To the Right Honoble. Thomas Lord Parker
Baron of Macclesfield Lord High
Chancellor of Great Britain

August. of Ld. Mayst. &
Cot. of Aldmen of
London to the
Representacon of
Justices of peace of
Middx

The Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of
London having by your Lordships Order received Informacon
That your Lordship has been applyed to from several Justices of
the peace of the County of Middx in Quarter Sessions assembled
Complaining that some applicacon had been made to the late
Lord Chancellor whereby the inserting some of their Names
in the Comission of Goal Delivery of Newgate had been prevented
And the they have offered several Matters to your Lordships
consideration to Induce your Lordship to think it reasonable
that their Expectacons may be answered in this particulars
for the time to come

The Lord Mayor and the said Court doe humbly
presume it was at their Instance That the late Lord Chancellor
was pleased to pass the present comission without inserting
any other persons Names than those therein contained And
as the Comission so passed is not only according to the
antient but modern precidents (Except a very few Instances
the precidents of which times are not for very just reasons to be
such regarded) And as the Ends of the Comission have
always been hitherto Sufficiently answered They humbly
leg leave to lay before your Lordship their observacons on
those reasons which they understand are offered to prevail with
your Lordship to make the alteracons desired in the sd. Comission
And they are willing to pay all due Regard to the Worthy
Gentlemen in the Comission of the peace for the County of
Middlsex and therefore are inclined to take notice of their
Consideracons in the Order as they have placed them.

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That the Comission of Goal Delivery of Newgate is holden
at the Old Baily as well for the County of Middx as for the
City of London And that since the late great increase of
Inhabitants & Buildings in the Suburbs there have been a
greater Number of Malefactors tryed for Offences comitted
in the County of Middx than in the City of London .