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<p n="159">To the Honorble Bench of Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace</p>
<p n="160">The Humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50144_n160-1">Susanna King</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50144_n160-1" type="surname" value="KING"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50144_n160-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<lb></lb>
sheweth yt yor Petitionr is <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50144_occ45">marryd</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50144_occ45" type="occupation" value="marryd"></interp>
to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50144_n160-2">Edmund King</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50144_n160-2" type="given" value="EDMUND"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50144_n160-2" type="surname" value="KING"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50144_n160-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50144_occ46">Barber & Perruke maker</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50144_occ46" type="occupation" value="Barber & Perruke maker"></interp>
who keepeth a Shopp in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50144_geo86">Stepny Parish</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50144_geo86" type="placeName" value="Stepny Parish"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50144_geo86" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
yt he will not allow me any<lb></lb>
Maintenance but liveth wth another Woman<lb></lb>
& yt he hath beaten me att Severall times in<lb></lb>
a Barbarous manner (& hath threatned to<lb></lb>
Murther me) yt I am uncapable of Service<lb></lb>
or working; & has likewise given me a bad<lb></lb>
Distemper, wch has so much impaird my Sight, wch<lb></lb>
renders me uncapable of Getting an honest<lb></lb>
Livelyhood.</p>
<p n="161">Yr Petitionr therefore humbly prays that<lb></lb>
yor Honrs. will force him to give me a<lb></lb>
Susbsistance or an Order to ye Parish to<lb></lb>
allow me what yor Honrs shall think fitt,<lb></lb>
& yor Petitionr as in Duty Bound will<lb></lb>
fever pray Etc</p>
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