At Guildhall London

To the Right Honble The Lord Mayor
Aldermen and the rest of the Justices of
Our Lord the King in the General Quarter
Session of the Peace in and for the City of
London Assembled.

The Humble Petition and appeal of Francis Aiskell< no role > of
the Crescent next the Minories in the Parish of Saint Botolph
Aldgate London Gentleman .

Sheweth

That your Petitioner now Possesses and resides in a new Built Dwelling House with the Appurtenancy
Situate in the Crescent near the Minories in the Parish aforesaid and holds the same as Tenant thereof at
the Yearly Raik Rent of Fifty Pounds being the full value thereof, but your Petitioner doth not keep any
Shop or Warehouse in the said premisses or any part thereof.

That Your Petitioner as such Occupier of the Premisses aforesaid is by the Rate or Assessment made for
the present year for the Relief of the Poor of the same Parish Rated and Assessed at the Sum of Five Shillings
a Week being at the Rate of Thirteen Pounds by the Year.

That there are divers other New Built Dwelling Houses well situate for Trade with Shops Warehouses
and other Conveniencies with the Appurtenances situate in the Minories aforesaid in the said Parish and
wherein great and extensive Trades are carried on particularly those in the several Occupations of Thomas
Cathrow< no role > John Dare< no role > , Charles Mitchell< no role > and John Sawyer< no role > , and which they severally hold as Tenants thereof at
the Yearly Rent of Fifty Pounds or thereabouts and which said several Premisses with the Appurtenances are
in respect as well to the Costs of the Building thereof as to the Goodness of their Situations for Trade well
worth the above several Rents.

That nevertheless the said Thomas Cathrow< no role > , John Dare< no role > , Charles Mitchell< no role > and John Sawyer< no role > are severally by
the said Rate or Assessment Rated or Assessed to the Poor of the said Parish in the Sum of Two Shillings and
Six pence a week for the present Year and no more whereby there is a very great and manifest disproportion
and inequality in the said Rate or Assessment between the said several Rates or Assessments upon the
said Thomas Cathrow< no role > , John Dare< no role > , Charles Mitchell< no role > and John Sawyer< no role > severally and the said Rate or Assessmt.
upon your Petitioner to the great injury and detriment of your Petitioner.

Your Petitioner therefore thinking himself aggrieved by the said
Rate or Assessment most humbly Appeals against the same
and humbly prays that the said Rate or Assessment upon your
Petitioner may be lessened and reduced to a Level with the said
Rates or Assessments upon the said Thomas Cathrow< no role > , John Dare< no role >
Charles Mitchell< no role > , and John Sawyer< no role > who pay an equal Rent
with your Petitioner for their several Premisses aforesaid or that
your Worships will grant such other Relief to your Petitioner
in the Premisses as to your Worships shall seem meet

And your Petitioner shall ever Pray