To ye Right Honourable Sr William Stewart< no role > Knight
Lord Mayor of ye City of London & others [..] il Majesty's Justices
of ye Peace for ye. sd City at ye Generall Quarter Sessions of the
Peace for ye sd. City Assembled.

The humble Petition of Benjamin Tomkins< no role > of Abingdon in the County
of Berks Mallster .

Sheweth.

That your Petitioner having One hundred Quarters of Mall lying on board
a Lighter on Vessell Brookswharfe in ye Riverof Thames London For
which Mall your Petitioner had long before paid on Secured to be said all Duty due for the
same, The said Lighter or [..] on the Eighteenth Day of May now last
past by same unknown and unavoidable Accident in the night time
unfortunately cripplegate saith with your Petitioners said one hundred
Quarters of Mail therein And confined under ye Water for mary hours
before your Petitioner his Factor or Servantt could have Intelligence
thereof or before the said Mall could be again taken up Whereby the
said Mall received very great Damage To the great Loss and Deterinent
of your Petitioner By reason whereof and for as much as your Petitioner
having long before the said accident happened paid [..] paid the Duty due for ye
same Your Petitioner humbly apprhends he is intilled to be repaid & [..] allow'd
ye Duty he hath paid for the same on some part thereof or to have such an
allowance as will bear ye same Proportion to ye whole Duty as the said
Damage bears to ye value of the said Mall before was so damaged and to
have such Releife & Redress as is intended by an Act passed in ye Twelfth
year at her late Majesty Queen Ann.

Your Petitioner therefore humbly Pray & your Worships
would be pleased to determine Etc setts ye Quantity of ye Damage
done to your Petitioners sd [..] by ye sd Accident and to
give your Petitioner a Certificate under your Worship
hands & Seals of ye Sume your Worships shall think fitt to
allow That ye officer appointed to [..] ye sd Duty may
repay or allow to your Petitioner so much mony a ge
Sume your worshipps shall think fitt to allow or that
your Worships would please to make such order therein
for your Petrs Redress in ye places as your Worships shall
which proper

And yr Petitioner shall ever pray Etc.