To the Worshipfull the Justices of his Majties. Peace now
Sitting on the Bench att Hixis Hall

The Humble petition of Jane Barber< no role > Widdow
Humbly Sheweth

That yr. Petitioner is aunt to mary Stockdell< no role >
A Child of Eleven years of age who is fatherless & motherless
And put to prentice by tho Parish of Criplegate to one
Francis Edwards< no role > and To his wife Mary < no role > to learn ye art or
Trade of Button making and the Said Child has been So
Barbarously abusd that She was obliedgd to quit her
Service & run away Severall times to Save her life.

That yr. Petitionr has ye last Sessions Indicted
The Said Edwards and his wife for assaulting ye Said
Child and this Sessions It was tryd and ye Said Master
And matys were fined five pound wch. paid
are Dischargd

Yr. Petitioner therefore most humbly
Prays that yr. Worships will be pleasd
Order that ye Said Francis Edwards< no role > may
bring forth ye Said Child that She may be [..]
Seen to ye Satisfaction of her friends [..]
That lost may be allowd to yr. Petition
In this Cause

And yr. Petr as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray Etc.