscured>
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for & upon of such Misusage And Whereas<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50512_n528-5">Thomas Benfield</rs>
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being personally<lb></lb>
present before Us the said Justices hath not<lb></lb>
Denied the said Matter of Complaint We the said<lb></lb>
Justices do therefore by the Concent of this d TB. think fit that the said<lb></lb>
Apprentice should be discharged from his said <lb></lb>
said Apprenticeship And do hereby order her<lb></lb>
to be discharged Accordingly given under<lb></lb>
our Hands & Seals the Day of <lb></lb>
in the Year of the Reign of our sevr<lb></lb>
D King George the 3d.</p>
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