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<p n="6">To the Worpfull the Bench of Justices<lb></lb>
now Sitting in open Sessions Att <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50697_geo2">Hicks<lb></lb>
Hall</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50697_geo3">St: John Street</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50697_geo3" type="placeName" value="St: John Street"></interp>
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<p n="7">The humble peticon of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50697_n7-1">Stephen Prosser</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50697_n7-1" type="surname" value="Prosser"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50697_n7-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of the Pish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50697_geo4"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50697_geo5">paddington</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50697_geo5" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
in the County of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50697_geo6">Middx</rs>
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</rs>
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& <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50697_occ1">Labourer</rs>
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<p n="8"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Humble Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That Yor. poore petr: hath Lived<lb></lb>
In ye. parish aforesaid As a Covenant <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50697_occ2">servant</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50697_occ2" type="occupation" value="servant"></interp>
&<lb></lb>
Otherwise for the Space of<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Twenty five Yeares, That<lb></lb>
Yor. Peticonr. hath nothing to Depend upon but his<lb></lb>
owne Labour & Industry And for this five Yeares<lb></lb>
Last Past hath been very Sick & weake haveing<lb></lb>
All most Last his Eye Sight and Incapable of<lb></lb>
doeing any Mannr: of Service By meanes whereof<lb></lb>
he is reduced to Greate Missery & Extreame poverty.</p>
<p n="9">Yor. Poore Peticonr. therefore Most<lb></lb>
humbly desires Yor. Worps to Consider<lb></lb>
his deplorable Condicon, And that Yor.<lb></lb>
Worpps will be pleased to admitt of him<lb></lb>
as Petitionr. in the said parish or to ordd.<lb></lb>
his some Relife as in Yor. Wonted<lb></lb>
Charity & Cumpassion shall seem most<lb></lb>
meet.</p>
<p n="10">And yor. petr. as in duly bound shall Ever<lb></lb>
pray Etc</p>
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