To the R' Honble Sr George Thorold< no role > Knt & Bart Lord Mayor
of the City of London and to the rest of his Maties Justices of the peace
at then your. Quarter Sessions of ye peace for ye sd City Assembled

The humble Petition & Appeal of James
Fordham< no role > .

Sheweth

That your Petitioner is an Inhabitant in the parish of St Peter
Poor London where he now resides but for the convenience of Trade
Rule the house called Carpenters have (which he uses ater Warehouse)
and another litle house adjoyning in the parish of Allhallows
on the Wall London for which he pays yor. yearly Rent viz for the
Hall £52 & for ye other house 18th p Anum

That for the sd premisses your petitioner was ever Rated
to the poor in Allhallows parish thenextlast Year and upon complaint
to them the matter was then agreed they promissing to redress it the
next Year

That the constant method in Settling the sd Rate by the
[..] tom of ye parish (as your petitioner is informed) is for every
£20 P Anum (if ye Rent be above £40) to Rate it at 6s p quarter
at most and there is no instance (except your Petitioners) that
exceeds the sd Rates.

That for the £52 your Petr is Rated £1:15s. P quarter in £7
yearly and for ye house of 18th is Rated 6s p quarter 24s yearly
the whole Rate for the £70 P Anum being £8:4s. by which your
petitioner conceives himself agrieved the sd Rate being unequal
and that according to ye sd Standing Rate & instance Your Petr
ought not to be Rated above £4:4s at most as all other Inhitants
are and therefore most humbly Appeals to your Honr and
Worps therefrom

Therefore Your Petitioner most humbly prays yr
Honr & Worps will be pleased to hear him
in the premisses and Order that the
Churchwardens & Overseers of ye poor of ye sd
Pish of Allhallows on ye wall may appear
& Shew cause (of they can) why your petr
Shd not be relieved agt the sd Rate and hear
& abide the determinacon of the Court touching
the sd Appeal

And he shall ever pray