To the Rt. Honble . Sir Charles Asgill< no role > Knight ,
Lord Mayor of ye. City of London , & to ye. Rt. Worpful
ye. rest of His Majty's Justices of ye. Peace for ye. sd.
City, in their General Quarter Session Assembled.

The humble Petition of ye. Churchwardens
& Overseers of ye. Poor of ye. Parish of
St. Ann within Aldersgate , in ye. City of
London.

Sheweth,

That your Petitioners have, for these Twelve
years last past, at the Charge of the said Parish,
provided for, and maintained, Mary Skeel< no role > , Widow
Aged Seventy eight Years, who, by Reason of her
Impotency and Poverty, is unable to work or provide
for herself.

That Samuel Skeel< no role > , of the Parish of St.
Ann within Aldersgate aforesaid, Shoemaker , Son
of ye sd. Mary Skeel< no role > , being a Person of a Sufficient
Substance & Ability, to relieve & maintain, at his
own Charge, ye sd. Mary Skeel< no role > , his sd. Mother.

Cha Baynbridge< no role >
Atty for ye. Peticoners.}

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray,
That you will be pleased to Assess the said
Samuel Skeel< no role > , in such manner & according to
such Rate, as to your Lordship & Worships
shall seem meet, for ye. Relief & Maintenance
of his said Mother; Or that you will be pleased
to Order him to attend this Court at a certain
Day to be appointed, to Shew Cause why he
should not be so Assessed, in Ease of your
Petitioners.

And your Petitioners shall pray Etc