To the right Honourable The Lord Mayor and others His
Majestys Justices of the peace
for the City of London
at the
General Quarter Session of the Peace assembled
The humble Petition and Appeal of the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint
Mary Matfelon otherwise Whitechapel
in the
County of Middlesex
Sheweth
That by a Warrant or Order under the Hands
and Seals of the Right Honourable
James Townsend< no role >
Esqr.
Lord Mayor of the City of London
and Sr.
Robert Ladbroke< no role >
Knight
two of his Majestys Justices of the Peace
in and
for the said City of London
(one whereof being of the Quorum)
bearing date the 30th. Day of December 1772
John Siddall< no role >
Margaret< no role >
his Wife
and their four Children to wit
John< no role >
Aged
Seven Years,
Elizabeth< no role >
aged 6 Years,
Eleanor< no role >
aged 4 Years,
and
William< no role >
aged 2 Years, were removed from the parish
of Saint Botolph Bishopsgate
London to the Parish
of Saint Mary at White Chapel
in the County of Middlesex
as the place of their last legal Settlement
Your Petitioners conceiving themselves aggrieved
by the said Order of Removal do humbly appeal
to this Court agt. the same praying such Relief
in the Premises as to this Court shall seem
meet And your Petitioners shall ever pray Etc.
J: Coverly for the Appellants