To the Right Honourable Frederick
Bull Esquire Lord Mayor of the
City of London and the Worshipfull
the Aldermen his Majestys Justices
of the Peace for the same City at their
General Quarter Sessions of the
Peace assembled

The Humble Petition of the
Master Wardens and Society of
Innholders London on behalf of
themselves and all other the
Consumers of Oats within the
said City of London and the
Liberties thereof

Sheweth

That for some time past the common
Market price of middling British Oats sold in the
new Corn Market in Mark Lane hath exceeded the
Sum of sixteen Shillings the Quarter the Continuance
whereof your Petitioners apprehend will prove
very detrimental to the City in General and to your
Petitioners in particular

That your Petitioners are ready to make
the the truth hereof appear and to prove the same in such
manner as by the Statues in that behalf is required
and directed

Your Petitioners therefore most
humbly pray that this Honourable Court
will take their Case into Consideration and
proceed to examine and determine the
common Market price of middling British Oats
as the same is now and hath been lately
bought and sold in the Markets of this
City and to certify the same to his Majesty's
Chief Officer and Collector of the Customs
in such manner as by the Statutes in
this behalf is required and directed

And your Petitioners shall ever pray Etca.