To the Right Honble Sr Willm Humfreys< no role > Knt & Barrt Lord Mayor
of the City of London And to the Right Worpll the Rest of his
Majesties Justices of the Peace in the Generall Quarter Sessions
Assembled

The humble Petition of the Church Wardens and
Overseers of the poor of the Severall Parishes of St. Gile's
without Criplegate St. Botolph without Algate St
Andrew Wardrobe St Katherine Coleman< no role > St Andrew
Holbourn , St. Sepulchre St. Brides Allhallows on the
And St. Botolph Aldersgate And St. Botolph without
Bishopsgate

Sheweth

That your Petitioners are Very much over
burthened with poor and not able to raise Sufficient Sumes of
money amongst themselves to relieve them Notwithstanding
their Assessments are greater then heretofore Yet the Charge
of the Poor is far above their Assessments as the same upon
their Examination hath divers times appeared to several Worthy
Alderman of this City appointed to hear the Same And their Poor
daily increasing upon them their said Parishes some of them lying
near the Suburbs and others of them in the Suburbs of this City

Their humble Petition therefore unto Your good Honr
and Worppll is that you will be favourably pleas'd to grant
unto them the Contributions of other Parishes within this
City for & towards the releiving ye poor as they have formerly
had which are particularly here Undermencond or Such
farther Allowance as to ye Honr & Worppll shall seem meet

£
St. Giles Criplegate 90
St.Botolph without Algate 50
St Andrew Wardrobe40
St. Katherine Coleman 12
St. Andrew Holbourne 7
St. Sepulchre 44
St Brides 15
Allhallows on ye Wall12
St Botolph Aldersgate 15
St. Botolph Bishopsgate 60

And they Shall Pray Etc