To the Worshipfull his Majestys Justices of the peace for the County
of Midelesex in Quarter Session of the peace at Hicks Hall in Saint
John Street in and for the said County Assembled

The humble Petition of the Churchwardens and Overseers of
the Poor of the Parish of St Clement Danes is the sd. County of Middx

Sheweth

That Mary Burgen< no role > This name instance is in set 3553. Singlewoman Vagrant not having a
Settlement in the Said sd. Parish of St Clemt. Danes was on the first
Day of March last Suddenly taken in Labone as she was wandering
this the sd. Parish and delivered of a Male Bastard Child [..]
Sheir Lane in the said Parish of St Clemt. Danes by means whereof
the Inhabitants of the sd. Parish were obliged necessarily to Expend
the Sum of One Pound twelve Shillings & Six Pence
for the lyeing is and maintenance of the said Mary Burgen and
Child and that inpursuance of an Act of Parliament made in the
Seventeenth years of his present Majestys Reign Inlitted an Act
to Amend and make more effectual the Laws relating to Rogues
Vagabonds and other idle and disorderly persons and to houses of
Correction the Petitioners conveyed the said Mary Burgen to one
of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for this County who Examined
the sd. Mary Burgen and Committed her to the house of Correction
Pursuant to the said Statute

Your Petitioners therefore Pray this
Court to Order the Treasurer of the
County of Middlesex to to pay your
Petitioners the sd. Sum of One Pound twelve Shilling
& Six Penceexpended by them as aforesaid
or Such other Sum of Money as this Court
Shall adjudge a reasonable Satisfaction

And your Petrs. shall Prays Etc.