To the Rt: Worsepll: his Matye Justices of the Peace for the County of Middx

The humble peticon and Appeal of Richard
Mills< no role > William Frances< no role > and John Smith< no role > of
the Parish of St. James Clerkenwell in the
said County

Sheweth

That at Easter Last your Petitioner wereby severall of the Inhabitant of
the said parish Elected & chosen to serve the Office of Scavenger for the
Upper Liberty of St. James Clerkenwell for the year Ensuing
That in pursuance thereof your Petitrs executed the said Office &
soon after gave Bond to the Rocker for the payment of Seaventeen
pounds Tenn Shillings Quarterly for Cleansing the Streetes in the sd
Liberty

That there hath beene severall meetings of the Inhabitant of the sd
Parish at the Vestry in order to make a rate or Assessment upon the
Inhabitant thereof for Reimbursing your Petitr: the Moneys by them
Disbursed on the aforesaid Attempt But by reason of several
controverseys arising betweene the Inhabitants Your Petitrs: cannot
obteine Such Rate or Assessment

That the Scavengers rate in the other Liberty of the sd Parish after ye
rate of four pence p pound (whereas your Petitrs amounts to Six
pence in the pound)when collected amounts to near Thirty pounds
more then will Sattisty the Raker But they Refuse to Collect the Same
in Order to Reimburse your Petitrs Whereby severall substantiall
Inhabitants are not charged to the Scavengers rate And for a Sumch
as there was one Quarter payment due to the Raker at Mid Summer
last which Your Petitrs: by vertue of the aforesaid Bond are obliedged
to pay Humbly Conceive themselves very much aggrieved

Your Petitr therefore humbly pray such
Relief in the Premises as to this Court
shall be thought most Meete
And Yor Petitrs Shall Ever pray etc

Richd: Miles< no role >
Wm France< no role >
John Smith< no role >