To the Rt Worsppll her Matys Justices of the Peace
For ye County of Middx

The humble peticon of Sarah
Smith< no role > of the parish of St Botolph
aldgate in the Said County Widdow

Sheweth

That your Petitr: is rated Twelve Pence p Month
towards the Relief of the Poor of the said Parish:
That your Petitr. hath paid all Taxes Imposed on her
for these Seaven & Twenty yeares last pastent
having mett with Losses is now very much reduced
and having Three Children to Mainteyne Js; not longerable to pay towards she said Poors
Rate.

Your Petitr. therefore humbly Prays
your Worshipps will be pleased to
order that she may be wholly
Discharged from paying
towards the said Poors Rates

And Your Petitr. shall Ever
Pray Etc.
Sarah Smith< no role >