To the Rt: Worppll. Her Maties: Justices of ye.
Peace for the County of Middx
The Humble peticon of Peter Blacknell< no role >
of
the Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch
in the
said County.
[..] &
Sheweth
That Your Peticoner Rents an House of Six Pounds P
Anno & noe more And is Rated three Shillings and Three
pence P Quarter to ye. poores Rate of the said Parish
besides three more Overrates.
That Your Peticoner hath a Wife who hath a Lameness
in one of her Limbs which hath Continued for the
sperce of Fourteen Yeares and upwards and still
Continues Which hath already Cost yours peticoner above
Three Hundred Pounds & noe Cure can be obtained
Whereby he conceives himselfe very much aggreived
Therefore humbly prays that
your Worpps Considering the
premisses will be pleased to
discharge him from paying to
the said Overrates.
And Your Peticoner As in Duty bound shall
Ever Pray Etc