To the Right Worll Sr. Edwd. Clerke< no role > Knt : Lord Major
of the City of London & to the Right Worll. ye rest of his Maties.
Justices of the Peace att ye Generall Quartr. Sessions Assembled.

The humble Petition of William Thomas< no role >

Sheweth

That one Mary Asterly< no role > yor. Petr. wifes Daughter was bound an
Apprentice by Indenture to one Frances Every< no role > then of the County of
Middx but now dwelleth in the Parish of Great St. Bartholmewes
London For the terme of Five yeares from the sixth of August 1694 To
learn the trade of Maskmaker And the said Mary haveing served
about three yeares of the said Terme and under gone much hardshipp
and Severity in her said Service And the Indenture being not made
according to the Statute in that case And the said Frances Every being
no Freewoman of this City

Yor. Petr. humbly Prayes that yor. Honor. and
Worpps. will be pleased to order the said Frances
Every to Appeare before you to shew cause why
the said Mary Asterly< no role > Should not be Discharged
from her said [..] Indenture for the reasons
above menconed And that shee may be discharged from
the same.

And yor. Petr. shall Ever pray Etc.