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To the Worshipfull the Chairman and the Rest of the Justices
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Assembled at the General Quarter Session of the Peace now holden at
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in and for the
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The Humble Petition of
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John Tristram
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Sheweth
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That your Petr. being a poor Person was at the Age of Thirteen Yrs.
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on the
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fourth Day of August One Thousand Seven hundred and Forty two
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by are with the Convent of the then Church Wardens and Overseers of the
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poor of the parish of Saint Luke in this County bound to Thomas Barnf
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of the said Parish and County
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Butcher
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to Serve him as an Apprentice
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until your Petr. Should attain the Age of Twenty four years to learn
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the Art and Mistary of a
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That soon after the time of your Petrs. being so bound an Apprentice
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until this time the said
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Thomas Barnfather
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hath frequently in a Cruel
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and Barbarows manner Boat and threatned your Petitioners life and
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hath Declared that he never will instruct or learn your Petr. his Trade
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or Business of a
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and that on Monday the
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Third of October inst
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the said Barnfather being
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one of the Constables
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of the said Parish of Saint
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Luke without any Cause or Authority whatsoever put your Petitioner
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into the Cage belonging to the said Parish and kept him all Night
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Confined in the Cold the Endangering your Petitioners life
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly Prays
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that he may be discharged from his said
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may by Order
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of this Court be Compelled to turn your Petitioner
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over for the Remainder of the time to come of the
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said Indenture to some Person of the same Trade
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that is Capable of Instructing your Petr. there
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And Your Petrs. as in Duty bound Shall ever Pray.
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his
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John
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Tristram
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