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Compendium of a petition of the Bailiff and Burgesses
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Praying favours on behalf of the town to be eased of the charge of one Lewis Gylbert, a maimed soldier in Ireland, that they may have help of the parishioners and others towards the relief of the poor who number 700, that they may be eased of payment towards the Queen's provision, and also relief in the assessment of the gaol money, with mitigation of the number of trained soldiers etc
