John Rt Honable Sr. Francis Forbes< no role > Knt Lord Mayor of the
City of London and to the Right Worpl the rest of this Maties Justices
of the peace for the City of London at their General Quarter Sessions
of the peace assembled.

The humble Petition of the Churchwardens & Overseers
of the Poor of the several Parishes of St Giles wihtout
Cripplegate St. Botolph without Aldgate St. Andrew
Wardrobe St. Catherine Coleman St. Andrew Holbourn
St. Sepulchres St. Brides Allhallows on the Wall St.
Botolph Aldersgate & St. Botolph with on Bishopsgate

Sheweth

That your peticoners are very much over burtheiced with poor and
not able to raise sufficient sumes of mony amongst themselves to relieve
them notwithstanding their assessments are greater them heretofore
yet the Charge of the poor is far above there assessments as the same
upon Examination hath divers times appeared to several worthy
Aldermen of this City appointed and their poor daily increasing
upon their sd Parishes some of them lying near the suburbs and
others of them in the suburbs of this City

Their Humble Sait thereof for your Honour & Worps is That your
will be favourably pleased to grant unto them the Contributi-
ons of the other Parishes within this City for and towards
the rest of their Poor as they have formerly had which
are perticularly hereunder menconed or such further
allowance as to your Honour & Worps shall seem meet

St Giles without Cripplgate£90
St. Botolph without Aldgate 50
St. Andrew Wardrobe 40
St. Catherine Coleman 12
St Andrew Holborn 7
St sepulchres 44
St Brides 15
Allhallows on the Wall 8:10s:
St Botolph Aldersgate 15
St Botolph without Bishopsgate 60

And they shall ever pray Etc