To ye Worshipfull her Majties Justices of ye Peace now Setting
att Hicks Hall

The humble Peticon of the Thos Short< no role > of ye Parish of
St Pauls Shadwell Marriner

Sheweth

That ye Peticonr Serv'd her majties Faithfully &
truly Sevrall years & on board her Majties Ship the
Yarmouth where he recd Sevrall wounds as appears by the
Certificate annoy'tappearswounds he is become A disabled
man & has left his Sences & noe wayes capable to help him
selffe yett not with Standing ye Churchwardens of ye Sd Parrish
have caled ye & peticonr & 16s P Ann to ye poor & 3 quarters
Overser wth ye & Peticon Conceiver he ought not to pay any
thing in Considracon of his Services Sufferings & hand Ships
his house being but yt 10s P Ann & ye Churchwardens have
seizd his goods

Yor Peticonr most humbly prayer to be discharged from
ye Sd Rate & to be beleived in ye miser as Shall Seem
meet & yt his goods may be restored

And as in duty bound he Shall pray Etc

Thos. Short< no role >

Middx ss

Ad genal quartereal Session pacis Due Regin tent P
Com Midd apnd Hicks Hall in St John Street in Com prd die Lune
(Scilt) vicessimo octavo die Juny Anno Reg Dind Anne. mmc Regine
Magne Britannie Etc decmo tertio

It is Ordered by this Court yt the Churchwardens & Overseers of the poor
of ye parish of St Pauls Shadwell in this County have notice of the
within written Peticon & yt they doe attend this Court on Saturday next
at nine of the Clock in the forenoon to Shew cause why the peticonr
should not be cased or discharged of the rate within menconed

P Cur Harcourt