To the Right Honourable Sir Edwd. Bellamy< no role > Kt . Lord Mayor of the
City of London and to the Worshipfull his Majestices Justices of the peace
for the said City in their General Quarter Sessions of the peace Assembled.

The Humble petition and Appeal of Saml. Patison< no role > an
Inhabitant of the Parish of Christ Church London

Sheweth

That your Petitioner is an Inhabitant of the 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 for the
year 1732 hath been rated by the Church Wardens and Overseers of the said parish in much larger
sums of money than he ought to have been towards the Releif of the poor of the said Parish which
said rate or Assessment your Petitioner Humbly Conceives is very unequall Arbitary and Illegal in
many respects and Pticularly for that diverse Inhabitants and Occupyers of Houses within the said
parish some of which pay as Large and others much Larger rent than your Petitioner and whose trade
and Circumstances do Exceed or at least Equal your Petitioners have for that year been rated in much less
sums 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 Aggrieved by the
said rate or Assessment so made by the Church Wardens and Overseers
of the said Parish for and towards the necessary releife of the poor
of the said parish Humbly prays that the said rate may be quashed And
that your Petitioner may be releived in the premisses in such manner
as to this Court shall Seem Just and Fitting

And your Petitioner shall ever pray Etc.

The Appel. Occupies one House in Warwick Lane in the said Parish & prays for the Same P an 70:0:0
and is assessed to to the poor weekly0:1:6

That the following persons are Inhabitants and Occupiers of Houses in the said parish of much larger
rents yet pays less to the poor than the Appel. as by foll Pticulars appears Vizt.

John Bosworth< no role > Esq . pays rent P and for 2 Houses100:0:0
and to the poor for the same P week0:2:0
Wm. Nevile< no role > Oxford Arms Inn rent P ann150:0:0
and to the poor P week0:2:6
Wm. Bowen< no role > rent P ann40:0:0
and to the poor P week0:1:0
Saml. Woolastone< no role > rent P ann40:0:0
and to the poor P week0:1:0
Francis Clark< no role > rent P ann32:0:0
and to the poor0:0:8
John Finch< no role > rent P ann20:0:0
and to the poor Weekly0:0:8
Philip Harris< no role > rent P Ann30:0:0
and to the poor Weakly0:0:8
Hugh Resiter< no role > and Pr cent P ann40:0:0
and to the poor0:1:0
John Godfrey< no role > & pr rent P ann100:0:0
and to the poor weekly0:3:0

Henry Shipherd< no role > & pr. rent P ann70:0:0
and to the poor weekly0:2:0
Richd Saunders< no role > & pr. pays rent P ann80:0:0
and to the poor0:2:0
Robt. Copping< no role > pays rent P ann40:0:0
and to the poor0:1:4
Ewd. Brown< no role > pays rent P Ann50:0:0
and to the poor0:1:0
Henry Bradley< no role > pays rent P ann30:0:0
and to the poor only P week0:0:4
Robt. Rustall< no role > pays rent P Ann35:0:0
and to the poor weekly0:1:0
John Blake< no role > rents P Ann30:0:0
and to the poor0:0:8
Francis Humphries< no role > rent P an 40:0:0
and to the poor weekly0:1:0
Henry Plowman< no role > rents100:0:0
and to the poor0:1:0
John Figes< no role > rents30:0:0
and to the poor0:0:8

By these Pticulars the Inequallity of the rate date Appear
we have given the Church Wardens a Copy of those particulars