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To the Rt. Worshipfull
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in their General Quarter Session Assembled.
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The Humble Petition of the Churchwardens and Surveyors of the
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by the said Parish are now so broken & out of repair that they cannot be sufficiently
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amended and repaired for this present year 1746 commencing from Christmas last at less
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Your Petitioners therefore Humbly pray this Court will
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please to Grant them an Order to enable your Petitioners
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to make a Rate or Assessment not exceeding Two Pence in the
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as by the Statute in that case is made and provided.
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Dan: Vials}
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