To the Worfull His Majesties Justices of the Peace for the County
of Middx.

The Humble Petition of Joseph Wooton< no role > and William
Gillmore< no role > Church Wardens of the Parish of St. Giles in
the Fields in the Said County on behalf of themselves
and other Inhabitants of the said Parish.

Sheweth

That the Highwayes of the said Parish are very much
out of Repair and will require a Considerable Sum of Money
to repair and Amend the Same Which cannot be raised
without the Aid of this Honrble. Court.

Your Petitoners therefore humbly pray that a
Rate or Assessmt. not Exceeding three halfpence in the
pound may be made upon the said Inhabitants for
repairing of the said Highwayes according to the Directions
of an Act of Parliament in that Case lately made, to
be Collected by the present Surveyors of the Highwaied
in the said Parish, And that the Money collected
on the said Rate be imployed and laid out as the
Justices of the Peace for this County usually meeting
at the Speciall Sessions in the said Parish shall
Direct and Appoint.

And Yor. Petrs. er.
Joseph Wootton< no role >
Will: Gillmore< no role > }
Church Wardens