London,

At the General Quarter Session of the peace
holden for the City of London at the Guildhall
Within the said City on Monday the twenty
Second Day of April 1754 and in the Twenty
Seventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord
George the Second King of Great Britain & before
Thomas Rawlinson< no role > Esqr Mayor of the City of London
Francis Cokayne< no role > Esqr . One of the Aldermen of
the said City William Moreton< no role > Esqr . Recorder of
the said City Slingsby Bethell< no role > Esqr . Robert Scott< no role >
Esqr Samuel Fludyer< no role > Esqr William Alexander< no role > Esqr
Richard Sclater< no role > Esqr other of the Aldermen of the
said City and otehrs their follows Justices of our said
Lord the King Assigned to keep the peace of our said
Lord the King Within the said City and also to hear
determine divers Felonies Tresspass & other Mis [..]
committed within the said City.

Whereasat the present General Quarter Session of the peacethe
Churchwardens and Overseers of the [..] of the parish
of Saint Mary Magdalen Bermondsey in the County of Surrey
have Exhibited their petition & appeal unto this Courts setting forth that
by vertue of an Order or warrant under the Hands and seal [..]
of two of His Majesty's Justices of the peace for this City and
the Liberties thereof (one being of the Quorum) bearing Date
the Twenty Seventh Day of February last William Staples< no role > Elizabeth< no role > his wife