To the Rt. Worshipful His Maties Justices of the Peace for
the County of Middlx in their General Quarter Sessions
of the Peace Assembled.

The humble Petition of John Cooper< no role > and
Henry Parker< no role > Overseers of the poor of the
Liberty of Glass house Yard in the Parish
of St. Botolph's without Aldersgate in the County

Sheweth

That by the several Precepts hereunto Annex'd
directed to the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor and
Constables of the Parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate and to
the Overseers of the Poor and Constable of the Liberty of
Glass-house Yard in the said County by John Rose< no role > Gentl
High Constable of the Division of Finsbury , the sd Parish &
Liberty are required to Pay unto him the following Summs viz
For the Marshalsea, Kings Bench and Hospitals for ye Year
1722 the Summ of eight Shillings and eight pence for main'd
Soldiers and Mariners two pounds, three shill & four pence, and
For Passing Conveying and Maintaining of Rogues, Vagabonds
& Vagrants the Summe of Eighteen Pounds, Nineteen Shills &
tenn pence; which several Summs amount in the whole to
twenty pounds, eleven Shills. & tenn pence, And that ye Church-
Wardens & Overseers of the Poor of the sd. Parish of St Giles
without Cripplegate do insist that Yor. Petitioners as Overseers
of the poor of the sd. Liberty ought to pay one fifth part of the
sd Summ of £20.11.10. which will Amount to abt. ye Sum of £4.2.4

That the sd. Parish of St. Giles wthout Cripplegate is
divided into four Libertys and that in the whole upon a Moderate
Computacon there are not less than two thousd. five hundd. Inhabitants
therein who pay to the Poors Rate, Whereas in the sd Liberty there are
not above one hundd. & forty three who pay to the Assessment for ye
reliefe of the poor there; So that Yor. Petitionrs. humbly Conceive it
would be a very great hardship upon the Inhabitants of the sd Liberty
to pay a fifth part of the sd Summ of £20.11.10. especially considering
the great number of Inhabitants in ye sd. Parish over & above what
there are in the sd. Liberty For which Reasons Yor. Petitioners
Appeal to this Court.-And Pray that this Court will be pleas'd
to Grant them such relief in the Premisses as to this
Court shall seem meet & Convenient. And Yor. Petitioners
Shall ever Pray Etc.

John Cooper< no role >
Henry Parker< no role >