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<p n="3">To the Worshipfull <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65402_n3-1">His Majesty</rs>
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's Justices of<obscured></obscured>
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Peace for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65402_geo2">City and Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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Quarter Sessions Assembled</p>
<p n="4">The humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65402_n4-1">William British</rs>
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the Younger</p>
<p n="5"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That your Petitioner's father <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65402_n5-1">William Boulton</rs>
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was several years ago upon a Letter of Recommendation<lb></lb>
from His Grace the Duke of Newcastle Custos Ret<obscured></obscured>
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of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65402_geo3">County of Middlesex</rs>
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and the City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65402_geo4">Westminster</rs>
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chosen and appointed by your Worship<lb></lb>
Cryer of your Court of Sessions for the said City and<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65402_geo5">Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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and has ever since enjoyed and<lb></lb>
taken due care of the execution of the said Office,<lb></lb>
but being at present by his great Age and Infirmities<lb></lb>
rendred almost uncapable of any business, he is<lb></lb>
desirous to Surrender the said Office to the Petitioner<lb></lb>
his only San.</p>
<p n="6">Your humble Petitioner therefore prays<lb></lb>
that your Worships would be pleased<lb></lb>
to accept of his father's Surrender and<lb></lb>
to appoint the Petitioner to Succeed<lb></lb>
him in the aforesaid Officer</p>
<p n="7">And as in Duty be and your Petitioners shall ever pray Etc</p>
<p n="8">William<obscured></obscured>
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