To the Right Honorable Thomas Wright< no role >
Esquire
Lord Mayor
of the City of London
and
the Worshipful the Aldermen his Majesty's Justices
of the Peace for the said City at their General Quarter
Session of the Peace assembled
The humble Petition and Appeal of the Church
Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint
Mary Islington
in the County of Middlesex
Sheweth
That by Virtue of a Pass Warrant or Order under the hands
and Seals of the Right Honorable
Thomas Wright< no role >
Esquire
Lord Mayor
and
John Wilkes< no role >
Esquire
two of his Majestys Justices of the Peace
for
the City of London
bearing date the twenty first day of March last
past
Ann Wilkins< no role >
the Wife
of
Caleb Wilkins< no role >
(who was then
abroad) and her two Daughters Ann aged about twenty four Years
and Prudence aged about Fifteen years were removed and conveyed
from and out of the Parish of Saint Sepulchre without Newgate
London to the said parish of Saint Mary Islington
as the
place of their last legal Settlement Whereby your Peitioners
conceive themselves aggrieved
Your Petitioners therefore humbly Pray
that the benefit of the said Appeal may be saved
unto them and that the hearing and determination
thereof may be adjourned unto the next General
Session of the Peace to be holden for the said City
And your Petitioners shall ever pray etc.