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<p n="1">To the Majesty Worshipfull Bench of Justices held<obscured></obscured>
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the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50540_geo1">County of Middlesex</rs>
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at Hickss: Hall in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50540_geo2">St: John Street</rs>
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<p n="2">The hbe. Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50540_n2-1">Anna Maria</rs>
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the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50540_occ1">Wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50540_n2-2">Robert Strong</rs>
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of the <lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50540_geo3">St: Giles in the Fields</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50540_geo4">County of Middlesex</rs>
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Stafford</p>
<p n="3"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That your Petitioner Anna Maria Strong was Married to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50540_n3-2">Robert Stafford</rs>
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the 11th April 1742 by whom she has had 8 Children</p>
<p n="4">That in the Year 1755 her said Husband Left: her big with Child unprovide<lb></lb>
for whereupon your Petitioner applyed to Justice Dyett before whom<obscured></obscured>
august to allo<obscured></obscured>
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Petitioner 4s: P Week which he did till the Year 1756 and then after that only paid <lb></lb>
P Week to your Petitioner for some short time after</p>
<p n="5">That your Petitioner being troubled with the Rheautism and having a Child to<lb></lb>
support your Petitioner has not had any allowance for this 7 Years Past and by reason <lb></lb>
of her Ill state of Health and Inability of Getting her bread your Petitioner in August <lb></lb>
1764 applyed to her said Husband for releif together with his Child now living with your <lb></lb>
Petitioner but instead of giving your Petitioner releif tiomed her out of Doors and knocker <lb></lb>
your Petitioner down in the Street and now Lives with another woman</p>
<p n="6">That your Petitioners husband never had less than 18s P Week as a<lb></lb>
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and now Carr<obscured></obscured>
s on the business for himself and is now of Ability</p>
<p n="7">Therefore your Petitioner most humbly Prays the Aid of this Harrett<lb></lb>
Court that her said Husband may be Obliged to Pay the arre<obscured></obscured>
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due of the 4s: P: Weeks to Enable her to Pay sevl: small Debts that <lb></lb>
she has been Obliged to Contract for the Support of her self and <lb></lb>
Child and that he may be Obliged to Continue the 4s: P: Week<lb></lb>
regularly</p>
<p n="8">And your Petitioner as in Duty bound shall Ever Pray Etc</p>
<p n="9">Anna Maria Strong</p>
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