To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of the City of
London and the Worshipfull the Recorder and Aldermen of
the said City in their General Quarter Session of the Peace
Assembled.

The Humble Petition of the Several Inholders
Master Coachmen and Stable Keepers hereunder named on
behalf of themselves and others the Consumers of Oath in
and about the City of London .

Sheweth

That there hath been for a longtime last past and now is a very great
Scarcity of Oats in this Kingdom to the great Detriment not only of Your Petitioners
but to many others and their family and that the Price of Midling English
Oats at the Corn Market in Mark lane London hath and now doth farr
exceed the Sum of Sixteen shillings the Quarter which Your Petitioners are
ready to prove by the Oath of two Substantial persons Skilfull in the Prices of
Oats or by such other ways and means as Your Worships shall Seem meet

Your Petitioners therefore most humbly Pray
that Your Workship will be pleased to Examine into and
Determine the Common Market Prices of Midling English
Oats as the same are commonly bought and Sold at in the said Market
And Certify the same to the Chief Officer and Collector of his
Majestys Customs at the Port of London , Pursuant to the Statute
in such Case made and Provided.

And Your Petitioner's will pray etc

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