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<p n="1">To the Worshipfull His Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50599_occ1">Justices<lb></lb>
of the peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50599_geo1">County of Middlesex</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
their General Session of the peace Assembled</p>
<p n="2">The Humble Petition and Appeal of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50599_n2-1">Elijah Fletcher</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50599_n2-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50599_geo2">Long Alley</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50599_geo3">Moorfields</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50599_geo4">Saint Leonard<lb></lb>
Shoreditch</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50599_geo5">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50599_occ2">Taylor</rs>
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<p n="3"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That by a certain Indenture or Deed Poll bearing date the Tenth<lb></lb>
day of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred<lb></lb>
and Sixty Eight It is Witnessed That <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50599_n3-1">Peter Ayrey</rs>
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of the Parish of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50599_geo6">Saint Leonard Shoreditch</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50599_geo7">County of Middlesex</rs>
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did put<lb></lb>
himself Apprentice to your petitioner to learn his Art and with him<lb></lb>
after the manner of an <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50599_occ3">Apprentice</rs>
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to serve from the day and date<lb></lb>
thereof unto the full end and term of seven Years from thence next<lb></lb>
ensuing and fully to be compleat and Ended And that your Petitioner<lb></lb>
in Consideration of the Sum of ten pounds of lawfull Money of Great<lb></lb>
Britain his said Apprentice in the Art of a Taylor which he then used<lb></lb>
did thereby Covenant to Teach and Instruct or cause to be taught<lb></lb>
and Instructed in the best way and manner that your Petitioner could<lb></lb>
finding and allowing unto his said Apprentice sufficient Meat<lb></lb>
Drink washing Cloaths Lodging and all other necessaries during<lb></lb>
the said Term of Seven Year's as by the said Indenture or Deed poll<lb></lb>
Relation being thereunto had will more fully and at large Appear</p>
<p n="4">That your Petitioner from the Time of making the said Indenture<lb></lb>
or Deed poll hitherto hath performed fulfilled and kept all and every<lb></lb>
the Covenants and Agreements in the said recited Indenture or Deed poll<lb></lb>
mentioned or his part to be performed fulfilled and kept according to the<lb></lb>
Tenor and Effect of the said recited Indenture or Deed Poll And that<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50599_n4-1">Peter Ayrey</rs>
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hath not performed fulfilled and Kept all<lb></lb>
the Covenants and Agreements in the said recited Indenture or Deed poll<lb></lb>
mentioned on his part to be performed fullfilled and kept according to<lb></lb>
the Tenor and Effect of the said recited Indenture or Deed poll<lb></lb>
For that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50599_n4-2">Peter Ayrey</rs>
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after the first three Months of his said<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50599_occ4">Apprenticeship</rs>
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without your Petitioners Leave or Consent at Eight<lb></lb>
sundry Times both by Night and by Day from his said Service hath<lb></lb>
absented himself even for a fortnight together sometimes for about a<lb></lb>
Week and at other Times for less Likewise hath frequently disposed of his<lb></lb>
Cloaths and returns back to your petitioner sometimes by himself and at<lb></lb>
other Times brought home by the Watchman all in Rags.</p>
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