To the Right Honoble John Barber< no role > Esqr . Lord Mayor
of the City of London and to the Worshipfull his
Majesties Justices of the peace for the said City in their
Generall Quarter Sessions of the Peace Assembled.

The Humble Petition and Appeal of Burrell Blythe< no role >
an Inhabitant of the Parish of Christ Church
London

Sheweth

That your Petitioner is an Inhabitant of the said parish
of Christ Church and an Occupyer of one house within the said parish the
Rent and Taxes of which are paid by your Petitioner who is now rated.
by the Church Wardens and Overseers of the said parish in much larger
Sumes of money than he ought to be towards the Reliefe of the poor of
the said parish which said rate or Assesment your Petitioner humbly
Conceives is very Unequall Arbitrary and illegall in many respects and
particularly for that diverse Inhabitants and occupyers of houses within the
said parish some of which pay as large and others much larger rents
than your Petitioner and whose trade and Circumstances Do Exceed or
at least Equall your Petitioner are rated in much less Sumes of Money
than your Petitioner and also for that the said rate or assessment is
not made Equall according to the rents of the Houses and Circumstances
of the Inhabitants within the said parish but at the discretion of
the Church Wardens and Overseers of the said Parish

Your Petitioner therefore conceiving himself greatly aggriev'd
by the rate or assessment so made by the said Church Wardens
and Overseer of the poor of the said Parish for and towards
the necessary reliefe of the poor of the said Parish Humbly
prays that the said rate may be Quashed and that your
petitioner may be relieved in the premisses in Such manner
as to this Court shall seem just and fitting

And your Petitioner shall ever pray Etc.