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<p n="342">To his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50812_occ42">Justices of the peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50812_geo96">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="343">The Humble Petition of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50812_n343-1">Richard Gurney</rs>
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<p n="344"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That your Petr was on the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50812_geo97">20th of January</rs>
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1783 Bound<lb></lb>
Apprentice for Seven years to <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50812_n344-1">Joseph Baldwin</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50812_geo98">Rose<lb></lb>
Street</rs>
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But since of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50812_geo99">Brick Lane Old Street</rs>
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to learn the<lb></lb>
Art of a Tin plate worker On the usual Tenns of<lb></lb>
being found in sufficient meat Drink and Lodging and<lb></lb>
a premium of Ten Pounds Given, But your Petr has<lb></lb>
been only Employed in One precarious branch of the<lb></lb>
said Business during the time Elapsed, and he verily<lb></lb>
believes if Continued in that branch only he shall<lb></lb>
not be property Qualitied to get a livelihood, besides<lb></lb>
which he has been Unreasonably beaten and obliged<lb></lb>
to Work on Sundays, he has been very ill sed and with<lb></lb>
two more Apprentices lodged in One bed with only one<lb></lb>
Sheet and that unwashed for Eighteen<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
or Twenty<lb></lb>
weeks together, The Family consisted of the master and<lb></lb>
Mistress, two Brothers, five Apprentice Boys and a Girl<lb></lb>
their living has been extremely irregular, a great deal<lb></lb>
of Drinking and ill example Your Petitioner further<lb></lb>
Represents that his said Master and Mistress and an<lb></lb>
Apprentice Girl Absented themselves on the first day<lb></lb>
of May last past, as Your Petitioner is informed<lb></lb>
and believes On Account of Debt, the Business is since<lb></lb>
Carried On by and in the Name of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50812_n344-2">Edward Baldwin</rs>
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a<lb></lb>
Butcher whereby your Petitioner is less likely to<lb></lb>
learn his Trade than before</p>
<p n="345">Therefore your Petitioner Most Humbly<lb></lb>
Prays to be Discharged from his said<lb></lb>
Master in Order to get himself a better<lb></lb>
place, and your Petr shall ever Pray Etc</p>
<p n="346"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50812_n346-1">James Payn</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50812_occ43">Attorney</rs>
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for the Petitioner</p>
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