To the Right Honble : Sr Thoms. Rawlinson< no role >
Knt . Lord Major of the Citty of London

The Humble Peticon. of Jane Parris< no role > now
wife of John Parris< no role > a Meniall Servt to
Sr . Wm Hodges< no role > in the Pish of Alhallows
in the Wall in London

Sheweth

That yor. Peticonr. Intermarried with the Said
John Parris< no role > the 17th. Day of September 1704 as by her
Certificate Ready to be produced may appeare. And that
the sd John Parris< no role > hath lived a Servt. with ye Sd Sr. William
thirty yeares and upwards, That yor. Peticonrs Said husband
is kept from her and She and a Child She hath had by him in
a Starving Condicon. That upon application made to yor Lordship
by yor. peticonr. for Releife, and the Churchwardens of the said
Pish being called by summons before yor. Lordship, yor. Honr.
was pleased to declare you would have the opinion of this honble.
Bench this Sessions, and did oblige the Said Church wardens to give
their promise to appeare and abide the order of Court yt Should
be made in the prmisses wch they undertooke to doe.

That yor peticonr having her former Setlemt. in ye Pish of Old Jury
London can obteyne noe releife there from they being discharged
from yor. peticonr. by virtue of her sd marriage as they alledge
and the sd Church wardens of Alhallows aforesd Refuse to Releive
her and Sr . Wm Hodges< no role > deteyning her sd husband under prtence
yt her sd husband if his Slave, and your peticonr and her Child
wanting ye comon Subsistance of Life.

Humbly prayes Such Releife in the Prmisses
as to yor Lordship and this honble. Court in yor
Great Justice and wisdom Shall Seeme meet

And yor. Peticonr Shall Ever Pray Etc

Jane Parris< no role > wife
of Sr Wm Hodges Black